Randy Moss is going into the Hall of Fame with Terrell Owens. Canton is going to require soundproofing, and doorways widened at head level. Canton also just got much better at the receiver position.
Moss and Owens drove coaches, at least some of them, crazy. Both played for five teams and occasionally committed mutiny. Both were remarkably productive.
Should either be in the Hall of Fame?
Well, yes, of course. The voters did well to elect both despite the receivers' insistence on damaging their own reputations. Induction is an honor, not a veil. We can simultaneously acknowledge their greatness and their flaws.
Owens ranks second in career receiving yards. Moss ranks fourth. You can't really have a Hall of Fame without them. If you were going to run a three-receiver set in an all-time offense, you might want to start Jerry Rice alongside the Trouble Twins.
Owens' only full season in Philadelphia marked the only time Andy Reid or Donovan McNabb reached the Super Bowl, and if McNabb had taken Pepto-Bismol, the Eagles might have beaten the Patriots that day.
Moss played on a 15-1 Vikings team and a 16-0 Patriots team, and caught a go-ahead touchdown that might have become his signature moment if not for David Tyree's famous glued-to-the-helmet catch.
Who was better, Moss or Owens?