Minnesota Vikings Hall of Fame reciever Randy Moss inadvertently unloaded some beef on his former team on Minneapolis radio airwaves Friday.
Asked by KFAN’s Paul Allen why his son Thaddeus, a playmaking tight end at top-ranked LSU, doesn’t wear the No. 84 that Moss wore during his seven-year run with the Vikings (1998-04), Moss blurted:
“That’s a good question. Why isn’t the Vikings Number 84 not retired?!”
Moss is inarguably one of the franchise’s best players and arguably most transformative.
Six Vikings have their numbers retire: Fran Tarkenton (10), Mick Tingelhoff (53), Jim Marshall (70), Chris Carter (80), Alan Page (88).
“Let me tell you this. I don’t mean that as a shot at any player that has worn number 84, but I don’t feel that my son should wear 84, 81, 18. Whatever number my son feels like he should wear — the player makes the number. The number doesn’t make the player.”
Moss had answered other questions about his son earlier in the interview. Rookie tight end Irv Smith, Jr., currently wears No. 84 for Minnesota.
The “Super Freak,” who a couple of years ago came back to emotionally accept his spot in the team’s “Ring of Honor,” will be in U.S. Bank Stadium on Monday as part of ESPN’s pre-game and post-game coverage.
Should the Vikings indeed make Frost to be the first player to have his number retired? Does he deserve it over Fran Tarkenton, Chuck Foreman, or any of the Purple People Eaters from the 1970’s, who carried the Vikings to the only four Super Bowl appearances in team history?
Click here to listen to KWSN’s John Gaskins and guest host Eric Van Beek discuss.
