Randy Moss' Coming Out Party - Vikings vs. Packers (Week 5, 1998) Classic Highlights
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- On a rainy October night in Green Bay, a rookie Randy Moss makes his primetime debut.
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I saw this live. Randy Moss was the most eye opening WR that I have ever watched in my life hands down. This dude was not human.
I knew he was good and had already show flashes that season but he was a whole problem this night
To be that tall, that fast & jump that high. Don’t think we’ll ever see someone like him in our lifetime.
"Randy Moss is the best young receiver that I have seen...maybe...ever."
barack says week 5!!!!
"Randy.....You have arrived!"
I couldn’t believe it. He fell and was the second WR taken behind a no name because he smoked weed and got in some trouble. Think about that. Life lesson - always gamble like the Vikings
Oh that WR was a no name named Kevin Dyson that was taken over him because he had better “character”
Joshua Haynes and maybe will never for a long time now imagine if he had a passing qb his whole career imagine instead of wasting years in Oakland if he went straight to New England 🤣🤦♂️🤦♂️ he would of obliterate all records not even close and at the same time made Brady the God of QB
@@MikeG-l6d Dyson was actually a solid player but had injury problems
“Extended Dennis Green’s contract through 2001” remember when 2001 was a super futuristic sounding year? Lol time flies
Looking now it’s really is we didn’t have iPhones or androids in 1998 we never thought It was possible
@@RumbScroll101 it was a much better time
@@ericjones4776 No, it was just different. Better for some things worse for some others
Last year we moved to a new town and I was driving through the business area and there was a pizza place that said "In business since 1990". I thought "you're really going with that?" Then it dawned on me that was 30 years ago. Well played pizza place.
Yeah, and then Dennis was fired that same year by Red McConbs. He was a good coach. The Vikings went to the playoffs 8 out of 10 years he was there.
BTW at 2:40, Jake Reed has often been the forgotten great Vikings WR. Jake had four straight seasons of 1000 yards +.
People forget he missed the 98 NFC Championship Game that year. Robert Griffith dropped a pick in the endzone that hit him between the 2 and the 4 after Gary shanked the kick. So many missed opportunities. Had they won and gone on to beat Denver, they would be regarded as one of the best teams in the history of the league.
@@SW4MPMONST3R He was the original deep threat they had before Moss came along.Reed was injured had he played they would have stomped Atlanta.
Reed just did make it into the Vikings HOF
Quiet Corner He was the deep threat for the Vikings before Moss came along he was a 4.45 guy in the 40 he at 6-3 220 was the original T.O.
Yeah, 4 consecutive seasons of 1100+ yards receiving but never made the pro bowl?
Once Moss came in, Reed was beginning to quiet down.
The greatest WR of all time.
The numbers say Jerry Rice.
@@josephpeeler5434 Me not caring says Moss.
@@saintpablolovezyou You not caring does not make it right. A Buffalo fan could say, "I don't care about the numbers. Don Beebe was the greatest WR of all time.
@@bauerj3398 Moss was faster, could jump higher, and could take over a game at any time compared to Rice. Career stats, of course Rice has more. But, Moss was a better rookie and in a single-seaon had more touchdowns compared to Jerry Rice. In 2007, Moss had 23 touchdowns. Rice's best year was 22. I love Jerry, but in the end it's like comparing Emmitt Smith to Barry Sanders. Go ahead and take the 'sure thing', I'll take the guy that's an instant threat who can kill at any time.
@@iwanttoseemrshow Moss also only ran half the route tree. Moss gave up on plays, games, hell on entire seasons when things did not go his way.
I especially love how one of your claims is because Moss had 23 TD's in a season, while Rice 'only' had 22. Rice had 22 TD's in 1987. He only played in 12 games that year, and not because of injury. There were only 12 games that year league wide.
Dang! The Vikings basically had 3 #1 Receivers on their team. Geez, talk about huge mismatches. This team should've won it all
@Joshua Haynes I had forgotten, when Brett was bad he was really bad.
@Joshua Haynes Also that OT defense.
@Joshua Haynes No Broncos would of destroy you guys.
@@packerfan655 lol doubtful
Jake Reed wasn’t a number 1 WR in 1998 stop being silly lol. He was a solid number 3 at that time nothing more. He was on the downhill by the 1998 season and only started in 27 games from 1998-2002. Chris Carter HOF WR, but the most talented WR of all time who also garnered the most attention of any WR of all time was Moss. Remember two of the three greatest offenses of all time had Moss on them. Randall Cunningham was way over the hill who was out of the league and had a company working on countertops.
