The Hall of Fame of Uniform Numbers

[nolemmings]

Allow me to disagree Peter. The career numbers might suggest so, but no one could dominate, nor draw such defensive attention, like the Freak. His talent was off the charts.

EDITED TO ADD: Maybe TO does belong in the discussion if you just look at the years after Randy left the Vikings for the dark side and wore #81 (like Owens) instead of #84.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Allow me to disagree Peter. The career numbers might suggest so, but no one could dominate, nor draw such defensive attention, like the Freak. His talent was off the charts.

As a Patriots fan I think the world of Moss' talents. Suggest you read this, however.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...han-randy-moss

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

As a Patriots fan I think the world of Moss' talents. Suggest you read this, however.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...han-randy-moss

I've read articles like that before. The author seems to ignore or downplay that TO had Jerry Rice on the other side for the first five years of his career. Also that the Eagles featured Brian Westbrook for 70 or so passes out of the backfield the one decent season TO had there, and that the Cowboys had Jason Witten for as many as 90+ when TO played in Dallas-- my point being that these teams featured different offensive styles. To reward TO as having to carry all the water while also punishing Moss for having Carter and Welker when we all knew who drew the double teams is misguided, IMO. No doubt Owens was productive for longer than Randy, but that does not make him a greater talent.

I tend to believe the guys who played against these receivers, and while I haven't searched for their opinions (yet), I would be surprised if any or many of them thinks that TO was better than Moss.