Randy Moss Stories

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5:15He puts a thousand puts a day. This guy's like early golf, you know, early in the morning golf course late at night. They got to use headlights to light up the golf course. He's got a presentation. Yeah, look, this guy's you guys go to Vegas. This guy's in the sand traps. Just fucking practicing all the time. These other guys are out party and blah, blah, blah. This guy's working. That's what work ethic is, blah, blah. So fast forward like four months to, it was winter time, winter, December. Tiger, you know, gets in trouble. And so the way that you used to stretch at the Patriots was kind of like a union meeting. It was pretty interesting. The receivers, if there were two fields, the coaches would be in the middle kind of going over scripts, making sure. And the receivers were always always like the farthest away. They were by the stands. But Randy was never with the receivers. And Randy was like, he was with V always. Will for it. Yeah, he was with Will for it. He was like with the D line. Yeah, it was like, that's what I mean. It was like, it wasn't like an organized stretch. And so everybody's walking on. And I actually happen to be standing next to Bill.

6:17And we're going over like the script. Like, hey, yeah, Bill, we should show him this or whatever. And I'll sit in here. Hey, Bill Bella check. Hey, Bill Bella check. And you look at no one there. This is the middle of winter, right? It's just a team in the coaches. You look so what's up, Randy? What you think about Tiger Woods right now? What you think about Tiger Woods right now? Wasn't working at a hard last night. Was he Bill Bella check? Not that hard last night. I mean, sitting trapped, he was hitting out of last night. No, not too many. He can't be going for a while. He can't be going the whole time. Everybody was crying laughing. Dying. Dying laughing. It's like a union meeting. But no one's talking to fucking Bill like that. And he goes, he's using that seven hours. Next, the time Matt Light wore a Randy Moss mask to a meeting. He was always the last guy in the meeting room too for the morning meeting. You remember that? Oh, yeah. Like, I'm talking like, as Bill was walking in, the door was just closing behind Randy too. And I'm like, damn, man. Because if you were half a second late, that was pay room of duct.

7:18I'm talking, if the door was shut and you weren't in your seat and Bill walked in there. You're, I mean, that was a bad feeling. Terrible, really bad feeling. And I remember one time I had the Randy Moss mask. I put my sweats on. I got his extra pair of sweats with his number, which didn't fit real well. And I sat in his seat. Remember how he always just sit with his big ass legs way back and he'd back in this thing with his hood up? And dude, when you have that stuff on, you look just like him. Like that mask was amazing. And so when he walked in, I just stood up and was like, straight cash, little homie. You know? And I remember Bill was just walking into and he's looking at me like, you know, Randy, like, damn, I come on. Next up, Rich Ornberger on the time Randy Moss took over practice. Randy, I remember it was a team drill. Randy was going again, it's like some rookie or second year corner. And this guy, I guess, felt like he covered him going down field on a play. And Randy was running just, you know, fly route, go route,

8:18whatever, just down the sideline. And this kid was John to him. And so Randy, he's pointing. I mean, shouting something down the field. You can't, you can't hear it. It's inaudible at first, but you just know Randy's pissed. Yeah, yeah. So he's like, oh, no, hell no, no, no. We're going to run that shit back, Billy. Oh, none of this bullshit. That's our offensive coordinator at the time, Billy O'Brien. He was like, no, no, we running that shit again. Tommy, okay, right? Yep, we're going to do it. We're going to, and so Randy's in control now at Bill's steps aside, we're going to run that play again. So this corner knows what plays coming. He just successfully covered Randy Moss just moments ago. But I guess he wasn't given his 100% effort. He knew what Randy was going to do. He blows by him, and he has five steps in front of him by the time they're 15 yards down the field. And I shit you nod, Jules. Tom throws a perfect ball to his inside shoulder. He never even looks at the fucker. He just goes like this. He kind of side eyes it, throws his hand out, catches it,

9:19and then holds his hand in the air as he's running to the end zone. Talking shit, the entire time into the end zone, all the way back to the huddle. And then he spiked it off the corner's head, got in the huddle, they ran the next play. I was like, what did we just witness? Yeah, I remember that. That was so fun. Oh, he said. Randy didn't even warm up with the team. No. So it used to be offense defense. Randy would always be with V. He'd have his fucking gloves on, remember? Oh, yeah. He wouldn't even be kind. He'd be out there just talking with V. Cold shot, bro. Randy, he was a man. He was such a fun, fun teammate. And he would mother fuck us. But when people weren't around, he'd always give you some knowledge. He'd always buddy me up. Like, because I was in his room. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. So I must have been something, dude. But he would always, you know, I was quiet in my room. Because, you know, you have Randy Moss, Wes Welker, fucking Greg Lewis, we just traded for Joey Galloway.