They brought him in because Cunningham had a cannon and they had the greatest deep ball threat ever who showed made average to below average QBs better. This Vikings team was about Moss period. Chris Carter got the all pro selection over Moss in 1999 which is still one of the most disgusting things ever in NFL history. The NFL voters would only give Moss an all pro selection if he had 15tds or more which was pathetic. He deserved 5 first team all pro selections if not 6 for his first six years in the NFL which is still a travesty to this day.
As a St. Louis Rams fan, THIS was the original Greatest Show in Turf!
Cunningham: "84 deep."
Holding.
Next play: ""84 deep."
LOL it was like they were playing Madden.
Greatest team to never win it all
desert4wheeling next year
Nah. Denver would have kicked their ass.
@@bitterangrydrunk fuck no we would smoked denver
Denver would have been destroyed @@bitterangrydrunk
@@thenewthought86 Denver had a superior defense, a great offensive line and a dominant RB. They were carrying Elway. I don't want to be that trolling guy on the internets, but Jesus, this was Super Bowl loss no. 5. The '98 Vikings allowed twice as many points in road games because Denny was pumping noise into the Dome. Their defense was not championship caliber, and on a neutral field Denver would have wiped them out
The Vikings most dangerous play: Randy, go and get it
Cris Carter was the same if you put it up in his area even if you was triple covered nine times out of ten he was coming down with it.
Scared every defensive coordinator. Randall’s just lofting it up there.
Rip Corey stringer
& Orlando Thomas.
IAM not even a Vikings fan and that was a damn good offensive line.
The whole reason I clicked on this video was to look for this comment after having seen the thumbnail.
RIP Korey Stringer, Orlando Thomas and Minister Reggie White
Moss was so unstoppable it was crazy
I remember my Packer fan friends make claim how Packer fans were the most loyal fans in the league--- Never leaving a game early. After that 3rd Favre interception, Lambeau Field cleared out faster than crap runs through a Goose. "And the silence you hear is Lambeau Field."
"Those noises you are hearing are the footsteps of thousands if Packers fans heading to the parking lot"
I remember the Vikings still no SB to speak of , go kick rocks.
@@lkanzenbach ............... 🥱
Vikings dominating victories at GB are the best!!
and Viking defeating Green Bay with Farve as our QB, priceless!
@@Clayboy210 Brett could be as bad as he was good..Exceptionally.
And the very best part about all of that: you guessed it, the Vikings have not and will never win a championship!
@@mikeanderson5772 They have a better chance now that the architect of their 3 & Out offense is the Browns HC. Dorsey just can't help himself everything he touches turns from gold to crap.
@@mikeanderson5772
Minnesota Vikings: the best franchise to never win a superbowl. ☹ ...and maybe the Bills too. We'll see what the future holds.
I remember watching that game. Kind of lifts your spirits anytime the Vikes beat the slackers. It just feels right.
Bears fan here, its always nice to see anyone take Green Bay down. Even the Vikings!
Carter and Moss was the best duo ever! They complimented each other so well. Carter knew how to get open down low leaving Moss open deep many times.
J.Marley Don't forget Jake Reed he made them a UNSTOPPABLE TRIO and before Moss arrived Reed was the HOMERUN THREAT and he had 4.45 speed to back it up with size 6'3 220.
@@jmarley2717 My bad like I said REED was the ORIGINAL T.O.
And both had mad respect for each other
Jake Reed faded away that year never to be heard from again. The theory was it was going to be a big 3 at receiver, but it ended up just being a big 2. Not sure what happened to Reed, didn't think he was all that old yet.
He was inferior to moss and carter . he was out of place with those two. And your right he just faded away . he was out of a job when moss got there. Guy named mathuew hatchette took his 3 rd string I think. But yeah he was supposed to be kinda stud.
Randell Cunningham played like a god.
What about Randall Cunningham?
I remember watching this live. Man!!!! Did I party that night!!! One of my favorite games of all time!!!
I was in a bar Minneapolis. Great game and good beer
Womansoor Ahmad
The league was simply better in those days
Moss is the most gifted player I have ever seen..... He could have the records IMO but he never had the work ethic of Jerry Rice nor the discipline, it just came so easy to him and he was the perfect wideout with all elements combined.
