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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke
Wow, I couldn't disagree more. I've been arguing Moss over Rice for years actually (which I know sounds like blasphemy, but I stand by that). The point is that there has never been an athlete like Moss to come into the league, ever, and there likely won't be for the forseeable future. His measurables are out of this world. He came in with a 50+ vertical and 4.2 speed, while being 6'4. There just isn't a way to cover that. Add in his hands and boundary awareness and the guy truly is a freak.
It's not a coincidence that he's played on the two highest scoring offenses of all time. Even when he's not making big catches he can completely take over games because he always requires special attention. Yes, TO has physicality over him, but frankly it doesn't really matter when you are so dominant in a certain asect of the game that you completely take the top off the defense everytime you're on the field. And he wasn't strictly about the long ball, although it was definitely his main draw.
And I'm speaking in the past tense because he's at one of those points in his career where he's clearly not trying right now. We've seen it before and we'll see it again. I have no doubts that if he wants to play again, he will go right back to dominating.
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Moss over RICE???
Man, I can't take anyone over Rice, ever. He is like the Michael Jordan or Gretzky of receivers.
I used to be a Moss over Owens guy, but after a point I couldn't defend his extreme lack of effort anymore. If Randy TRIED as hard as TO, he probably would be the greatest WR ever. He is a total freak, to be that tall and that fast with those leaps is just something we might not ever see again. And part of his game is being lazy cause he'll jog down field 4 times and then the 5th time he will accelerate and he'll blow by anyone. Those years in Minnesota were awesome, I still look up some of those highlight reels. Culpepper just bombing it to Randy and it was just impossible to overthrow him. He's the best deep ball WR ever, by far, but he just doesn't try half the time. Both are awesome future Hall-of-Famers but I gotta go with TO for his sheer toughness and more versatility at the position. When Owens came back from that broken leg with the Eagles to play in the superbowl, it made me a TO fan for life.