Less than a month after the New England Patriots shipped him out of town, Randy Moss is returning to Foxborough. It's still uncertain who will be throwing him the ball once he gets there.
With Brett Favre's injury status up in the air, Moss and the Vikings will visit Gillette Stadium on Sunday to face a Patriots team looking to improve to 3-0 since trading the star receiver.
Moss caught 259 passes over three-plus seasons in New England, 50 of them for touchdowns. His NFL single-season record 23 TD receptions in 2007 -- all thrown by Tom Brady -- were a major factor in the Patriots achieving the only 16-0 regular season in league history.
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While Moss' talents are undisputed and perhaps unmatched, his tendency to feel underappreciated reared its head in a bizarre, rambling press conference Sept. 12 following New England's season-opening, 38-24 victory over Cincinnati. The receiver said multiple times that he expected to play out the final year of his contract with the Patriots, then play elsewhere next season.
The Patriots opted not to let the distraction last that long, dealing Moss back to the Vikings -- his original team -- on Oct. 6 in exchange for a third-round pick in next year's draft. New England (5-1) can increase the value of that pick with a win Sunday, but that task may be tougher considering Moss can tell Minnesota (2-4) all he knows about the Patriots' offense.
"Sure, he can probably tell them the plays," Brady said. "He knows the signals and stuff, but that's why you have to change them. Hopefully, he tells them one thing, then you fake it and they're guessing and maybe they guess wrong. Who knows?"
It remains anyone's guess who will line up under center for Minnesota. Favre's NFL-record streak of 291 consecutive games started -- 315 including playoffs -- is in jeopardy after he suffered two fractures in his left ankle during last Sunday's 28-24 loss at Green Bay.
Favre missed his second straight day of practice Thursday but walked around without the oversized boot which had been protecting the injury.
Asked if he thought he could play against New England, Favre said, "I wouldn't put anything past me, to be honest with you."
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