Randy Moss Fallout Continues, Reportedly Told Vikings Owner That Brad Childress Should Be Fired

There was a large gap of time between when the news of Moss’ release initially broke and the Vikings actually confirming the move. According to ESPN’s Ed Werder citing a team source, Wilf delayed Moss’ placement on waivers while he considered firing Childress.

The news shouldn’t come as too much of a shock considering it was already known that Wilf was unhappy with the move. While Childress does have control of the 53-man roster, it’s unusual that he made a move like that without consulting ownership or at least making Wilf aware of the move.

The Minnesota coach who awkwardly handled Moss’ dismissal from the Vikings spoke Wednesday about how acquiring him in the first place was a bad idea from the get-go.

Moss may be gone but Childress still has the Minnesota brass, players and fans to answer to. If the Vikings don’t win a lot more games, he won’t have much of a chance.

The Tennessee Titans acquired receiver Randy Moss off the waiver wire despite being 22nd in the order of teams who could have claimed Moss. Not that it mattered, as Tennessee was the only team to place a claim on the Pro Bowler.

The Titans, even if they didn’t improve their offense as planned, certainly added a high-profile offensive weapon to their roster and so some of their officials were compelled to address the media after the transaction was made official.

The Titans had the 22nd position on the waiver wire, which is based on record from worst to best. This means that 21 teams ahead of the Titans passed on Moss. It’s not yet known if anyone after the Titans placed a claim.

A report surfaced on Wednesday indicating that Moss wouldn’t necessarily report to the team that claimed him. In fact, he’d reportedly be willing to sit out the season if he didn’t like the team that claimed him. Fortunately for the Titans, there are already reports coming out that he will report to the team.

On a usual Friday, a local restaurant supplied the food and set it up in the locker room serving it to the players. Moss, according to Silver, was very loud in expressing his displeasure for the food saying, “What the [expletive]? Who ordered this crap? I wouldn’t feed this to my dog!”

That rubbed some players the wrong way, according to one player who talked to Silver.

Vikings head coach Brad Childress released a statement on Monday night making official that news that the team is going to release receiver Randy Moss.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Childress made the following statement: “This decision was made based on what we thought was in the best interests of the Vikings, both in the short and long term. We wish Randy the best as he moves forward in his career.”