Why moss waived

He was a notable undrafted free agent signing last year who missed the season due to injury. This offseason, the Vikings moved on from tight end Kyle Rudolph in favor of a younger group of pass catchers including Irv Smith Jr.

Dillon has been with the Vikings since but has only appeared in four games over those two seasons. During that time, he has one catch on one target for six yards. However, he has survived team cuts and been seemingly favored by the coaching staff.

It is hard to know what to expect from Moss at the NFL level since he has yet to take the field in a regular-season contest. Paul Pioneer-Press. Tinucci said Favre did not take kindly to Moss' behavior. Favre looked at him like, 'Are you kidding me? And I was working with one of the players and cutting him a prime sandwich and all of a sudden I heard this yelling going on, and I looked up and sure enough it was Randy Moss.

I wouldn't eat this expletive. I wouldn't even serve this expletive to my dog. Well, I did hear one guy later say, 'Shut the expletive up, Randy. There was no confrontation between anyone. I mean, he said it, it was very quiet, and I just went on with my business. Tinucci said no coaches were present at the time, but a couple Vikings employees later came up to him and apologized for Moss' behavior.

Several clubs are doing their due diligence, exploring the option and trying to gauge what kind of fit Moss might be, the sources told La Canfora. Randy Moss is officially on the waiver wire, opening the window for NFL teams to stake their claims before Wednesday's deadline. Who are the possible suitors for Moss? Childress confirmed the Vikings' intention to waive Moss on Monday night.

Childress didn't mention the move when he talked to reporters Monday and said Moss was staying back in the Boston area for a few days to spend time with family. Asked whether he regretted acquiring Moss, the coach said "not at present. However, the Minneapolis Star Tribune , citing a source , said it was Moss who informed the team he would be staying out East.

That and some displays of disrespect -- including Sunday's postgame rant -- likely pushed Childress to make the move, the Star Tribune reported. Vikings players said Childress informed them during a Monday morning team meeting that Moss was no longer with the team. The Titans , who have a bye this week and would thus have more time to acclimate Moss to their offense, could have a glaring need at wide receiver because of receiver Kenny Britt 's hamstring injury. Tennessee also is in the mix for first in the AFC South with a record.

The Nashville Tennessean quoted coach Jeff Fisher as saying "I've had every player in the building come to my backdoor and say, 'Go get him.

Remember Tevin Mitchell? A late-round draft pick in who was injured in training camp and waived with the same designation. Only he was claimed by the Indianapolis Colts and lost. The Washington Football Team's quarterback situation was supposed to be solved by the signing of the year-old vet. It didn't work out that way.

As Montez Sweat moves to IR What the data and analytics say about the future of the WFT. He's now in the CFL.