Comments on: Comparing Moss to Jerry Rice’s Record

By: david lee

david lee — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:33:44 +0000

WHAT THE FUCK ARE U SMOKING?>!??!?! nobody will remember that RICE did it in less games??!?!?!??!?! get off the patriots dick and stop talking this bullshit.

By: jack wingnew

jack wingnew — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:04:03 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know that about the 17 td seasons. Wow. Moss one day looking back, may be the best if he has the rings. IMO, they are both great receivers. Why debate?

By: bob

bob — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:23:59 +0000

Good points. Although this stat sticks out the largest. Randy Moss has 17+ TD’s in 3 seasons. Rice only has 2 17+ TD seasons in his whole career. It would seem Moss will produce more of those seasons. I give all the respect to Jerry Rice, he’s the best. But all the Moss hating needs to stop. Moss might be in the class of Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders & Randy Moss as greatest athletes ever. Also remember Barry Sanders to some is the greatest running back ever and he doesn’t hold all the NFL records. But above all, be a fan. Enjoy Randy Moss. He truly is the Jerry Rice of this era.

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:28:46 +0000

“There were 15 games played in 1987. 3 of those games were played with replacement players. Rice did not play in those games. Neither did any other 49er regular.”

Any regular except Joe Montana, Dwight Clark, and Roger Craig, you mean? Montana was the most notorious scab of all. Get your facts straight.

By: GUHoyas5

GUHoyas5 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:59:06 +0000

I think is very important to look at the eras in which both reciever played. Jerry played in an era when cornerbacks were allowed to push, shove and even knock recievers down after five yards. It was a much more physical era and alot more difficult for wide recievers to have the enormous numbers we see today.

In saying that, Randy is a freak of nature, able to catch the ball deep in double and triple coverage and nearly impossible to stop in the redzone, things that separate him from Rice and make his 23 td season in 16 games legit.

After reading your article about who is the best Rice vs. Moss id still say Jerry is the greatest. Its easy for us to say Moss now because Jerry is retired but go back and look at his highlights from the 80’s and 90’s and you’ll be reminded about just how dominant this guy was in the regular season and playoffs. Moss need’s 6 more seasons like this to come close to Rice’s records

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:45:07 +0000

To repeat, for those like Todd who apparently can’t read, Rice never lined up against a scab. There were 15 games played in 1987. 3 of those games were played with replacement players. Rice did not play in those games. Neither did any other 49er regular.

To reiterate, no replacement player played in any game that was played in any of the twelve weeks that Jerry Rice suited up.

By: Extra P.

Extra P. — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:31:09 +0000

The way we all track stats these days, anyone with the desire to look will be able to tell the relative merit of any two records from different eras. And if they can’t figure it out for themselves, we’ll be happy to blog the shit out of it for them.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:34:36 +0000

Was there this much whining and griping about asterisks when Eric Dickerson set the single-season rushing record? I don’t remember O.J. ever crying like a little girl about it the way Rice is about this.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:44:39 +0000

For the sake of Thomas’ argument, then take away all of Rice’s touchdowns he had in the scab games. Moss has more TD’s. End of story.

Then take into effect that Rice, Montana, Dwight Clark, etc. were all in synch, having already been playing together, when the regular players came back…those same players/opponents who had a month’s layoff.

Moss deserves the record on the basis of principle: he’s playing against NFL talent every week. Rice didn’t. His desire to cross the line is a whole can of worms he and Joe hope history forgets. Sorry, Jerry, not yet.

By: Thomas Gerling

Thomas Gerling — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:19:56 +0000

Rice only had 6 TD’s after week 9, having only played 5 games up to that point. Over the final 7 games of the season, he caught 16 TD’s, for an average of 2.28 per game.