Joe Burrow played alongside Randy Moss’ son in college, and now he might steal some plays from the Hall of Famer’s playbook.
In an interview with Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take,” Burrow teased the possibility of bringing back Moss’ 2005 mooning celebration.
“Randy Moss gives the crowd a fake moon,” Burrow said with a smile. “If I score a rushing touchdown this year, maybe I’ll do the fake moon again.”
Burrow added that they would have to play the match at an away stadium.
The PFT commentator and co-host suggested the former Heisman Trophy winner should pull off the move in Pittsburgh against the Steelers, and Burrow nodded and said, “OK.”
The first “Fake Moon” appeared on January 9, 2005, during Moss’s wild-card playoff game against the Vikings and the rival Packers.
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With 10:25 left in the fourth quarter and Minnesota leading 24-17, quarterback Daunte Culpepper hit Moss for a 34-yard touchdown to seal the road win.
Moss then stood up, walked over to the goal post pads, turned his backside to the Lambeau Field crowd and pretended to pull down his pants.
2021Moss explained the rationale behind his infamous move after the touchdown.
“I walked into Lambeau and there were about 10 white guys sitting on the other side of the hill,” Moss recalled. “They had their pants down. There was just a row of white moons. … ‘I need this moment,’ I said. And I’ll never forget the words, ‘Moss, where are you?'” [from earlier against Green Bay in the regular season].”
“That was horrible behavior by Randy Moss,” play-by-play announcer Joe Buck said on the air. “It’s unfortunate that he did that on live TV.”
But more than a decade later, Buck seemed to regret his remarks.
“As time went on, I started to think, ‘I can’t believe that came out of my mouth.'” The back is reflective“I don’t live my life with a ‘I want it back,'” she said. “But when I heard that phone call, I was like, ‘Uh-oh.’ It was too much. It wasn’t calculated. I think knowing more of the context after the fact, I understand it better than I did at the time.”
Adjusting for celebrations aside, Burrow is still working to ensure he’s healthy for 2024 after tearing ligaments in his pitching wrist last year.
The quarterback has 10 rushing touchdowns in his career, but only three of them have come on the road, including none in Pittsburgh.
If Burrow reignites the discussion about one of Moss’ most memorable moments, it could continue into Week 18, when the Bengals face the Steelers at Acrisure Stadium.
The whole thing will come together when the game airs on ESPN with Buck as commentator.
