Randy Moss Declares Himself WR G.O.A.T, Burns Jerry Rice in Process

Who was the best to play the position is a classic debate for every spot in every sport. The wide receiver G.O.A.T. conversation heated up Friday when Randy Moss, never short of confidence in terms of his personal talent and achievements, called himself the greatest receiver in the history of the NFL. In fact, Moss told Terrell Owens that the two of them were both better than the widely acknowledged actual greatest, Jerry Rice.

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“I’ll put myself first, I’ll put T.O. second,” Moss said on Terrell Owens’ podcast. “I would put Jerry probably third or fourth. I’m talking about dominating the game and changing the game of football. I don’t live on statistics because if you live on statistics and live on championships that’s all political. You’ve seen guys released or cut from a team just by a couple words in the media. You’ve seen guys given contracts or you’ve seen guys not given contracts just because of the color of their skin. You’ve got to throw politics out of the game of football, and look at the impact of what each individual was able to make in the game of football.”

While Moss stands as an iconic football athlete, most players and pundits crown Jerry Rice as the greatest wide receiver ever. Some even call him the league’s G.O.A.T.

Owens agreed with Moss’ comments about Rice saying, “when you think about Jerry and the quarterbacks he played with, he never had a drop-off in quarterback. He went from one Hall of Fame quarterback to another.”

Rice retired as a three-time champion and a 12-time All-Pro (10-time first team) with two offensive player of the year awards while leading the league in yards and touchdowns on six occasions. Only Sterling Sharpe and Jerry Rice have received MVP votes in multiple seasons as a wide receiver. He still holds the league record for career receiving yards, touchdowns and receptions.

Moss, who ranks second in career touchdowns and fourth in yards, was an instrumental part in a pair of iconic offenses, yet he never won a Super Bowl. Both the 15-1 1998 Minnesota Vikings and the 16-0 2007 New England Patriots failed to hoist the Lombardi Trophy with Moss lining up out wide. Those teams averaged 4.6 less points per game in the playoffs compared to the regular season.

Moss holds playoff losses to opposing quarterbacks Chris Chandler, Kurt Warner, Kerry Collins, Donovan McNabb, Eli Manning and Joe Flacco twice. While Moss does not have as much control over winning and losing like a quarterback or coach does, it is interesting to note his playoff failures.

In terms of playoff production, Moss saw his numbers dip slightly. His yards per game fell by 5, his TDs per game dropped 0.05 and he posted a sub-50% catch rate. Meanwhile, Rice saw the same numbers elevate, including a jump of 0.11 TDs per game come playoff time.

It does help having Joe Montana and Steve Young slinging passes, as Rice played with both Hall of Famers for 15 of his 20 seasons.

Moss, while playing with quarterbacks like Randall Cunningham and Daunte Culpepper for the first half of his career, also had to catch passes from Jeff George, Andrew Walter, Aaron Brooks and Matt Cassel. The star receiver played with a HOF quarterback for just 36 regular-season games in his career, and that quarterback was Tom Brady.

And with that quarterback, he broke Rice’s record for touchdowns in a single season.

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