Randy moss was traded to the new england patriots just before the 2007 nfl draft, and it was head coach bill belichick who made the call to the wide receiver. Moss remembered that he was in a club when his phone rang. On episode 4: spygate, the two recalled their entire conversation. Moss picked up the phone and after a brief hello, the first words he heard caused him to second guess who was on the other side. The patriots’ head coach said, “hey randy, it’s coach belichick.” Moss questioned it, thinking it was a prank call, and immediately hung up the phone. “i went, okay, maybe he doesn’t want to come to new england,” he said. Belichick said with a smile. “so i called him again.”
At the start of the second conversation, things didn’t go as planned. “hello,” moss said once more, to which belichick replied, “randy this is coach belichick.” moss remembers thinking about it as a joke as he stood there, watching as the sun goes down on my phone. “and he’s like, alright, who is this?” he says. “this is a prank,” bill said, but the coach persevered and finally said what he had been doing the whole time. “i just want to let you know this is bill belichick and we traded for you,” the coach said, but he didn’t hold back until he realized what he wanted next. “he went straight to the chase.” He said, “look, man, you won’t make a profit if you’re up here by 10 o’clock tomorrow morning.” “and i was like oh sh**, i just hung up on bill.” moss took a moment to digest the news, but once he did, it was time to celebrate. “me and a couple of my boys are sitting at a table and i order a 12 pack of corona,” moss said. “man i held one of my corona’s up and said, ‘i’m going to be a patriot!” “moss went on to play for the new england patriots for (almost) four seasons, and despite his contributions to the team, he was never able to win a super bowl ring in new england.
Moss completed with 259 receptions for 3,904 receiving yards and 50 receiving touchdowns in 52 games with the patriots.
