It’s an emotional Super Sunday for Randy Moss.
The NFL legend and ESPN analyst, who stepped away from the network two months ago after undergoing cancer surgery, returned to “Postseason NFL Countdown” in New Orleans hours before Super Bowl 2025 between the Chiefs and Eagles and was in tears after ESPN played a welcome back video featuring well wishes from Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, Justin Jefferson and others.
Moss, 47, was in tears after the video ended, wiping them away with a tissue as he sat in the middle of Mike Greenberg, Rex Ryan, Alex Smith and Tedy Bruschi.
“It is so great to have you back.” – Tom Brady
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Bill Belichick, Kevin Garnett and Justin Jefferson, among others, join Brady in welcoming back Randy Moss pic.twitter.com/ZwUhvgsOTT
Randy Moss wipes away tears on ESPN’s “Postseason NFL Countdown” on Feb. 9, 2025. ESPN
Randy Moss cries on ESPN’s “Postseason NFL Countdown” on Feb. 9, 2025. ESPN“Y’all already know it’s the big crybaby here,” Moss said. “I can’t do it alone and I really thank y’all. … It’s been hard, but I’ve got a lot of love and a lot of people believing in me, man. So I’m happy to be here.”
Moss said it was his goal to be at Super Bowl 2025 after announcing in December that he was a “cancer survivor,” having had a cancerous mass removed from his bile duct, between his liver and pancreas.
“For as great as you were on the field in showing everybody the strength and resilience of how you performed over the course of your Hall of Fame career, you’ve impressed and inspired us more than anything with what you’ve done off the field, man,” Brady, Moss’ quarterback with the Patriots, said in the video.
The video also featured former Vikings coach Dennis Green’s widow, Marie, Kevin Garnett, Steve Smith, Malik Nabers, Cam Heyward, Micah Parsons, Bijan Robinson, Jerry Rice and Daunte Culpepper.
Moss, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018, has the second-most receiving touchdowns (156) and fourth-most receiving yards (15,292) in NFL history.
He had seven standout seasons with the Vikings before playing two rocky years for the Raiders.
Randy Moss (c.) with Mike Greenberg (l.), Rex Ryan (second from l.), Alex Smith (second from r.) and Tedy Bruschi (r.) on ESPN’s “Postseason NFL Countdown” on Feb. 9, 2025. ESPN
Randy Moss Getty ImagesMoss then joined the Patriots and revitalized his career with Brady, setting a single-season NFL record with 23 receiving touchdowns in 2007.
He then split 2010 between the Patriots, Vikings and Titans before retiring in 2011.
Moss came out of retirement to play for the 49ers in 2012 and appeared in Super Bowl XLVII against the Ravens in his final career game.
He joined ESPN in 2016 after beginning his television career with Fox Sports.
