Recent Hall of Fame inductee Randy Moss and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had quite the connection during their time together. In Moss's record-breaking year in 2007, Brady targeted him 160 times connecting on 98 of those for 23 touchdowns, an NFL record. Those are some impressive numbers but Brady felt like he could have targeted him even more.
Brady posted a message through the NFL Network Instagram's account and in it he apologized for not getting Moss the ball more.
“I want to say congratulations to a great friend and teammate, Randy Moss,” Brady said. “Congrats on the Hall of Fame. Just an incredible player, teammate and a friend, and there are so many great stories.
Brady recalls all the times that Moss would throw his hand up during a deep route signaling that he was open and Brady wouldn't get him the ball. He knows if he had thrown the ball more on those routes and trusted Brady that touchdown record would have been even higher.
“I always used to look at Randy after a play when he wouldn’t get the ball when I threw to someone else, and I’d say, ‘Randy, were you open? Did you get him?’ And Randy would look at me — because a lot of time he’d have deep routes — he’d look at me and go (raising hands to mimic touchdown signal). Meaning if I threw it, it’d be a touchdown. So I regret all those times I didn’t throw it to you deep, Randy. I love you, man, and congratulations.”
There is no question that Moss is one of the greatest wide receivers of all time and with Brady being one of the best quarterbacks of all time there is no doubt they could have been one of the greatest duo's of all time if they would have played together longer.
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