Tommysgirl

He was just on Mike and Mike, he stated again that he did it in 12 games, but that he would call Moss and congratulate him. He appreciated what he was doing.
They asked him what QB he would want to line up with and he said Brady, Manning and Favre. They corrected him and said of all time, he said Montana, Brady and Marino. He said what Brady has done is just amazing, and he now needs to be in the discussion of greatest of all time.

BradyManny

I'm tired of the "I did it in 12 games" crap. He played 19 other seasons, he had plenty of 16 game seasons to beat or set his own record. Tough break, Jerry.

PatsDparty

Please, if they expand the league to 20 games one year, and someone beats (assuming brady beats manning's record) brady's TD record, everyone on this board would say that brady's record is more impressive.

DefenseRules

It really doesn't matter. It sounds like the players are more excited about the possibility of making history by ending the season at 16 and 0. I'm with them.
If we break those other records while making history...GREAT...if we make history without making those records...in the words of Moss..."I'm cool with that too".

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BradyManny

Your argument is severely flawed b/c Brady would have never played in a 20 game season. Jerry Rice played in 20 regular seasons, he just happened to set the record during a strike season. Tough break for him.

If all 20 of Rice's seasons were 12 games, then yes, Moss record would and should have an asterik next to it. Would it have made a difference if Rice did it in 12 games and then got injured for the final 6? Would he make the same claims? No, absolutely not. You can't have all these "ifs and buts" when talking about records particularly when we're talking about the same era of the game. This isn't a different era of the game, seasons were 16 games, strike meant he only played 12.

NYCPatsFan

IMO, he has a very valid point but I think he should tone down trying to point to his 12-season game in every interview.

But given his remarkable achievements and his good character, I ignore his reminders of his 12-season game and instead admire the grace with which he applauds Moss and Brady.

Deus Irae

Wide receivers are a notorious lot, so I don't know why people would expect Rice to say anything different. This is especially true of Patriots fans who are claiming that this year's perfect season would be better than the Miami perfect season because it would have more games played.


Sauce for the goose, and all that.

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The Hurricane

Lets not forget Jerry was scoring those touchdowns against replacement players and out of shape corners who didn't know when the strike was going to end. I don't want to take anything away from Jerry for being one of the few smart players to stay in game shape, but there is a reason the 22 touchdowns came in the strike year.

BradyManny

Not sure it's all that comparable. The Patriots were tested more times than the Dolphins, which makes it inherently marginally more impressive. But you can't hold it against the Dolphins that they played less games, only acknowledge that the Patriots will play more. So I guess in the end, I wouldn't be one of those people saying the Patriots potential record is more impressive, but I don't think the discussion relates to Rice either way.

With Rice, again, if ALL of his seasons were 12 games, then he'd have an argument. But he played two decades in this game, and he had plenty of 16 game seasons in which he could have set and beat his own record. Frankly, he's making his own ridiculously productive season look less impressive and just more flukey by constantly bringing up it was done in a strike season. He should be careful, the line between amazing and absurd bordering on trivial is thin and tooting his own horn gets him nowhere.

Fixit

That's an excellent point that I haven't heard brought up once.