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[SouthCarolinaViking]

I'm reading it. Very interesting.......but we all know the outcome. :'(



https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/06/27/1998-m...y-anderson

[Guest]

Wow, what a fascinating read. I had never heard any of those takes before. 

Love this: Robert Smith, Vikings running back: My agent called me on the first lunch break of the first training camp practice and said “How’s Randy look?” And I told him, “I’ve never seen anything like this.” I had a track background, ran in a race against Carl Lewis. I’ve never seen anyone like Randy. I’ve never seen anyone as smooth. I told my agent after that first practice that if he stayed healthy, he’d be in the Hall of Fame.

That's what I remember after watching Randy's Marshall stuff. I've said this a million times, but it wasn't his size or speed that stood out to me as much as his fluidity. He glided like a magnet train. 

[Guest]

Greatest rookie season ever. Randy was such an amazingly fluid runner. More like gliding then running. Long arms, great balance and the leaping ability to make him a buckshot like target. Like in you don't need a direct hit. Just point it in his direction and pull the trigger. The rest of the story needed a happier ending.

[Guest]

Well, that was fun...
Like a car-crash: I didn't want to keep reading, but I couldn't help myself.  I am- literally- sitting here in unbelief (all over again) that we didn't go on to the Super Bowl.  Unbelievable.

[Guest]

@pumpf said:
Well, that was fun...
Like a car-crash: I didn't want to keep reading, but I couldn't help myself.  I am- literally- sitting here in unbelief (all over again) that we didn't go on to the Super Bowl.  Unbelievable.

Very good read.  But yes, during that one section I about quit.  Skipped ahead and enjoyed the rest.

One other thing pisses me off.  Brad Johnson injured his foot on a non-play.  False start and the DE came around and crushed his ankle as everyone else pulled up for the whistle.  I think we would have been a different and better team with Brad at the helm.

[Guest]

One thing I remember is in 1999, Cunningham didn't seem to care whether they won or lost. We went to the 4th game that year against Tampa. I was glad when they put George in. 

At the time I didn't hear any reports about the '98 team locker room and the reactions of players. I just know that my gut was telling me that Cunningham didn't give a shit. After he was benched, I remember comments from him like "football didn't mean as much to him as it used to and he was fine if he never played again". After that season, he signed with Dallas. Douche bag.

Then, years later, I saw some stories that CC was absolutely crushed after that Falcons game. Cunningham approached him and basically said that it wasn't God's plan for them to go to the Super Bowl and it just wasn't meant to be. He basically said the same thing in this story. 

There were boatloads of things that went wrong that day, but it will always stay with me that our Pro Bowl MVP quarterback just didn't give a shit about victories. It's out of his hands. If God wants us to win a championship then he'll guide us. 

Well if that's the case, I'm fucked........bein' an atheist and all.

[Guest]

@greediron said:

@pumpf said:
Well, that was fun...
Like a car-crash: I didn't want to keep reading, but I couldn't help myself.  I am- literally- sitting here in unbelief (all over again) that we didn't go on to the Super Bowl.  Unbelievable.

Very good read.  But yes, during that one section I about quit.  Skipped ahead and enjoyed the rest.

One other thing pisses me off.  Brad Johnson injured his foot on a non-play.  False start and the DE came around and crushed his ankle as everyone else pulled up for the whistle.  I think we would have been a different and better team with Brad at the helm.

Totally agree. Said so at the time and everyone thought I was nuts, but I truly believed that. He was a more stable QB. He couldn't throw it as far as Randall, but with Randall I was always just waiting for something to go wrong. 

[Guest]

I dont know why I read that...Maybe the same reason you cant help but look at the car accident you're driving by.

I was at that Falcons game...

Didnt define me as a Viking fan, but it was the last time I sobbed after a game since the 77 SB loss. I just remember walking back to my car in disbelief on that cold, January night. 

09 kicked me in the nadz too, not like 98 though. Neither did 2018 or 41/donut.

[Guest]

@MaroonBells said:
Wow, what a fascinating read. I had never heard any of those takes before. 

Love this: Robert Smith, Vikings running back: My agent called me on the first lunch break of the first training camp practice and said “How’s Randy look?” And I told him, “I’ve never seen anything like this.” I had a track background, ran in a race against Carl Lewis. I’ve never seen anyone like Randy. I’ve never seen anyone as smooth. I told my agent after that first practice that if he stayed healthy, he’d be in the Hall of Fame.

That's what I remember after watching Randy's Marshall stuff. I've said this a million times, but it wasn't his size or speed that stood out to me as much as his fluidity. He glided like a magnet train. 

In the summer of 1998 Dan Hildredth ran the Viking Underground website. I remember him writing about a young, lanky and very fluid rookie WR...He'd never seen anything like it -- was downright giddy. 

The years go fast...

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@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:
Wow, what a fascinating read. I had never heard any of those takes before. 

Love this: Robert Smith, Vikings running back: My agent called me on the first lunch break of the first training camp practice and said “How’s Randy look?” And I told him, “I’ve never seen anything like this.” I had a track background, ran in a race against Carl Lewis. I’ve never seen anyone like Randy. I’ve never seen anyone as smooth. I told my agent after that first practice that if he stayed healthy, he’d be in the Hall of Fame.

That's what I remember after watching Randy's Marshall stuff. I've said this a million times, but it wasn't his size or speed that stood out to me as much as his fluidity. He glided like a magnet train. 

In the summer of 1998 Dan Hildredth ran the Viking Underground website. I remember him writing about a young, lanky and very fluid rookie WR...He'd never seen anything like it -- was downright giddy. 

The years go fast...

Yep, I remember Dan. I was on that site. But as a draft junky I knew about all about Randy Moss, the troubled receiver from Marshall. In fact, I still remember, the first post I ever started on that site was "If Randy Moss falls do you take him?" :-)