Randy Moss, who was waived by the Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday, may have alienated some teammates when he was roundly critical of a post-practice meal in front of the local restaurant owners who catered it, Yahoo! Sports reported.
Every Friday, the Vikings invite a local establishment to cater the team’s post-practice meal. Last Friday, it was a St. Paul, Minn., restaurant — a favorite of former Vikings center Matt Birk — that served chicken, pasta, ribs and other dishes.
While his teammates lined up to dig in, Moss lashed out, according to the report.
Moss yelled “What the [expletive]? Who ordered this crap? I wouldn’t feed this to my dog,” a player who witnessed the incident said, according to Yahoo! Sports.
Gus Tinucci, co-owner of Tinucci’s Restaurant and Catering, which provided the spread in question, confirmed the report to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
“If [Brett] Favre would have had a ball, he would have beaned him right in the head. Favre looked at him like, ‘Are you kidding me?'” Tinucci told the newspaper.
Moss officially hit the waiver wire Tuesday afternoon, according to multiple reports. Teams will have until 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday to place a claim on Moss. The team with the worst record will win the claim. Winless Buffalo has the first shot at him, followed by Carolina and Dallas (Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday he will not claim Moss).
If Moss is not claimed, he will be free to sign a new contract with any team and the Vikings would be on the hook for the remaining $3.388 million on his contract. He’d then be available for around $450,000 and Moss could choose the team he would like to join.
