The Game That Made Randy Moss a LEGEND (Vikings vs. Cowboys 1998, Week 13) 

Dennis Green did a great job in creating stability in our OL: almost every member had been on the team since '94 (Stringer joining in '95). I love Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman, but it does get maddening seeing the utter discord the OL has been in during their regime relative to the '90s.

Yep, and the Vikings wouldn't have an O line that good again until 2009.

I concur

@@deanladue3151 absolutely

This was one of the best offensive lines the Vikings ever had, and I’ve been a Vikings fan since 1968.

Like a OG

you have to realize that's exactly how moss talks tho

Loved Madden.... GOAT !!!

Nope

@@mcdonoghrahloh459 nOpE. Umm, k, thanks.

Same here and Rice and Megatron were just special players.

Moss and Megatron were the most physically talented WR’s I’ve ever seen. They were ridiculous. Rice is the GOAT though..

If Moss had hall of fame QBs for the majority of his career he would have (at the very least) come very close to Rice

Rice is the GOAT. But he didn’t have the size, speed or explosiveness that Moss did.

T.o better than moss & megaton

Gravivector he was so good that it almost doesn’t matter. He was as good as anyone I have ever seen; ir at least was old enough to analyze. I saw Rice play and he was amazing...Randy Moss is right there. His play was beautiful. No one in the league right now is close.

He took over that whole 98 season. Should have won the super bowl and should have been the first rookie to win NFL MVP.

@@ljvue forreal, it sucks that noone knew back then that Moss made his QBs way better than they are then theyd realize just how much he really brings

Wonder what his numbers would look like if he had Montana and Young for 15 years

Vikings should have been there. I still can't believe Anderson missed that kick.

The cutback was actually just a starter to slow up the DB. Moss was the king of reading the defenders and manipulating them into being flat footed while he would simultaneously kick it into gear.

Check out his TD against the Saints in the 2000 Divisional Playoffs. Wow!

@@deanladue3151 INSANE 😊

Don't blame Dennis Green, don't blame Gary Anderson. Blame that damn, sorry-ass Vikings defense.

@NO PATS JIM Like I said: That damn, sorry-ass 1998 Vikings' defense.

Coming from a Lions fan I agree with you 💯

In the history of the NFL...... never a better receiver!

biggest mistake dallas did was not draft randy moss

@@wls25 Now the Vikes got Jefferson.....look at the teams that will regret passing on him

no Cris Carter is because....he was there 6 years longer and Moss most memorable season NFL fans would say his 23 TD season with Patriots that put them in Super Bowl!

He actually caught the ball but didn’t secure it before making a move

Son Than dez was a beast don’t hate on him

Randy was on a freakin mission to show Jerry how wrong he was. I’m not sure if Dallas would have made it back to the promised land, but Moss would have definitely upgraded the offense and won several more games per season for Dallas.

Our owner is a clown, and our coach is the flower in his breast pocket.

Moss on the '98 Cowboys would have been Superbowl trophy #4.

@@andrewclover1462 nah, Denver was too hot that year

Probably not great since Dallas's core was getting older, it takes a team to win championships

The 1998 Vikings team was insanely loaded. They scored more points that 1999 Rams.

Always loved his name. Sounds like a badass.

@@nbt2310 I always thought they should have went and won the Superbowl that year, that was their shot! They had a great team.

Had the tackle on the INT also lol

Also RIP John Madden.

And no flag was thrown for running into the kicker. Would have had a re kick from 33

Leroy Hoard was a beast that day. He was trucking mofos

Smith ruined his legacy by running out of bounds 3 times on the "clock killing" drive at the end of the 1998 NFC Championship game vs. the Falcons. Utter fool, among the biggest mental mistakes ever.

@@nbt2310 yep, it gave Atlanta just enough time to tie it up. If i remember correctly, Atlanta scored with 58 seconds left in regulation. If Smith had stayed in bounds as he should have, that's 58 seconds that Atlanta would not have.

Yellow Naped If the other JJ was still in Dallas you would not talking about Jerry.

@@dwightlove3704 But hes not because Jerrys ego was to big

It would have been one of the three most watched Super Bowls ever. And it would have been a great game. The oddsmakers would have set the total at 59 or 60, and it still would have gone over. Gary Anderson cost America a great Super Bowl and the Vikings a potential ring.

