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| Moss | 63% | 80 votes | Total: 127 votes | |
| Owens | 37% | 47 votes |
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Add to FavoritesChoosing between Randy Moss and Terrell Owens is similar to choosing between a great player and a supreme talent. Great players come along every so often, but supreme talents are few and far between. Randy Moss is considered to be a supreme talent.
Both wide-outs are playmakers and game-changers capable of determining the outcome of a football game. If you examine each receiver's strengths you would notice that T.O. is more physical, tougher, a better blocker, more daring over the middle, and more emotional. But see, they aren't ultimate fighters, they are wide receivers and Randy Moss has strengths that winning franchises would want in their wide receiver. Moss is athletic, has more speed, better hands, more leaping ability, more poise, and is a better deep threat downfield. Give me Moss's skillset over Terrell's skillset any day for a wide-out.
Both players were lucky enough to be mentored by hall of fame receivers such as Jerry Rice and Cris Carter. However, Owens has had the luxury of better quarterbacks throughout his career like Jeff Garcia, Donovan McNabb, and now Tony Romo. Moss has had QBs like Daunte Culpepper, Aaron Brooks, Andrew Walter, and now finally a solid QB in Tom Brady and look at what happened when Moss finally got his gunslinger. In only one year with Brady he surpassed the all-time receiving TD record with 23 touchdown receptions, eclipsing the previous record held by the great Jerry Rice.
Randy Moss has averaged more touchdowns, yards, and receptions per year than Terrell Owens over their careers. Also Moss is 3 years younger than Owens and only has 5 fewer TDs in 2 fewer seasons. I'm pretty sure Moss could make up 5 TDs in 2 seasons. He could get 5 TDs in 2 games with Brady as his QB! Also in T.O's career he has only played a full 16 game season one time in his entire career. Moss has had six seasons with 16 full games played showing he is more durable and less injury prone than Owens.
Moss has displayed the utmost level of maturity after becoming a Patriot and he has really shown people what he is truly capable of by helping New England to a 16-0 undefeated regular season record and a Superbowl appearance. Between Moss's Patriots and Owen's Cowboys I will put my money on Moss and the Patriots to have the most Superbowl rings when it is all said and done. If that happens, then it would be officially stamped that Moss is the superior of the two. It is already official right now, but it would be STAMPED if Moss got a championship ring or two.
This is a very fair comparison as now they both have elite teams that are both considered championship contenders, so only time will tell who will have the most undisputed legacy. I will take Moss all the way in this one.
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Owens
At this time it can be said that Terrell Owens and Randy Moss are the top receivers in the National Football League. If we take the time to review their past performances and compare them to current performance I would have to say that Terrell Owens is the better National Football League receiver.
His time spent with the Philadelphia Eagles he was consistant and was the game stopper. He scored the points and had the fans sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to see what he would do next to cause a scence. He continued to gain success and media attention with his opinions and touchdown celebrations. Everyone wanted to see what Terrell would do next. With his falling out with the Eagles staff Terrell was discharged from the team everyone wondered what was next. Would someone dare to take on Terrell Owens?
After his time with the Eagles, Terrell was picked up by the Dallas Cowboys. New team but same old Terrell. There was no stopping him in his performance and he continued great success with the Dallas Cowboys. Was this success all due to Terrell? No, but the addition of his talent, his new team mates, and a great coaching staff the Cowboys showed great improvement. During his second season with the Cowboys the playoffs and a superbowl were in their grasp. This past season was one of the best season's the Dallas Cowboys have had in a long time and one can say a Superbow is in their future.
However, Randy Moss only gained negative media with his time with the Oakland Raiders. The Oakland Raiders had no shot for the playoffs and Randy just complained of wanting to be traded. His statistics on the field were nothing great and he did not work well with his team and the coaching staff. Randy Moss was picked up by the New England Patriots and during this past season he was able to do remarkable things. But the New England Patriots are already a well established team with talented players and a top notch coaching staff.
My opinion, the better recievier is the one who shows consistancy in his playing. Terrell was able to move to another team and learn a new playbook and was able to adapt to his surroundings to continue what he started in Philadelphia. Randy Moss could not adapt to do well with the Raiders and only by putting him with an already established super team was he able to show any improvement in his playing ability.
If we take Terrell Owens and Randy Moss and put them with Miami Dolphins who do you think will shine first? Terrell Owens is my choice. Even though he has a tough exterior he can adapt and change to play with any team and continue to improve on his stats.
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