If you were to ask any football fan who the best wide receiver in NFL history is, you'd likely hear either one of these two names: Jerry Rice or Randy Moss, in no particular order. And, honestly, it would be hard to disagree.
However, most people tend to lean towards Rice because of all of the records and accolades he achieved throughout his impressive career. Then again, Randy Moss isn't just like most people, as you may know by now.
That's why the outspoken Hall of Famer took to Terrell Owens' podcast to discuss his very own ranking of the greatest wide receivers of all time. And while he didn't make any shocking additions, the fact that he put Jerry Rice lower than expected was kind of a shock.
Randy Moss Ranks Jerry Rice "Third Or Fourth" All-Time
“I’ll put myself first, I’ll put T.O. (Terrell Owens) second,” Moss said. “I would put Jerry 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 given contracts or 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 added.
The Minnesota Vikings legend added that he wasn't trying to take a shot at Jerry Rice and explained that he puts it on that spot because he never had to play with a bad quarterback throughout his career:
“When you think about Jerry and the quarterbacks he played with, he never had a drop-off in quarterback. He went from one Hall of Fame quarterback to another. I don’t want the fans and the people watching your podcast to get it messed up that we dislike or discredit anything Jerry Rice was able to do or ever accomplish,” Moss said. “I don’t want people to think myself and T.O. is slandering or bashing anything Jerry did, because Jerry was at the top," he concluded.
Well, yes, Jerry Rice had his fair share of great quarterbacks but that doesn't mean that he didn't do his part to turn the San Francisco 49ers into the most dominant dynasty in the league during his career.
At the end of the day, most rankings will always be subjective and there will never be a fully accurate way to discuss them. But if we know Jerry Rice like we think we do, we can definitely expect a response pretty soon.
