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NFL / Re: Super Bowl XLVII: The Battle of the Harbaugh Bros
« on: February 04, 2013, 01:28:41 am »
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Greatest of all-time at wide receiver? Probably not. But Randy Moss, who might be playing in his last game on Super Bowl Sunday, separated himself for changing the game like no other in the Super Bowl era. Our Matt Tevsh takes a look at the Packers’ connection to this.
Randy Moss made headlines this week on Media Day at the Super Bowl when he said he thought he was the greatest receiver to ever play the game.
Those comments, not surprisingly, started a firestorm of media analysis and opinion of whether the current San Francisco 49ers pass catcher’s career can stand up to that of a former 49ers’ pass catcher.
Jerry Rice, widely considered the greatest, has receiving statistics that no one can match. He has Super Bowl wins as a bonus, too.
But Moss does stand alone, however, in the Super Bowl era by one definition which he spelled out Tuesday.
“I don’t really live on numbers. I really live on impact and what you’re able to do out on the field,” said the 35-year old, a veteran of five NFL teams. “I really think I’m the greatest receiver to ever play this game.”
No team knows that “impact” more than the Green Bay Packers. In a 1998 Monday night game at Lambeau Field, Moss burst onto the scene as a rookie with 190 yards receiving and two touchdowns to help the Minnesota Vikings end the Packers’ 25-game home winning streak. Later that season in the rematch, he caught eight passes for 153 yards and a touchdown giving him 26.4 yards per catch against the Packers in two games. For the season, he posted a rookie-record 17 touchdown receptions and 19.0 yards per catch on 69 catches.
So explosive was Moss as a rookie that he made Ron Wolf take drastic measures. The following off-season the Packers general manager selected defensive backs with his first three picks in the NFL Draft to try to combat the NFC Central’s new weapon.
Moss continued to have big games against the Packers anyway, and against the rest of the league for that matter. During his first stint with the Vikings (1998-2004) what he really did was change the receiver position not unlike that of a Packers’ legend from decades before the first Super Bowl.
In 2007, Moss set an NFL record with 23 receiving touchdowns, seven more than his next closest suitor that season. He broke Rice’s record of 22 touchdown catches, set in just 12 games in the strike-shortened 1987 season.
Rice had three league MVP’s – Joe Montana, Steve Young, and Rich Gannon – throwing him the ball for much of his career.
Moss made his hay with Randall Cunningham, Daunte Culpepper, and Kerry Collins before going to New England in 2007. Tom Brady was the only MVP he played with for an extended period (sorry Favre fans, not counting four games with Brett in 2010 in Minnesota). Not coincidentally, Brady set the NFL record with 50 touchdown passes in 2007 playing with Moss.
And over a decade ago, Favre once said this about Moss, “There is no one in this league who puts fear in people more than Randy Moss.”
The difficult part with Moss is to separate his personality and work ethic, both of which rubbed some people the wrong way during his career. Moss “played when he wanted to play,” something he would not deny. There is none of that with Rice who was the complete package.
There were big receivers before Moss. There were fast receivers before Moss. But no receiver has ever had the combination of size and speed quite like Moss. Look at any list of top receivers in the Super Bowl era and try to find a better vertical threat. Try to find a better big-play receiver. Try to find someone who played more freakish.
Greatest of all-time? Probably not.
Revolutionary in his own way? No doubt.
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Free-agent WR Greg Jennings selling Green Bay house
Holding out hope that wide receiver Greg Jennings will be back with the Green Bay Packers for the 2013 season? This is not a good sign.
The soon-to-be free agent has put his suburban Green Bay home up for sale, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The house, which he bought after being drafted in 2006, is listed for $525,000.
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There has been virtually no encouraging news all season that Jennings could return. The 29-year-old is in line for the last major payday of his career, and the Packers are unlikely to pay it with quarterback Aaron Rodgers, linebacker Clay Matthews and defensive end B.J. Raji due extensions in the near future. Jennings was voted to the Pro Bowl in 2010 and 2011, but has dealt with injuries the past two seasons and was limited to eight games in 2012. The Packers are loaded at receiver with Jordy Nelson, James Jones and the emergence of Randall Cobb.
Packers general manager Ted Thompson isn't afraid to let a free agent walk one year too soon rather than a couple of years too late. It's happened recently with Aaron Kampman, Scott Wells and Cullen Jenkins. Expect Jennings to join that list.
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To je navijac, kada veruje u svog QB-a, cak i kada HC misli drugacije.
Veljo, kace fotke sa zagrijavanja?Evo ovaj obukao opremu i istrcao na teren!
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