Randy Moss To The Vikings? Bill Simmons Tweet Starts Rumor Explosion

Is Randy Moss headed back to the Minnesota Vikings?

ESPN.com writer Bill Simmons wrote on Twitter earlier Tuesday night about the possibility of the NFL superstar rejoining his former team. "Rumors swirling about a Pats-Minny trade for Randy Moss," he tweeted. He soon deleted the tweet and said that it was supposed to be a private message, "Sorry that last tweet was supposed to be a DM. Rumors swirling about a Pats-Minny trade for Randy Moss."

Soon afterwards, Jay Glazer of Fox added fuel to the fire. "Yes, vikes and pats have been working on trade that sends randy moss to vikes and r very clode but can't be done until vikes and moss work out new contract, whcih they r working on," he tweeted.

Glazer added more information later in the evening: "Just to update, sides still working this, have been working it. Could end up makin the deal eve w out a new contract for moss if it comes down to it. They've been crankin on it."

The Vikings drafted Moss with the 21st pick of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played with them through the 2004 season, before he was traded to the Oakland Raiders. The Patriots obtained Moss after the 2006 season.

UPDATE: Multiple sources confirm that a trade is being discussed.

Comments

[Gary Crook]

01:16 PM on 10/11/2010

moss is a joke....
when i think of great football players, his name doesn't come to mind....
an ego that knows no bounds.

[Roman1]

02:15 PM on 10/10/2010

No he didn't. That came from a local station in Minn. and as always, ESPN claims confirmation.

ANOTHER reason why I stopped watching this horrible network.

[cameron d]

01:39 AM on 10/07/2010

How do you reward Tom Brady for re-signing with the Pats? You get rid of the best deep threat in the NFL. Well played.

[blueken]

11:33 AM on 10/08/2010

I think you should take a look at Mr. Brady's paycheck, he has been rewarded. Long time Pats fan here. You don't remember Shaffer Stadium do you? When fans poured beer on the Monday Night Football crew, and they swore the Pats would never get another Monday Night game? If you did, you wouldn't second guess the Kraft family. They have done nothing but bring Super Bowl rings and winning seasons to this club. It's funny, but an awfull lot of teams around the league are trying to model themselves in the Pats mold. There must be a reason, don't you think?

[rhubardpi]

01:38 AM on 10/07/2010

Now if the Vikes had an offensive line that could keep Brett from getting killed we'd be in good shape.

[DrObvious]

12:03 AM on 10/07/2010

done deal.   at least one happy Vikings fan here.

[Cea80]

11:03 PM on 10/06/2010

Ok, this turned out to be true. But ESPN has been doing a lot of Fox News-like "journalism" the last couple of years by manufacturing controversies.

[Puller58]

08:57 PM on 10/06/2010

Moss' latest rant may have convinced the Pat's brain trust that his value was used up.

[AngryHarpy]

08:38 PM on 10/06/2010

I think this will turn out to be a mistake for Moss.

[knight7se7en]

08:32 PM on 10/06/2010

If I'm Randy Moss....no scratch that, if I'm a wide receiver, and I have to choose to receive passes from Brett Favre or Tom Brady, I would choose Tom Brady.

But then again I am a Patriots fan :)

[DrObvious]

12:17 AM on 10/07/2010

Randy Moss was a talented problem child when he last played in Minnesota.   But he has an opportunity, with Favre and Adrian Peterson,  to excel in a balanced  Vikings offense. 

Maybe a fresh start is just the tonic for him to chill and do what the team needs at 100%

[Winthorpe]

08:31 PM on 10/06/2010

Hilarious definition of "update" in this section.

[liberty apples]

06:57 PM on 10/06/2010

UPDATE: You might want to check another one of your stories on the Sports homepage. The guy's been traded! You say so yourself!

[Sad But True]

06:08 PM on 10/06/2010

Patsies now have no downfield threat at all. Sure, Moss is a whiner and a head case. But this hurts.

[cbzd]

05:50 PM on 10/06/2010

So Vikings: you have throw it to the other team Bret and Randy, I can't be bothered to run downfield Moss. This sounds like a great plan and hey how is that new stadium coming along?

[jmar829]

05:37 PM on 10/06/2010

Randy Moss has a cry baby issue with any team he's on. If he isn't throwing TD's to himself on offense he isn't happy.

[Pailface]

03:45 PM on 10/06/2010

The two most disappointing teams in the NFL right now:
Minnasota Vikings
San Francisco 49ers

Together they might win 8 games...

Go Chiefs!

[DrObvious]

12:21 AM on 10/07/2010

don't bet the farm on that.   Minnesota isn't dead yet.  10-6 or better