During the 2007 NFL Draft, the New England Patriots acquired superstar wide receiver Randy Moss from the Raiders, but Randy Moss thought he was being pranked and hung up on head coach Bill Belichick.
During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show this week, Bill Belichick told the story of trying to trade for Randy Moss, revealing that the team had to scramble to get a physical so the trade could go through – but Moss didn’t necessarily make it easy.
“The most interesting trade was the Randy Moss trade,” Belichick said. “We had been trying to trade for him for two months, it was like childbirth, it took forever. After the first day of the draft, I talked to Mr. Davis, I said, ‘Are we going to do this deal or not?’ He said, ‘Yeah, we’ll do it for a fourth.’ I said, ‘We’ve got to get the guy for a physical, we have to renegotiate his contract.’ Mr. Davis said, ‘That’s your problem.’”
"The most interesting trade was the Randy Moss trade..
We had been trying to trade for him for two months..
The first two times I called him to say we got him he hung up the phone because he thought it was a prank" 😂😂 ~ Bill Belichick#PMSDraftSpectacular pic.twitter.com/ov13j9L7Xg
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) April 26, 2024
Belichick tried to call him, but Moss didn’t initially take it seriously.
“I call up Randy, I said, ‘It’s coach Belichick.’ He hangs up the phone,” Belichick said, adding that Moss demanded to know, “Who’s pranking me? Is this a joke? This better not be a joke. Who is this?”
Obviously, they eventually got it all sorted out, but it’s pretty humorous to think that Moss actually hung up on Belichick as the Patriots were trying to acquire him.
