Randy Moss Revisited
By Chris Martin, The Liberal Utopian staff writer
cmartin@liberalutop.news
When Randy Moss was growing up, his dream was to play football for the Green Bay Packers.
"I have always dreamed of playing football for the Green Bay Packers," said Moss. "They were my favorite team. I wanted to play along side Brett Favre."
Coming out of college, Moss was notorious for his character and for smoking marijuana. In fact, if it was not for marijuana, Moss would have played college ball at Florida State. As it turned out Moss eventually ended up at Marshall, where he teamed with quarterback Chad Pennington to lead Marshall to multiple Bowl wins.
Came the 1998 NFL draft and Moss' stock was sinking fast due mainly to, what else, character issues and marijuana. First Moss fell out of the top 10 and then into the late teens. But then the Packers traded up 10 spots with the Miami Dolphins to acquire the 19th overall pick. Moss was sure his dream of playing for the Packers would be realized. But alas, the Packers passed on the receiver for DE Vonnie Holiday of North Carolina.
Two picks later the Minnesota Vikings took Moss with the 21st overall pick. Moss vowed to come back and haunt the Packers for all eternity. And Moss did just that; well, not for an eternity but for 7 years.
This off season, the Oakland Raiders offered to trade Moss to the Packers for disgruntled WR Javon Walker and the rights to the Packers' 5th overall pick (Al Davis was looking to use the 5th overall pick, plus additional picks to move up to the 3rd spot to draft Texas QB Vince Young), but Packers GM Ted Thompson stubbornly refused.
Moss was the missing piece to the Packers' Super Bowl puzzle and Ted Thompson messed it up.
By Chris Martin, The Liberal Utopian staff writer
cmartin@liberalutop.news
When Randy Moss was growing up, his dream was to play football for the Green Bay Packers.
"I have always dreamed of playing football for the Green Bay Packers," said Moss. "They were my favorite team. I wanted to play along side Brett Favre."
Coming out of college, Moss was notorious for his character and for smoking marijuana. In fact, if it was not for marijuana, Moss would have played college ball at Florida State. As it turned out Moss eventually ended up at Marshall, where he teamed with quarterback Chad Pennington to lead Marshall to multiple Bowl wins.
Came the 1998 NFL draft and Moss' stock was sinking fast due mainly to, what else, character issues and marijuana. First Moss fell out of the top 10 and then into the late teens. But then the Packers traded up 10 spots with the Miami Dolphins to acquire the 19th overall pick. Moss was sure his dream of playing for the Packers would be realized. But alas, the Packers passed on the receiver for DE Vonnie Holiday of North Carolina.
Two picks later the Minnesota Vikings took Moss with the 21st overall pick. Moss vowed to come back and haunt the Packers for all eternity. And Moss did just that; well, not for an eternity but for 7 years.
This off season, the Oakland Raiders offered to trade Moss to the Packers for disgruntled WR Javon Walker and the rights to the Packers' 5th overall pick (Al Davis was looking to use the 5th overall pick, plus additional picks to move up to the 3rd spot to draft Texas QB Vince Young), but Packers GM Ted Thompson stubbornly refused.
Moss was the missing piece to the Packers' Super Bowl puzzle and Ted Thompson messed it up.


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