10:21Oh, my God, Joey, yeah. Yeah, Galloway. So like, I didn't say shit. But Randy, you know, when we had to go pay for shit, he always take care of me. Tori Holt was he on our team. That was two years. That was the next year. Oh, okay. Yeah, but I mean, we were- Remember he retired on the conditioning test with the Ziggs? Yes. Now, Vince Wilfork on his relationship with Randy Moss on the Patriots. Like, what did you and Randy use to talk about in his treacherine? Me and Randy talk. Anything over the football? Anything over the football line? Yeah, we used to play catch. Yeah, I remember. We used to break up offense and defense. And Randy would be over in the defense with big V. Yeah, we used to talk about nothing. And you remember every, what it was, every Friday, me and him had our one-on-one we did. We used to do our one-on-one every Friday, but, man, we used to be- You don't- Explain that. What do you mean the one-on-one? So, Randy would be a DB. I would be a receiver and Pett would be the quarterback. Oh, Pett. So, I would run Rouse and Randy Garvey, you know?

11:23That was our every Friday. How many- Who won them? Me. Every time. I won majority of them. Yeah, he had a couple of them, but I won them majority. About 80% I won. 80%. Yeah, I beat him down. Did you ever have to cover him? No. That wasn't the- That wasn't the rule. I didn't ask him to be an office line. So, I'm like, you can't play your position. We both are the position. Do you remember Randy getting- Watching, like, didn't he watch Dateline every Friday night or something, and he would fucking explain- He would explain it to the receivers. He would explain it to the receivers. For, like, the whole receiver meeting on Saturday would be Randy breaking down when I was on Dateline, or 60 minutes. Randy was funny. He loved that. And then this motherfucker tried to cut this. Digger! I'm like- Now, Jules talks about playing video games with Randy Moss. Did you play Black Ops? No, not really. I used to play with Randy my rook here. Yeah, we used to play golf and- And truck- The trucks. The trucks? Yeah. All right, see, it was crazy to me, because I remember being a young kid

12:25straight out of college, gaming my whole life, you know what I mean? And Randy was at that time. He's probably, like, 30 years old. Right. You know, so he's older. He played. And you would just- You'd be looking at Randy's guy. And Randy's guy would just be, like, looking at the stars and shit. Like, what the fuck is this guy doing? Fast forward 12 years when I'm playing with the young kids. I'm, like, Randy now. I'm, like, he is crazy. How, like, the younger kids, I just sort of- We used to play Black Ops together. Now, Keeshawn Johnson on how Randy Moss almost went to USC. What do you think of Randy? Freak. Freak. Just- I've never seen somebody so tall be able to run so fluid. Fluid. Yeah. He didn't even look like he's running fast. Yeah, almost kind of SC2. Well, he had- That close. He went to noted- He had a crazy story. Yeah, but he- But when he got bounced out of either Florida state of Notre Dame, he was going to come to SC. But I don't think- I think we just said, nah, I never mind. Yeah. Because he was going to come

13:26and play with me, but they was just like, I think it was the whole- Anyone even had horrible, right? It's just not to me. It's not- It's nothing near. Okay, you get into a fight. Yeah. I mean, it's not that big of a deal. Next, Jules and Carissa share their best Randy Moss stories. Ever since the Randy Moss story? Oh my god. Edelknut. It'll go good. I love that. With his- With his mom? Oh my gosh. He used to call me Edelknut. Edelknut? Hey, Edelknut, give my hot tub about 103 and get my gatorade. So you have metal tubs and hot tub? Yes. He'd ever wanted to go on the regular hot tub. He had to have- He was like, menthol rubbing alcohol in there. Yeah. Edelknut, go get my towel, my gatorade. Make that hot tub about 103, 102. Don't f*** it up. Yes, sir. I love that. So, you know, prior to you coming, I worked with Randy Moss for the first couple of years of the kickoff show. And it was before I would do game breaks. So I didn't have to stay all day. So I would leave right after our show. And me and him and Champ Bailey,

