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Randy Moss calls Antonio Brown NFL’s 1A receiver

By Tim Weaver

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Like him or not, it’s hard to argue that Randy Moss does not know what he’s talking about when it comes to playing the wide receiver position in the NFL. During a 16-year career Moss tallied 156 touchdowns and 15,292 receiving yards.

That ranks him third all-time at receiver behind only Terrell Owens and Jerry Rice.

Why should Pittsburgh Steelers fans care? Because Moss thinks that their team has the very best in the business on their roster. Moss spent some time working out with Antonio Brown over the summer and came away so impressed that he’s now calling him the league’s 1A receiver.

Here’s what he told Teresa Varley of Steelers.com:

“I have him and Dez Bryant as 1A and 1B. I look at those guys and there are certain wide receivers that if you put them in a certain system they would excel. I think Antonio Brown and Dez Bryant are those types of receivers that you can put them in any kind of system they can go and be dominant.”

As for what makes him great? Moss says it’s all about the work ethic:

“I think it’s just his work ethic. Just by being a small guy, from Central Michigan, a sixth round pick, he has always been the underdog. I have always been a fan of underdogs because I was one myself.”

Extremely high praise from one of the game’s legends. There’s one thing that Moss had that Brown does not, though.

Brown is relatively undersized at 5’10” and 186 lbs., which makes him perhaps the smallest player to be recognized as the league’s top receiver. Here’s measurements on some of the all-time greats, per Google:

Randy Moss: 6’4″, 210 lbs.

Jerry Rice: 6’2″, 200 lbs.

Terrell Owens: 6’3″, 224 lbs.

Calvin Johnson: 6’5″, 236 lbs.

Isaac Bruce: 6’0″, 188 lbs.

Cris Carter: 6’3″, 207 lbs.

The list goes on but you get the idea – there are very few receivers in NFL history that could match Brown’s current pace, and basically none who were his size.

In that respect, Brown is in a league all his own.

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