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00:00 He's one of those players that you just put the ball in his hands and he'll make things
00:03 happen.
00:04 I'm Robin Lundberg, joined by legendary NFL receiver Randy Moss, who's here with us on
00:08 behalf of Frito-Lay and PepsiCo beverage brands as part of their NFL campaign, imagining everyone's
00:14 favorite players coming out of retirement, the likes of Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice, Dan
00:18 Marino, Tom Brady and others.
00:20 And Randy, speaking of coming out of retirement, a lot of people are talking about quarterbacks
00:24 coming out of retirement for the Jets after what happened to Aaron Rodgers.
00:28 You know, Rodgers apologized to Garrett Wilson, saying, "Sorry, kid," apparently.
00:34 How should the receiver room react to that news?
00:37 It's unfortunate because injuries happen.
00:40 But I just think for Aaron Rodgers, it's one of those generational talents.
00:46 It gets heard on Monday Night Football, but as the fan in me felt for him, but as the
00:52 football player in me, it's like, "The next man up."
00:56 And I think that's the mentality that the Jets gotta have.
00:59 I mean, they drafted Zach Wilson.
01:01 I don't know if they're going to look in free agency or something like that.
01:05 But I just think that, you know, Coach Sulla, his team is a great coaching staff.
01:10 I like this team.
01:11 They're a young team.
01:12 And I just thought that they were just riding high on a pedestal waiting for a guy like
01:16 Aaron Rodgers to come.
01:18 And he just did the interview with John McEnroe the other day.
01:21 And I remember John McEnroe saying that it's been very painful as a Jet fan to go through
01:28 these years and not win.
01:30 And then I can remember Aaron saying that he was there to take some of that pain away.
01:35 And then he gets hurt on Monday night.
01:36 So I just think that the fan in me, you know, just felt like every fan watching that game
01:41 the other night.
01:42 But, you know, the show must go on.
01:44 So it's just the next man up.
01:46 It's Zach Wilson's turn.
01:47 I know he was there, you know, up under Aaron's coat tail, just following him around in the
01:51 OTAs and the mini camp.
01:52 So, you know, the time is now.
01:55 You know, all the criticism, all the naysayers that were talking about Zach.
01:58 Now is a great time to be able to hush up, hush your critics.
02:01 So we'll see what Coach Sulla has in store the next couple of weeks.
02:05 It's going to be a tough road for him.
02:06 So but we'll see.
02:07 One name that gets brought up any time there's a quarterback opening still is Colin Kaepernick.
02:13 Do you see him as a viable option for a team at this point?
02:16 I mean, I'm a huge fan of Colin's.
02:19 The teammate of mine.
02:20 And, you know, I just really think that it's just been so many years, you know, to pass
02:25 for him to really get back in the National Football League.
02:28 You see in all these young quarterbacks being drafted, you see these young quarterbacks,
02:32 free agents coming in there.
02:34 So, you know, would I like to see Colin Kaepernick back in the National Football League?
02:38 Of course I would.
02:39 But I just think that it's just been so much time has passed that the league and these
02:43 other organizations are just moving on.
02:45 So I don't know what the Jets have in store.
02:47 But to answer your question, yeah, I would love to see Colin Kaepernick back.
02:51 But has time passed him, Bob?
02:52 I don't know.
02:53 I think so.
02:54 You know, Jerry Rice is part of this unretirement campaign, right?
02:57 But Shannon Sharp recently said Tyreek Hill is scarier in his mind than Jerry Rice.
03:03 Do you agree with that?
03:04 There's a lot of things you say on TV just to get the viewership.
03:08 And I think that was one of those cases.
03:10 I mean, no disrespect to Tyreek Hill and what he stands for and what he means to that organization.
03:14 But when you put the body of work with 20 plus years, all the statistics, all the records
03:19 are in your hand with the Super Bowl rings to go behind it.
03:22 Like I say, no disrespect.
03:23 But he has maybe about two more years of that to keep up with that level of play to be mentioned
03:29 in the category like Jerry's.
03:31 Do you think of Tyreek as a different type of receiver?
03:34 How would you describe how dangerous he is?
03:36 Tyreek is a nightmare.
03:37 He's just a nightmare.
03:39 He's one of those players that you got 70 snaps, 80 snaps on the field.
03:44 For every snap that they play, you better know where he's at every time.
03:48 And I think that a lot of defensive coordinators might get out of hand or, you know, get a
03:55 little arrogant sometimes and not put the safety over the top.
04:00 You know, I understand that they're trying to disguise the defense for Tua.
04:04 I understand that.
04:05 But at the same time, you are not putting your defense in a situation to go out there
04:12 and succeed.
04:13 And I think that that's what the Chargers learned the other day.
04:16 No matter where you are on the field, I don't care if you're on a plus five.
04:19 You better know what Tyreek Hill is because he's one of those players that you just put
04:24 the ball in his hands and he'll make things happen.
04:26 And it could be a reverse, bubble screen, quick screen, whatever it is, Tyreek Hill
04:31 could make it on every level.
04:33 So I mean, he may be one of the most feared receivers of all time.
04:37 Now, I will give him that.
04:38 But putting him in a category with Rice, the way Shannon put it, I mean, he needs maybe
04:42 about eight to 10 more years of body of work to be in that category.
04:46 All right.
04:47 You know, I've spoken to some really good wide receivers lately and asked them all for
04:50 their Mount Rushmore.
04:52 Jamar Chase left you and Terrell Owens off his Mount Rushmore receivers.
04:57 You got an issue with that?
04:59 No, not at all, man.
05:01 I mean, that's his personal opinion.
05:03 I mean, everybody has their personal opinion.
05:05 And for me to be left off of his Mount Rushmore, it means that I didn't put that much work
05:10 in.
