When reports emerged that Randy Moss would be leaving FOX for ESPN, no one disputed it. Now, Randy Moss is. Sort of.
“As of right now, I don’t know everything that is really going on,” Moss tells Kalyn Kahler of TheMMQB.com. “There’s really no contract in place. As of right now, everything is really preliminary, but if things could work out for me to be on ESPN, it would mean I would continue to be around the game.”
Things can’t be “really preliminary” much longer; football season starts in fewer than two months. Is he out at FOX even if he isn’t in at ESPN? Could he be not “around the game” at all in 2016?
Moss should be involved in broadcasting the game at some level, with some network. He has improved dramatically, ditching what at times seemed to be a hostage-video demeanor while on camera but not speaking and developing an engaging and entertaining style.
When he first joined FOX, I believed Moss could become a Charles Barkley-type figure among NFL analysts. Moss still could get there, eventually.
As to his immediate future, Moss didn’t deny the report that he’ll join ESPN. Still, his response creates plenty of uncertainty. Ultimately, the sticking point could be the thing that has become the former player’s most famous catch phrase.