April Fool’s prank or not, the news that former Minnesota Vikings great Randy Moss had signed on to play goalkeeper for the Charlotte Independence of the USL got us thinking: What if Moss and other Minnesota sports greats of yesteryear and today ditched had their jerseys for kits at the start of their sports’ careers?
Randy Moss, Minnesota Vikings — Target forward
Charlotte may have tabbed Moss as a goalkeeper for his size and incredible hands, but that’s wasting half his skillset. For any Vikings fan who watched him in his heyday, there can be no doubt that there was no receiver who combined speed, size and awareness the way Moss did.