@@jackkitchen737 Gary Anderson didn't cost us anything! That was his first missed FG all year, and the team depended too heavily on him. I remember a couple games where he scored 5 FGs for us, and in at least one of those games, those were the only points we got. They should never have taken him for granted. That game should not have come down to a single FG. The team lost that game, not Gary Anderson. The team lost in the overtime period, when Gary Anderson didn't play at all. The team couldn't get the ball into FG range. More than one play had to go wrong for that loss.

Nah Denver would of won against the Vikings easily.

Classic! Best comment on here. Also best comment from a sports player.

If deion plays none of that happens!

@@elijahreilly9247 😂😂😂. Yeah ok

Defense wins chips offense don’t

@@OscarHernandez-dm7hp well the defense was 6th in ppg. So they had a defense too kicker just cost us

Would they have won another SB with him playing?

...and he dropped what would have been a fourth.

Ultimatecheezeburger we’ll never know.

3 TDs and a 50-yard PI penalty.

Getting Riced is having a WR take an 8-yard slant 65 yards for a TD. Getting Owensed is getting absolutely worked in press coverage and burned on a deep fade route Getting Tim Browned is getting beat even though you had double coverage

He’s right there. Rice was absolutely amazing. Not as fluid as Moss, but there is a reason people call home the GOAT football players not just wide receiver. That said: I’d take Moss 1b if not 1a.

Stefon Diggs sure. Rice also had Montana then Steve Young as his QB. They are both great. It’s fair to say Rice is better.

You also never hear anyone talk about the super bowls Moss has won

Moss is the GOAT

Our Cowboys never won a single game against Randy Moss, and looking back, we deserved it too, not only because of the sheer talent our team passed up on, but also because that decision alone launched a domino effect that set the franchise back considerably. 1999 - Michael Irvin suffers a career ending injury, leaving the franchise without a Hall of Fame receiver. 2000 - Dallas proceeds to trade 2 first round picks for Joey Galloway, which backfires completely. The first of those picks is used on future MVP Shaun Alexander, while Galloway's tenure in Dallas was marred by injury. Had the Cowboys taken Moss, this trade likely would never have happened. 2001 - Troy Aikman retires, and the Cowboys are now desperate to find a successor immediately. Without a first round pick, 2 Quarterbacks go off the board (Michael Vick, 1st overall, and Drew Brees, 32nd overall) before Dallas is finally on the clock, and they take Quincy Carter. Clearly, Dallas would've been better off with that first round pick, as Carter's career, along with the Cowboys fortunes, was ruined by his personal demons, and while Vick would have been out of Dallas's reach, they still could've had Drew Brees (who at the time was a 2nd round pick, and the position Brees was drafted at would be a first round pick today). So imagine a Cowboys team with Moss and Brees, with Shaun Alexander waiting in the wings after Emmitt retires with the rushing record. Their fortunes would be a lot better than they ultimately ended up being.

Dion R yeah, that true the Cowboys never beat Moss even once. 0-5 against the Vikings, 0-1 against the Raiders, 0-1 against the Patriots, and they never played when he was on the 49ers. My Bills have 1 win against him when he was on the Vikings in 2002, but he also played on our division for 3 years while he was on the Pats and the Bills never got 1 win against the Pats in that time.

Brandon Van my feeling exactly. It was painful to watch knowing Moss should have played in Dallas.

His character issues caused problems later in his career.

Galloway's Cowboy tenure was marred by flat out horrid QB play. He lost one year to injury and 3 years to incompetence behind center.

98 was more of the same of Dallas has been used to nowadays good regular season record yet falters in the playoffs.

for 163 yards and 3tds. Th greatest stat line of all time.

Christopher Woodburn he got roasted by Moss/Carter the following year

That's not entirely true plus after his turf toe injury Deion was never the same

Deion cowardly ducked this game because he didn't want Moss making him the roasted, fried turkey on Thanksgiving Day on national TV. Moss with R. Cunningham throwing would have absolutely destroyed Deion on this day.

Lol no

WHO

@Joshua Haynes The only guy I can think of is Darrell Green, who actually ended up playing Moss pretty well in the Vikings/Redskins game that year despite his advanced age.