@Poop Jones Agree 100%, people are fooled by the negative MN media who hated Moss because he didn't do interviews. You don't just walk out of bed and dominate professional athletes that badly without putting in the work training all offseason. He trained harder than others from what I've seen so work ethic was there...
I remember after Moss's last TD Michael's said "Vikings, in a rout!" and that's when I knew this team was legit and that it was going to be a special season.
R.I.P. Orlando Thomas
Thanks for showing that first TD/Penalty, what a beautiful pass and catch.
ur welcome
Early signs of a long night or the rookie was just lucky
Gotta love dan’s color technique of moaning while Al Michaels calls the action. Classic
“The author Tom Clancy tried to buy the team...” wait WHAT?
No joke!
yep, he tried to put together a package and it was all smoke and mirrors. Instead the sleazy Texan Red McCombs bought them, and sold the team when he couldn't get a new stadium built, which the current owner wheedled out of the city of Minneapolis. It's nicer than the Metrodome but it's an ugly hulking thing looming over the city.
@@timward276 The Metrodome was iconic
If Clancy had purchased them and they went to the Super Bowl in 1998, they would have faced the Denver Broncos. These were the same two teams that faced off in Clancy"s Sum of all Fears, where terrorists deployed a nuclear device.
@@timward276 adding more to this...when McCombs couldn't get his stadium, he trade Randy Moss a day before his roster bonus was paid to not eat into his profits when he sold the team a few months later
Randy Moss is the greatest Wide Receiver of ALL-TIME!!!
This team was the Vikings best chance to get back to the Super Bowl. So sad that they couldn't pull it off. The best team to never win a Super Bowl.
Before the 99 Rams it was the 98 Vikings just a shame Minnesota didn't win it all.
I always thought that Randy Moss breakout game was against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving that year
Coming out party is in the title not breakout game
He scored 2 TD's in his first game ever, he broke out day 1. No one will beat his 17 TD rookie record for a long time if ever.
This is my favorite team over the years in the NFL in my lifetime the funnest to watch other than maybe the 85 bears.
It seemed they did a flea flicker trick play at least once every game and tried at least one deep pass almost every time they had the ball. Insane season.
The score in this game should have been 57-24!!!!!!
I remember watching this game while I was in grad school. Little dinI know that that TD that got called back was a harbinger of things to come! I was completely AMAZED!! They made it look so EASY! I called my dad the next morning and he had the same question for me that I had for him: “Did you see what the Vikings did to the Packers last night?”
It’s still criminal that this team didn’t make it to the Super Bowl. They would have fared much better against the Broncos than Atlanta.
I remember this game and season like it was yesterday. I was young as hell but I remember knowing our offense could score at will but our defense couldn’t stop a nose bleed 😂
I was 4 when this game aired. I remember parts of it, no idea how. Growing up in Wisconsin and being a Vikings fan was weird but thank you Randy Moss for protecting me from the green garbage.
That ultimately cost them as the curse of the Vikings came down from the Teflon sky, that one still hurts to this day.
The greatest Vikings game I have ever watched in my entire life!
its hard to top the THANKSGIVING game in Dallas , when we ROUTED the Cowboys 48-36 ..... Moss 3 catches, 3 TD's, 163 yards ......!!!!!...... just 54 yds per catch .....!!!!!
Why do you guys always forget he had 4 catches. 3 TDS and a 2 point conversion
No way. the greatest vikings game was the 1987 playoff win against the 49ers
moss was a beast in preseason, that was his coming out party
R.I.P Denny Green! To a great coach! He loved this team 🏉 ❤❤❤❤!
Damn i miss this team
Can never forget this season. The whole world wanted to see Denver vs Minnesota in the SuperBowl. And we all got ATL vs Broncos. Smfh..
Randall Cunninghams accuracy is amazing.
RIP Orlando Thomas!!
and Korey Stringer
I watched this in my dorm room when I was a freshman in college and I think I said something like 'Ok, what freaking planet is this Moss guy from?'. He instantly became my favorite player and he still is.
Simultaneous possession my ass Dierdorf! Randy cleanly catches the ball and then the guy grabs his elbow and tries to act like he has the ball for a second.
