On the December 1 episode of ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown, Randy Moss was given a moment to address the viewers directly: “I put a post up on Instagram maybe a few minutes ago, telling people, talking about my eyes last week. And I just wanna let the viewers know that me and my wife – me and my family — we are battling something internally.” The news was officially out a week later when ESPN made an official statement that he would be away for a prolonged time to manage a serious health concern, which he did not give any detail about.

While the ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown crew continued the famed You Got Moss’d segment to fulfill Moss’ absence, his longtime New England Patriots teammate Tom Brady, on FOX NFL, said, “Our heart obviously is with you. Our prayers. All our positive energy. We love you so much, man.” Now another NFL legend Brett Favre has offered his prayers for Moss’ recovery but unlike the rest, it created quite a stir. But where did it all start? Without thinking too much into it, it looks like Favre just jumped the gun.

Because, along with the wishes, Favre wrote on X, “Just heard that Randy Moss has liver cancer. Prayers to him and his family. Randy is and will always be one of the all time greats to ever run a route. Definitely on the NFL WR Mt. Rushmore.” Yellow eyes, the revelation of a serious health emergency, and then liver cancer- the dots did not seem disconnected at all. But here is the twist.

Within moments of Favre posting it, Randy’s son, Thaddeus Moss politely replied, “Brett, the support is appreciated, truly. This is not true. My father will address the world when he is ready to.” Making matters further confusing, Brett edited his initial X post, deleting the cancer news part. It currently reads, “Prayers to Randy Moss and his family.🙏 Randy is and will always be one of the all time greats to ever run a route. Definitely on the NFL WR Mt. Rushmore.” But Favre was not the only one to post this information.

NFL insider Larry Fitzgerald Sr.’s X posted on X, “66th NFF Hall of Fame Ceremony here in Las Vegas just heard that Vikings HOF Randy Moss has liver cancer. Let’s show the power of prayer and pull Moss through this.🙏🙏🙏.I love you Randy.” Thaddeus had a reply to give here as well. But that did not come as calmly as it was for Favre.

“This is disgusting. You have no right to try to make private matters public for the sake of engagement. I do not believe my father talks to you, so check your f***ing sources,” Moss’ son hit out. Though the news is probably not true, Favre gave a flashback to the past with his post.

Coming back to Brett Favre’s post, there were two vintage photos attached in the post above. One shows Favre in his Green Bay attire while Randy Moss rocks his Vikings uniform. The other picture is a unique piece of history. It’s a picture of the time when Moss and Favre played on the same team (the Vikings), but that union was very short-lived.

It was the year 2010 when Randy Moss bounced around a couple of teams. In the 2010 season, he played 4 games with the Pats and then moved to the Vikings to play 4 more. Moss eventually settled to play 8 games for the Titans in the final weeks of that season. Brett Favre’s post did have some misconstrued facts in it, but good will is what counts. Turns out, Favre has plenty of it since he’s a long time Randy Moss admirer.

In October of 2021, the former Packer revealed what it’s like to play against Randy Moss. Safe to say that his Packers had trouble dealing with him. No matter how many defenders you put on Moss, he’s open most of the time. Check out Favre’s comments in an interview with SiriusXM Radio. “The only person that would stop Randy Moss would be Randy Moss. We double-covered him, we triple-covered him, and yet he still made the plays. You put nine guys in the box (vs the Titans), and it doesn’t matter,” Favre said.

But this wasn’t the first time Brett Favre praised Randy Moss.

Brett Favre can’t stop talking about Randy Moss

It was the year when Favre was supposed to be inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He went on to ESPN for their Thursday show and spoke to Nate Burleson (the former Vikings receiver) about some of his favorite athletes- Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Robert Smith, but couldn’t hold himself back when talking about the retired NFL receiver.

“Robert Smith and Randy Moss,” Favre said. “I hate to say I enjoyed watching them, but you knew it was going to be painful when you watched them. First time I saw Randy play was against us and he has 200-and-something yards – I think it was 290 or something on Monday Night Football – and he had a 70 yarder called back. I thought … ‘this is incredible.'”

The former Green Bay QB was probably talking about the 1998 game when Green Bay went against the Vikings at the Lambeau Field, Moss came out with 5 catches for 190 yards and even scored two touchdown. But the receiver could have had 75-yards more if that play wasn’t called back because of a holding penalty on Todd Steussie.

But this story of admiration goes both ways. Apparently, Moss is also quite fond of Brett Favre. Around the same time when Brett Favre was about to have his HOF ceremony, Randy Moss uploaded a video of him playing quarterback on a beach. The Instagram post came off as a tribute to Brett Favre as Moss wrote in the caption, “Trying to be like Favre!HOF week so i had to try 1 for the legend. #muchluvbrett #legend #congrats.”

To that end, it’s understandable that Thaddeus, Randy Moss’ son would overlook the blunder from Brett Favre and give him some benefit of doubt. There hasn’t been a major revelation from Randy Moss’ side as of now.