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Well, that’s definitely a take.
Randy Moss joined Terrell Owens and Matthew Hatchette on the “T.O. and Hatch” podcast, released on Tuesday, for what was a very loud conversation between two of the greatest wide receivers of all time dissing each other, reminiscing and giving some entertaining takes.
Hatchette put the question to Moss around the 33:30 mark. Who the best wide receiver of all time?
“You’re talking to him,” Moss said. “I’ll put myself first, I’ll put T.O. second. I think Jerry’s 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 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.”
Moss said he respects Owens and Rice, but pointed to being a standout rookie and having the highest-scoring offense in the NFL at two separate times as some of his achievements, despite him saying “I’m really not a big statistics guy” and that he doesn’t like the best of all time debate… despite engaging in it.
“I don’t discredit anything that a guy like Marvin [Harrison], Jerry, Terrell has done for the game, but when I look at the game of football and my impact, being able to come in as a rookie,” Moss said. “Coming in hot, leaving hot with all the doubles, all the triple coverage coming in. I don’t really like talking about being the best wide receiver in the game because I never set my goals into being the best, but I think that at the end of the day, to look at a lot of accomplishments from the guys that they think that are at the top, I mean rightfully so. T.O. could be one, Jerry could be one, anyone else could be one.”
He said he doesn’t base his decision on numbers or, again, on championships, despite mentioning several times the amount of years he played and some of his accolades, then following that up with “I really don’t like to talk statistics.”
“Respectfully, I give myself the nod,” Moss said. “Because if you’re not going to bet and believe in yourself, then really, who are you?”
Less than a minute later, after talking for more than three minutes about why he is the best receiver of all time, Moss clarified again that he doesn’t like talking about the topic.
“That’s not a comfortable question or topic that I like to discuss,” Moss said. “I really don’t.”