As a Packer fan, I am proud to say. The Packers in 2021 FINALLY have a defense that could hold prime Moss to under 250 yards and 4 touchdowns in a single game. Guaranteed baby!
@@electriccowboy4747 it was a joke..
I don't care what anybody has to say BAD about Randy Moss ! He was the Most Electricfying Wide Receiver to ever to play the game of Football ?
I don't know I really enjoyed watching all the acrobatic catches that Cris Carter made.
I’ve been a Vikings fan since Super Bowl 11.Hands down,there hasn’t been anyone like Randy Moss.A cut from a different cloth.
It was special to watch Moss.
Was there live at 13 yrs old. Had never seen the Packers lose at Lambeau in person before that. Got sent under the stadium in a rain delay. I should have known then that that was a bad omen. Will never forget watching the Vikings destroy the Pack on that Monday Night and having to face the cold reality that we were not going to win every home game I went to for the rest of my life lol.
These videos bring us back wgen football was football.
now its thuggery and whiners..
Moss was amazing
Just simply amazing ☺️.
Best rookie ever has arrived.
NFL was so fun to watch back then… Deep passes and Big hits.. thank God was able to watch it live
Man a 80 yard td that got called back too!
And about aa 60 yard that was just overthrown.
You almost forget how great a player Moss was
This game scarred me as a Packers fan. Packers had just been to back-to-back Super Bowls. This was the last year for Mike Holmgren and Reggie White in Green Bay. And the Packers drafted cornerbacks in the first three rounds of the 1999 draft. This game was the first moment the magic felt like it was dying.
Al Michael said it perfectly and early in the Broadcast from 1995 until this game the Packers went 25-0 at Lambeu during that time also Brett Favre and the Packers were undefeated in the playoffs the minute Minnesota came to Lambeu the magic of Lambeu die in my opinion during the Favre era loosing to Vick and the Falcons in 2002, loosing to the Vikings at home in 2004 and loosing to the Giants in the NFC Championship in 2007 yes things change but the Lambeu PlayOff streak did last almost 30 years until 2002
Packers fan here as well. This game, to me, signified a huge change of things to come. I remember hearing right after this game that the Packers defense set a team record for most yards allowed in one game in team history.
Gb hadn't lost a game at home for like 3yrs. I lost a shit load betting on this game.
How much did you lose?
How many green bay players in this game are future Vikings. Longwell, fave, sharper the list goes on.
Randall Cunningham, you were the best, thanks for the great year.
can't wait for 2022 season to start.
1:30 without that penalty, Moss’ numbers might have been even more gaudy
Is it just me or does the video quality get better during the plays where moss scores?
Trent Holt yes it does I noticed it looked really good almost thought this quality could be 5 years ago
digitally restored! NFLN has Alot of stories and plays that they restore. its actually beautiful art! How the players tell the story and The NFL narrates
At 4:09 (after moss's first touchdown) you can see the video quality degrade back
Trent Holt hi are you single
@@mrmandingo4604 u gay
Everyone at Lambeau Field: "Who's supposed to be covering Moss?"
Randy Moss is Usain Bolt with NFL receiving skills, NBA jumping skills, and that fine southern twang.
Moss wishes he had anywhere remotely close Bolt's speed.
Who saw the look of dejection at 8:00 among the DB's for the Packers after Moss caught his last touchdown.
ME!!!!!!!!
@@elvicare35 TOTAL DEJECTION!!!!!!
Because they didn’t show it at the end, Randy Moss had 6 targets, 5 catches, and a mere 190 yards and two TDs.
Damn that first play from the Vikings though
I loved Monday nites music of Hank Jr and watching randy moss it was a great time
This has to be a top 5 all-time Vikings regular season game, probably #1. The '98 Thanksgiving win over Dallas where Moss had 3 catches for 3 TDs & over 150 yards is also in there. No team built themselves up higher than that '98 team (15-1) & then fell as hard in the end. If the Vikings had gone to the Super Bowl, they would've had to punish the Broncos with Robert Smith & Leroy Hoard to help keep their depleted defense rested. They probably would've been without John Randle, Ed McDaniel & Orlando Thomas. I think David Dixon would've had to miss from their OL also. At least they would've been in the Super Bowl though
Cunningham was an awesome player!!! Changed his game on the Vikings. Became unselfish with Moss ,Carter and Reed as his receivers... ...
lol, no, he just got old and couldn't run like he could with the eagles. He literally just snaps the ball and throws a rainbow at moss, hopping he'll out jump the defenders.
