Randy Moss On the Market: Should the Cowboys Be In the Market?

November 1, 2010   ·   Gene Strother   ·   Jump to comments

In the 1998 draft, Jerry Jones failed to pull the trigger on drafting future superstar receiver Randy Moss, opting instead to go with Greg Ellis.
We all know how that turned out.
Ellis put together a respectable career in Dallas, one that garnered him one Pro Bowl appearance in 11 seasons with the Cowboys. Meanwhile, Moss went to seven Pro Bowls and was named to four All-Pro teams while amassing nearly 15,000 receiving yards.
Moreover, the jilted receiver made the Cowboys pay every chance he got, lighting them up for one spectacular touchdown catch after another.
Jones' reason for passing on Moss, while greatly debated, was solid at the time. Moss was seen as an attitude risk, a potential off-field problem. He wasn't, as it turned out, but that was the book on him back then.
Jones' Cowboys, fresh off the "white house" drug scandals involving Michael Irvin and others and the gun incident involving Barry Switzer, were dealing with a very successful franchise whos...

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