05:11 You know, I only played 14 years, so I just needed to maybe put a couple more touchdowns,
05:15 a couple more yards, a couple more receptions out there.
05:17 So my body of work wasn't interested in him, and I respect that.
05:21 Do you have a Mount Rushmore of wide receivers?
05:23 Who are your top four?
05:25 My top four Mount Rushmore?
05:27 I go Moss, Owens, Megatron, Jerry Rice.
05:36 That's it.
05:37 Not going to be too many people that disagree.
05:38 Now back to current receivers, Justin Jefferson was kind of visibly upset after the Vikings
05:43 lost to the Buccaneers.
05:45 What would you say to him about that?
05:47 There comes a time where every star, every athlete is going to get some type of adversity.
05:54 And I think that you have to be able to control it, to understand it, and to move on from
05:59 it.
06:00 And I think that when you lose a game like that, and you're in the locker room, and the
06:04 media just jumps straight in, and then they jump, put the microphones in your face.
06:08 I mean, you could go back in my history and find my sound bites.
06:12 I know I'd have messed up a lot of times of saying things that I shouldn't have said.
06:16 But I just think that just moving forward, you know, Justin is just frustrated.
06:20 I know week one, he just wanted to win at home at US Bank Stadium.
06:25 So I just think that, you know, just moving forward, there's going to be maybe a few more
06:28 hiccups throughout the course of the season that he'll learn from this.
06:31 I'm not taking anything from it.
06:33 It's just one of those ones where he's frustrated.
06:35 He wanted to win.
06:36 And I don't think the contract is that much of a factor than it is of him going in, losing
06:41 week one at home.
06:43 Does the same go for Stephan Diggs, who seemed to be a little, you know, there's been something
06:47 going on maybe with him, Josh Allen, and the Bills?
06:50 No, I mean, every number one wide receiver wants the football.
06:55 And I think that what the quarterback sees, opposed to what we see, sometimes is not always
07:04 the right thing.
07:05 Like, I always feel or we feel that we're open.
07:08 And you know, we don't know who's breathing down his neck.
07:10 We don't know, you know, you got guys like Von Miller, Miles Garrett, you know, rushing
07:14 the passer.
07:15 And we don't know what he's going through.
07:17 But at the end of the day, when when the whistle was blown, and we come out of our route and
07:21 we're sitting there open.
07:22 So I think that the frustration part is we want the ball as number one wide receivers,
07:27 but don't know what the quarterback goes through to get us the ball.
07:29 So I just think some cases throughout the season, Stephon Diggs, Jefferson, you know,
07:35 all wide receivers go through a little something because they don't know what's going on because
07:39 our heads are basically turned toward the offense because we're running straight ahead.
07:44 So I think everything is going to be okay.
07:46 At the end of the day, I don't think they need to do just grab a bag of Frito-Lays and
07:50 everything will be all right.
07:53 Last one before we get to that that campaign, because obviously you're here to talk about
07:56 that.
07:57 Coach Prime, you're talking about the defenders, you went against Deion Sanders at one point.
08:02 What do you make of what he's done for Colorado, which feels like the biggest story in sports
08:06 right now?
08:07 Man, you talking to the number one Colorado Buffalo fan in America, what you want me to
08:11 say?
08:12 In all honesty, I think that when you look at Coach Prime, and you know where he's taking
08:19 his career, I follow Coach Prime back when he was in Texas, doing seven on seven travel
08:24 ball with these young men.
08:26 Then being able to go to the collegiate level and getting his shot and getting his chance
08:31 to be able to show them what he's worth.
08:33 Now he's on a big stage in Colorado.
08:35 I'm rooting for Coach Prime just like everybody else in America is.
08:39 I'm just glad that he brought football back to college.
08:43 The way they're out there designing their offense, the way the defense is going out
08:47 there, special teams is going out there.
08:49 I'm so glad that he brought college football back with a little bit excitement.
08:54 You bringing the stars out for college football games.
08:57 These aren't bowl games.
08:58 These aren't national championship games.
09:01 These are regular season games that Coach Prime is bringing the stars out.
09:04 The NCAA got to love it, because it's generating dollars.
09:10 Big ups to Coach Prime and the Colorado Buffaloes because then again, man, I'm on it every week
09:16 and I got a son in college too at the University of Maine.
09:18 But I make sure I try to tune in to the Colorado Buffaloes and eat me a bag of Doritos or some
09:24 some some some playing Frito-Lays or something like that.
09:26 Sit back and watch the game.
09:27 That's what I'm doing.
09:28 Yeah, whenever they play, it is prime time.
09:31 Now tell us why you're excited about this campaign with Frito-Lays and Pepsi brand beverages,
09:36 Randy.
09:37 Well, I just think, you know, thank Frito-Lay and PepsiCo for just giving me the opportunity.
09:41 One just being able to get back in the swing of it with the new season coming on and being
09:46 able to get around old guys, not old guys, old school legends like, you know, Jerry Emmett,
09:52 Dan Marino, just teaming up doing this commercial and, you know, they just asking about, you
09:56 know, my favorite chip to eat.
09:58 And I was like, you know, I eat, you know, Doritos or plain Lays, but I'm not a big Coke,
10:02 Pepsi Coke drinker.
10:03 You know, I drink, you know, mostly water, a little juice, but but I do love my chips.
10:09 And I think that was more on, you know, us doing a commercial.
10:12 And I said, you know what?
10:14 I do eat Frito-Lays.
10:15 I do eat them on a regular basis.
10:17 So for me to be able to come and do a campaign, a commercial with the company that I do support,
10:24 oh, man, that's a blessing.
10:25 Randy, really appreciate the time, man.
10:27 Thank you.
10:28 All right.
10:29 I appreciate it.
10:30 Thank you.
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