NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Inside the Cool Springs Galleria, the last remnants of the latest shipment of No. 84 jerseys were on display at the Titans Locker Room kiosk. One couple came out of the adjacent Victoria Secret and picked a hanger off the rack.
“Eighty-nine dollars?” a woman asked. “Not worth it.”

Plenty of customers thought otherwise, with Randy Moss jerseys flying off the racks since he joined the hometown team. The Tennessee Titans last week were alone among the NFL’s 32 franchises in putting a claim in for the gifted and mercurial wide receiver following his unceremonious release by the Minnesota Vikings after just three unproductive and combative weeks.
Their take: definitely worth it.
“I think he’s going to be great,” said Titans Locker Room area manager Dan O’Reilly, who was working the mall Tuesday morning. “I can’t wait to see what happens on the field.”
All of Nashville is in anticipation, with Moss’ arrival rivaling the Cam Newton news for headlines and talk-radio rants in this Southeastern Conference hotbed. This might be the franchise’s boldest move since the Houston Oilers uprooted from Texas for the Volunteer State.

So it was, two hours later and about 18 miles to the north, Moss came off the practice field at Baptist Sports Park and stepped behind the podium at a crowded news conference for his first public words since that rambling five-minute New England Patriots lovefest Oct. 31 — and accompanying sideswipe at Vikings coach Brad Childress — following a Vikings 28-18 loss that led to his release.

Moss, fined $20,000 by the league for not speaking to reporters earlier this year, said even less this time than he did in Foxborough. And unlike in New England, when he vowed all future interviews would consist of him asking and answering all questions, he at least did the bare minimum.
After saying he’d take two questions “three at the most” — Moss began by sending a message to his mother and two siblings that he’s doing just fine, He acknowledged his respect for Titans coach Jeff Fisher, the most tenured head coach in the league going on 17 seasons. Then dove in.

“I’ve got big, broad shoulders and can carry a lot of weight,.” Moss said. “The process of getting here has been kind of crazy. You know, I left a lot of good friends, a lot of good guys in Minnesota, and I’m sorry it didn’t work out. But the show must go on.”
And it did.
“I didn’t want to go into Minnesota and mess anything up, but I guess everybody blamed me for it. So I’ll say it again: I ain’t coming here to start no trouble.”
– Randy Moss”I think when people start understanding the business side of football, it’ll make it a better league, but like I said, I’d just like to thank my family and friends for sending out calls and texts and everything positive,” Moss continued, with the former likely a reference his lack of a contract after this season, but who knows? “To all my critics … you gotta get paid to be negative, so I look forward to coming out and helping this team however I can and whatever my role is is what I’m going to do. Hopefully, I fit into coach Fisher’s team and go out and make some plays and keep winning.”

The first question had to do with whether Moss made the Titans (5-3), tied with Indianapolis for first in the AFC South with a road date Sunday against the Miami Dolphins (4-4), a Super Bowl contender.

“No, I do not,” he said. “I told coach Fisher, I’ve had pressure on me my whole life. This is nothing new to me. So instead of coming here and thinking Super Bowl, I just want to take it one day at a time, learn the plays, take it one game at a time and if down the road is the playoffs, we’ll have that when we get to that.