14:26we would always go to Roscoe's. And I was like, you know, like I'm like, I'm with my big brother. So I was okay. Like I would never like go wander around by myself. Yeah. And just like, I was wearing like my full dress, like full makeup. They'd be like, what's this chick doing in here, right? And they would always protect me and they were always so great. And that's like one of the many things I love about working at Fox. And you know this now. For just even your small amount of time that you've been there, like it's a family. Definitely a family. They're the best. And like Randy, the stories, I could just listen to Randy Moss stories all day. Randy, he's funny. And it's his accent. Yeah. His accent. So funny. I mean, I was just doing a, I went back to Boston. I went to this academy. So was it there? They are there. We went to there. And I spoke in front of the whole school, you know, the junior high and the high and high school. The junior high and the high. You know, I went to Ken State. I'm going to start saying that. Forget the school part.

15:26You know what I'm talking about? The junior high and the high. The junior high and the high. And after you're taking pictures and all these, like, little six graders, they're all here, like, and on that. And on that. That's terrible. I'm sitting like, you guys should not be listening to my podcasts. There's too many. Where are your parents? I need to talk to them. They're listening to the new heights. Come on. It's for all agents. That's not true. We're listening to all the podcasts. I know. And you've done a great job. Next up, Jules and Gronk talk about their relationships with Randy Moss. There's a lot of like turbulence in his early career, you know, in college and stuff, which I always thought made Randy, you know, misunderstood. You know, he kind of, what would you say when he was in the locker room? Like, he was always a very caring dude, but he always had his guard up. He always had his guard up. But like, on the low, he would always give you love. Like, for me, when I was a rookie receiver, I used to have to go out and buy all the receivers, like lunch whenever we would have a way trips. Remember before the travel, the rookie goes and grabs, you know, something from Bart Lui,

16:27or you go somewhere, you know, Jimmy Johns, or something, and you get the order. And Randy would always make me do it, but I was a seventh rounder. So I wasn't paid by any means. And guys would be giving you crazy orders. Randy would always throw me like three, four hundred bucks. He'd pay for it and make me go get it. So like, he was always, he was just always quite like, he would kind of get on me in front of people. But then when there was no one around, he'd always love me up and like, you know, like, he, I think he was just putting that on there to make me, you know, make me accountable. Yeah, for the, for the, you know, quarter career, you know, quarter year I played with Randy. I thought he was a great teammate, man. And like you said, he feel like he was misunderstood in the public eye a little bit. He didn't really care about, you know, the glam and all of that. He like, he just, he just rubbed it off his shoulders like, like it was nothing. Like it was water, man, but he cared about being a good guy. And he never thought he was too big for anyone else. I mean, Randy was the best wide receiver in the game at the time, maybe of all time. And he cared about, you know, being relatable to the young bucks he did.

17:30He made me feel very warm and welcome. What did he do to the New England Patriots when I was there? What he did to make you feel warm and warm. So Moss always loved, you know, kicking it back, having a conversation with myself when I was a rookie. I was struggling. I was in the playbook like crazy, struggling a little bit, but he just loved how I played the game. And he always imitated me because I was big. I was goofy. You know, and he liked that kind of stuff, you know, and every time I had a catch or, you know, had a touchdown, I'd be like myself. You know, I'd be giggling like this. He'd be like, dude, bro, you're always giggling. You're always having a good time. Grunk. Like it's cool of shit, man. Cool of shit. How you are, man? And I'd be like, it made me feel warm and welcome to be myself on the Patriots. And I'd be like, I always did that on the field after I tried to get up. Like I don't know, that was just me. I was getting hyped. And Moss was like, man, I like how you do this, man. I like that cool shit, how you do that. Like I'm going to do that after our school of touchdown. I was like, for real? He's like, yeah, yeah, I'm going to do that.

