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cloudboy -> RE: NFL Sob (or Brag) Thread (12/1/2007 3:07:21 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
None of these guys can hold a candle to Jerry Rice though.
Making comparisons of different players playing for different teams in different eras is always difficult. Not to deny Jerry Rice any glory, but in his career he had two HoF QBs throwing him the ball: Joe Montana and Steve Young. He also played for the best team of its era.
Randy Moss, on the other hand, played for the Vikings his first seven years in the league. Minn declined in his seventh year, I don't recall if he was injured or if his play was affected by something else in year seven (7). In his 8th and 9nth years Moss was in OAK when the Raiders were an organizational laughingstock. Also, by no coincidence, Culpepper's carreer nose dived after Moss left MINN.
So, what I decided to do was compare Randy Moss with Jerry Rice through their first six years of play in the NFL, when each was arguably on a good team. This would allow for a reveiw of their stats that might more accurately measure them against one another as receivers over an appreciable period of time.
Here is the comparison:
First Six Years in the League:
Rice: 446 rec.; 7,866 yds.; 17.6 avg.; 79 TDs
Moss: 525 rec.; 8,375 yds.; 15.9 avg.; 77 TDs
Statistically each is phenomenal. I'd have to say its a toss up to decide who is better than the other. In this comparison model Moss does hold a candle to Jerry Rice. They are, in fact, equal peers. Rice has a slight edge in TDs and yards per catch, but Moss has more rec's and more overall rec. yds.
Looking at these STATs and having seen OAK play in 05 and 06, its no wonder Moss is a new man in NE.
I don't believe Jerry Rice in his 10nth season could best the year Moss is having.
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