Randy Moss mocked by internet personality over Jon Gruden comments

This past weekend, former Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss had an emotional reaction to the news surrounding former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden.

Throughout his tenure with the Minnesota Vikings and during the rest of his NFL career, Randy Moss was always been someone who wore his heart on his sleeve. To this day, if Moss has something on his mind, he’s never afraid to reveal his thoughts to the public.

This was the case recently when the former Vikings wide receiver reacted to the release of an email from former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden that included him using a racially insensitive description for current NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith.

On Monday, Gruden resigned as the head coach of the Raiders after a report from the New York Times revealed additional emails from his past that included remarks that “denounced the emergence of women as [NFL] referees, the drafting of a gay player, and the tolerance of players protesting during the playing of the national anthem.”

Minnesota Vikings legend Randy Moss mocked for his reaction to Jon Gruden news

Before the New York Times report was released and Gruden resigned, the majority of the public was only aware of the one email sent by the former Las Vegas head coach that included the racially insensitive description of Smith.

As is the case with just about everything these days, not everyone agreed with the reaction from Moss and his colleagues to the email that Gruden sent. One person, Jason Whitlock, went as far as deciding to mock the reaction of the former Minnesota receiver.

Whitlock, a former employee of ESPN and Fox Sports who now works for Blaze Media, followed up his mocking of Moss by saying the Hall of Fame receiver “should win an academy award for best leading actor.”

Whitlock also wrote a response to Moss’ reaction in which he spelled the receiver’s name “Randi” in the headline and began his article by writing “at least ESPN didn’t demand the Hall of Fame receiver wear a dress while pretending to be emotionally devastated over a 10-year-old comment in a private email that had zero to do with Moss.”

Everyone has a right to their own opinion and Whitlock clearly didn’t agree with the reaction from Moss or any of his ESPN colleagues. But to attack the former Vikings receiver with misogynistic comments for having an emotional response is incredibly uncalled for.