18:30So what happened? Game, I think game number two, Buffalo. Where's Buffalo? He scored like, you know, 40 yarder posts right down the middle. Like, you know, like Randy Moss does. Cause fastest wide receiver I've probably ever seen. Play the game, freakish, you know, stride. It looked like he was going slow. He looked like, but he was just always passing people. And he was just gliding. It was like Jutsky on water. Like I'm like flat surface, just gliding. Going 70. Yeah, so it didn't look like he was going 70. No, but he was going 70, maybe 80 on water, which is fast. So we get to the game. He scores that touchdown. And he starts doing this like he's being drunk in the end zone. And I'm 21 years old. And this is Randy Moss, freaking Moss, imitating me after one of his touchdowns. I thought it was the coolest thing. I actually never even shared that story with anyone. I'm not even I'm talking like I never shared that story with a friend, a family member. It's just kind of known within the team, you know, within the team and the organization.

19:30So that's one of the coolest stories of all time, you know, about Randy Moss that I have personally. And he just made me feel welcome to the team. And he just made me feel like myself. Because he just loved how I was and how I played the game. And it was just special moment. That's for sure. He fucked with dudes that worked hard. Like I remember on Tuesdays, he would come in and do these workouts. Where he would do like side step ups, these like step ups, quick feet. And so I would jump in with them every once in a while. And he'd do all these medicine ball things where like he'd have like one leg on a medicine ball and do like a push up. And you know, it was working your core. And so I would always I would always see him do shit. And then I would go do it. You know, I want to do everything. Anything Randy did. But like if he saw you working, he never really busted your balls. That's kind of got, you know, but if you weren't, if you were, you know, if you were talking and you were a guy that wasn't hurt or something, like any other Patriot, any of the Patriot like guys, you know, you're going to hear shit. Next up, we got Rich Ornberger with a hilarious story

20:34on Randy Moss thinking that he was a coach. So I get drafted by the Patriots. It's 2009. Randy's coming off like this unbelievable time. Yeah, he's been crushing it. And you know, it's, it's a little bit before the veterans start coming around the building. But when, when we have OTAs, we have many camps and things like that, you know, Randy's in the locker room. And I remember it was, it came in waves. And I'm sure you felt the same way. It's like, oh my god, that's Tom Brady. It's like, oh my god, that's Randy Moss. Like you're playing with these guys now. But, but slowly but surely it starts to feel more normal. You know, you start to realize, these are just my buddies. We're playing football. It's all the same as it was in college or high school. But there was this weird thing. He gave me this nickname and it happened immediately. I have no idea why because we barely spoke to each other outside of passing by each other in the hallway or outside the meeting rooms or on the football field. You know, we're on our way to the football field.

21:34You'll be like, hey, what's up, coach? He called me coach. So Randy would call me, every way, you know, we'd be waiting and like, he's like, oh yeah, coach. I know you're going to get on this pot roast because you look like pot roast coach and you big fat fucker. I bet you, oh, you're going to have two pieces of pot roast. Yeah, I bet you bet. You know what, half three, half three. You know, you know, Randy with the West Virginia. And so I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm like, maybe, like, maybe it's like, I'm in, man. Like he gave me a nickname. Like I'm telling people from back home, like, Randy Moss gave me a nickname. He really likes me. That's what I'm telling you. It was so cool that he had a fucking nickname. He was so funny, he had a nickname. Yeah, like immediately. I was like, this is the best. And then we, it's standard. It's customary billbell check at one point or another in the off season. He has all the rookies get in front of the room and say their name, who they are, Drat, whatever it was. And so I get up there. And I can't remember if it was in the meeting or immediately after, but Randy Moss pulls me inside. He goes, motherfucker, you a player?

22:36He goes, you, you been a player this whole time? I think he was in front of the whole team. You gray hair bitch, I thought you was a coach. He was like, you a player? Oh hell no, Bill. Do we waste a draft pick on this motherfucker? Are you kidding me? This gray, he was like, what's he gonna go out there and break a hip? God damn, Bill. And I'm just like, oh my God, that was not a nickname. It was not a nickname. He thought it was a fucking coach. He thought he was a coach. How unbelievably embarrassing. I mean, I told everybody. I was like, yeah, Randy really likes me. It's gone pretty well, gang. Yeah, yeah. Thanks for listening. Remember to tune in every Tuesday for a brand new episode and every Sunday for another Games With Names Highlight. Preparation, it's the foundation of every great NFL performance. It's the early morning practice sessions, the late night workouts, and the run it one more time moments.

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