Randy Moss' proved to be a hit in his return to the Vikings on Thursday and it had nothing to do with his performance on the field.

With owner Zygi Wilf beaming in the back of the team's indoor practice facility, Moss held a 15-minute news conference which he began by informing the media that they needed to start asking questions in quick fashion and he ended with a line that was so good it must have been scripted.

"I did have a few mix-ups here, but who didn't?" Moss said of his first go-around in Minnesota. "What if I'd have been on that boat? There really would have been some problems."

It wasn't clear if Wilf laughed about the fact Moss made light of the Vikings' infamous 2005 "Love Boat" incident on Lake Minnetonka. That came a year after he was traded to Oakland and shortly after Wilf took control of the team. That incident is believed to be one of the main reasons Wilf jettisoned coach Mike Tice following the season and brought in Brad Childress to change the culture in Minnesota.

The culture now clearly is on trying to win a Super Bowl and Moss should help the Vikings (1-2) starting on Monday night when they play the New York Jets in the New Meadowlands.

"I'm very fortunate to be back home where it all started," Moss said a day after being obtained from the Patriots. "It's been a hectic last 48 hours. I didn't really know what to expect. It kind of feels weird that I was just in New England, trying to make things happen and overnight just get traded back home. I thought about this, time and time again, about how this thing was going to play out. And it was the love for me still here in Minnesota. All I've been seeing is nothing but positive.

"To all the Vikings fans that's coming to that Metrodome, pull your 84 jerseys out, man, I think this is going to be a fun ride. It felt good to be out there today. I've watched these guys from afar. ... I've watched this team. I've paid attention to the team and the success they've had over the years. By them bringing me back here, I just want to see if we can get this thing done. I know we take it one game at a time. They came up one game short last year, so hopefully no one in this organization is looking at the bigger picture, because this Monday night we have the New York Jets. We take it one game at a time and see what happens at the end of the season."

Moss on a few other subjects:

Playing his first game at the Metrodome on Oct. 17 against Dallas: "I know it's going to be bananas. I don't even know when that game is, who we play. I really don't know. … I don't know how it is now, but back in the day we used to run through the ship and they scream your name, but I -- put it like this, if that's the way they still do it, then I know I'm going to feel a lot of nervousness, but at the same time, I know it's going to be a lot of energy in that building, so I look forward to that."

On his contract situation: "I don't want to really get into contracts. [Moss is in the final year of his deal]. I think that's how the whole thing started. Some things in New England didn't go according to plan. You see I'm here now. I'm not really wanting to get into the contract thing. I think everything is going to work itself out. If I'm going to be here next year as a Viking, then that's what it's going to be. If I'm not, then I'm not. For right now, I have a job to do, and for now let's leave it at that."

How long he wanted to play with Brett Favre: "Me and Brett has a long history with one another. I think when we started out in the NFC, playing against one another, and his agent, Bus Cook, and I have a very strong relationship. All along he just wanted to see if me and Brett could hook up one day. Knowing that I'm a little older, knowing that he's older, I know we don't have that far of a window. The opportunity is closing. We just have to take it one game at a time, one practice at a time. I know I'm coming in a little late. Hopefully, get our timing down and carry it on into the games."

On if it hurt to be traded: "No, I've been traded before. I was more hurt when I left here. I think when I got traded from New England to here, I think it was more of an understanding. Because I've said time and time again. This is not football, man. It's a job. It's a business. Whenever the fans of the game understand the business of the game, I think it will be better for everyone. But did I want to get traded out of New England? I don't really know what the answer is. All I can really say is there is no other place that I would want to get traded to besides Minnesota. I started here. I feel obligated to this organization for drafting me. At the time it was coach Dennis Green and his group that drafted me and by me leaving here, it's still a bad taste in my mouth. Very depressed. Then, by me being able to be back here over the past 24 hours, I still feel obligated to make this thing happen. When no one wanted to give me a chance, the Minnesota Vikings gave me a chance, even though I did slip late in the draft in '98. I still have the same approach to the game. I know I'm a little bit older so, but hopefuly the younger guys can pick up where I left off and hopefully help this ship move."