Randy Moss Return: Mercurial WR Killing Own NFL Comeback with UStream Debacle

Randy Moss is shooting himself in the foot once again. Whether he knows, or even cares, is a different story entirely.

The surefire Hall-of-Fame wide receiver announced via his UStream channel on Monday, his 35th birthday, that he would be attempting a comeback in the NFL.

The trouble is this wasn't the first, last and only online broadcast Moss has done, nor is football the only topic that he's discussed with fans and viewers over the Internet. Moss' musings have also led him to bash his critics (i.e. Joe Buck and Jerry Rice), alternately laud and deride the media, talk about all things Cris Carter, pick his nose and discuss the act of defecation, among other things.

According to Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com, these rants haven't gone unnoticed by executives around the league, nor have they at all endeared the mercurial star to those in position to offer him employment.

If anything, Moss' broadcasts have painted a picture of a man-child whose head is still unscrewed somewhere in the clouds, whose uncoachable and unmanageable personality render him nothing short of an anathema to any team with a well-established winning culture, and especially those looking to do so.

Even if Moss is still 6'4" and 210 pounds. Even if he can still run the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds or fewer. Even if he still has the athleticism, agility and body control to snag the ball over and from any and every defender that comes his way.

Because in the NFL, more so than any other sport, it's crucial that everyone on the 53-man roster be on the same page and have their eyes on the same prize if a team is going to win.

One bad apple—especially one as rotten to the core as Moss—can spoil the whole bunch. It can tear apart an intricately woven web if given the opportunity to do so.

As such, if Moss truly wants to get back in the game, he'd be wise to spend less time in front of the camera on his computer and more time training and preparing, both physically and mentally, for the shot that he says he wants.

For the shot that the NFL isn't yet ready to give.

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