Randy Moss believes he'll go down as one of the all-time great players in football history, regardless of how long it takes him to obtain a Hall of Fame jacket.
"First ballot or not, I understand what it is, man," Moss said Thursday, according to Mark Craig of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "It's a political war, and I was one of those guys who didn't play (politics), nor do I intend to play into politics. So I know what I stood for. I know what the game is. I gave my all to the game, 14 years through the ups and downs, I still gave my commitment to the National Football League. Like it or not."
The former wide receiver will be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame for the first time in 2018. He boasts some of the greatest numbers ever amassed by a wideout, yet the same could be said for Terrell Owens, who was kept out by voters in his first round of eligibility this year.
Moss, like Owens, picked up a reputation early in his career as a poor locker-room presence, and wasn't always on the greatest of terms with the media. Though, he seemed to turn around his image toward the end of his career.
"All I know is I just played the game to the best of my ability," Moss said. "I put my mark, I put my stamp, I put my family's name on football, the National Football League. You can't get any higher."
Moss finished his 14-year career ranked second on the NFL's all-time list in receiving touchdowns and third in receiving yards.
Jerry Rice, Steve Largent, Paul Warfield, and Raymond Berry are the only wide receivers who've been elected to the Hall on the first ballot.