This team had it all. I remember how dope R.Smith was too.
Why was he a dope?
@@TL2354 are you kidding? Pro Bowl, 1200 yards on 249 carries (4.8) . He was super smooth and made the draw look easy.
If not for that penalty he would’ve had three long bomb TDS and two other long bomb receptions. Even MORE shocking than the cowboy game
and robert smith. the 98 vikes were loaded and gary anderson finally ran out of bullets
The defense blew that game! If he makes the field goal it puts up 10. He missed. Atlanta went down the field and tied the game. And the rest is history
This was one of the more historic games in Vikings history.
That thumbnail....good choice. Still sad about #77 RIP
And Moss was still listed as the #3 WR until mid season. Stacked team!
How frustrating to know that this is the greatest Vikings team that ever will be.
I miss moss
No, just the most exciting. The greatest will be the one that goes on to win a Super Bowl or two.
This team just needed to blitz Crystal Chandelier, like Denver did in the Super Bowl, and the Vikes would have been in the SB.
I think Denver probably would have defeated the Vikes in the SB, but you never know. The Vikes would have crushed Denver blitzes with screens to Smith, or if RC sidesteps and bombs to Moss.
That was my favorite year as a lifelong Vikes fan..
I like how everyone just knows it when you're seeing greatness. It was obvious with Moss soooo early, you just knew you were watching something great.
The 90s was the most entertaining decade of football imo.
I remember this game from October 1998. The Vikings was raw in a gud way that year. Should've been in the Super Bowl that year.
This was the game where the vikings put the league on notice that they were the team to beat this team was a offensive machine watching them dominate the way they were was jaw dropping
I remember this game like it was yesterday. The last Vikings game before I moved away for college. I told my dad prior to the game that if the Vikings beat the Packers, they might go undefeated. They came pretty darn close.
They only lost to Tampa. 15-1. They should of won it that year.
I still can’t believe this team didn’t win it all. Such a shame.
That intro man had pizza nachos pop and butt load candy ahhhhhh good times
I love Morten Andersons' helmet from 1952
Gary Anderson
Those cheesy 90s special effects in the way beginning had me rolling! Haha
Man Randall had a fucking cannon arm!
Yes, some forget about those bombs he launched in Philly to Harold Carmichael and Mine Quick, when RC was earning an MVP while playing behind the worst OL in the league.
It's too bad he wasn't matched up with a headcoach that could fine tune his short game, make him less reliant on running.
It would have been nice to see Moss play with a great deep baller that was in his prime like Elway, Moon, or the arrogant QB that now plays for GB.
As I recall, the Packers lost a lot of free agents that year [or possibly the year before] after a tough Super Bowl loss to Elway's Broncos. The Vikings had a ridiculous record that year, were favored to win the NFC, but lost on a flukey missed field goal in the conference championship. They were snake-bitten those years, I'm no Minnesota fan but ya gotta feel for 'em.
To this day I still find joy in Farve throwing interceptions.
Except for one at new Orleans
The greatest team to never get to the Superbowl. Robert Griffith, John Randall, Jake Reed, Chris Carter, Robert Smith, Randy Moss, and Randall Cunningham. This team was damn near perfect on offense and defense.
He was the game when he arrived
After that first pass that was called back, I think Green Bay knew they had a serious problem on their hands
Moss out there Mossin folks....😎🤟🏾
The Greatest Show on Turf before the Greatest Show on Turf
Dazzling Footwork Diligence by these explosive Vikings ,Team Outstanding sharing the Magic!
Randy Moss doesn't appear in starting line-up for the Minnesota offense graphic.
Randy Moss: "And I took that personally."
There were some drops in this game by Moss if he made those grabs I think he would have put a CRAZY STAT LINE for receiving yds 365 which would have destroyed the current record of 336 held by Willie Flipper Anderson.
I loved the uniforms and big ass pads from that era
Never seen Moss drop a ball like that early one
Randall could throw a fifty yard rope sitting down !
The second and third best WRs in league history (after Rice) ... tragic that they couldn't get to the Super Bowl (especially in '98 when the stars were all aligned).
Ah that intro so many memories
The fact he wasn't even show in the starting lineup is CRAZY
Morton Anderson ,issued the only field goals that counted that season.