Let’s see, Randy Moss allegedly was run out of New England this season because he wasn’t getting along with teammates and/or coaches.
He was run out of Minnesota, after Bill Belichick stole a third round pick from the Vikings for him, when he allegedly tried to get then-coach Brad Childress fird and berated a catering company serving lunch to team players and officials.
And he’s been nearly invisible, even getting benched, in five games with the Tennessee Titans.
Has he sunk to calling a radio show under the pseudonym “Woody” and ripping another coach, Jeff Fisher?
The recording isn’t entirely conclusive to my ears. But Clay Travis from Fanhouse believes it probably was Moss who called a show co-hosted by Travis ripping Fisher for a multitude of perceived sins (There’s a recording of the show linked to the story linked above that contains the audio in question).
Moss’ reputation has sunk dramatically this season, during which he has played on three teams, caught just 27 passes for less than 400 yards and five touchdowns through 13 games. The Patriots took off after he left. The Vikings continued a dramatic fade they were in the middle of when Moss arrived. And the Titans haven’t won a game since he got there.
It’s gotten so bad for Moss that occasional Zoneblitz contributor PaulCharchian, who owns LeagueSafe.com, provides fantasy advice at FantasyVictory.com and does a weekly fantasy radio show on KFAN-AM called Fantasy Football Weekly, thinks the enigmatic wideout will not find a team for the 2011 season. If it is proven that he was in fact the caller “Woody,” undermining yet another coach and helping divide a locker room already potentially divided by Fisher’s handling of Vince Young’s disappearance, it’s possible Moss might not even make it through the season with a team to call home.
A few weeks ago I wouldn’t have been willing to concede that point to Charch. But I’m starting now to think he’s right. Charchian laid out the case today on KFAN, saying Moss isn’t going to sign a one-year deal at a low salary to show teams he can still play. And he said he doubts any team will pony up the multi-million dollar risk it will likely take to bring Moss in.
It’s sad to see the tail end of a career as wildly successful, at least on an individual level, as Moss’s winding down in such an ugly manner. But whether this Woody allegation is true or not, it’d be hard to say Moss didn’t bring a lot of this on himself with his antics.
What a weird deal.
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