Vikings Ring of Honor

The Minnesota Vikings will be honoring two of their pass-catching greats this year. Randy Moss and Ahmad Rashad will be receiving their well-deserved induction into the team's Ring of Honor during the 2017 NFL season. Vikings Owner/President Mark Wilf notified both players of the honor Wednesday morning. Both were conveniently in the Minneapolis area.The Vikings took advantage of the opportunity to surprise both at the team facilities.

“Randy and Ahmad are two of the most recognizable and decorated players in Vikings history,” said Wilf. “They were great players who made their marks on the NFL during their careers and were highly respected by teammates and opponents. They are as proud of their Vikings roots as we are to have them in our football family forever. Both Randy and Ahmad deserve this team honor, and we look forward to inducting them into the Ring of Honor during the 2017 season.” -Mark Wilf

Ahmad Rashad's induction has taken a while seeing as he retired about 35 years ago but the Vikings didn't start doing this until 1998. They had some catching up to do. Rashad was one of the best receivers of his era and I truly believe that he'd be honored in Canton if he'd played his entire career with the Vikings. Rashad spent his best years were spent catching passes from Tommy Kramer but only three years with Fran Tarkenton simply wasn't enough.

Randy Moss. What can anyone say about Randy Moss that hasn't already been said. He was a ridiculous football player. A physical freak. Before his rookie season in 1998 he said that he was going to take the league apart. He did. Defenses had no answer. The Green Bay Packers drafted defensive backs in the first three rounds of the 1999 NFL Draft to try and contend with Moss after being unable to do so in 1998. It was so much fun to watch him play football. As with Rashad, it would've been great if Moss had played his entire career in Minnesota.

Ahamd Rashad and Randy Moss will be the first Ring of Honor inductees since 2013 and the first inducted at US Bank Stadium. The Vikings didn't induct any players while they played their home games at the University of Minnesota during the 2014-15 seasons while the new stadium was being built. There was enough going on during the inaugural season of US Bank Stadium that the team chose not to induct any players in 2016. The additions of Rashad and Moss will bring the Vikings Ring of Honor to 23 members.

Currently looking splendid in that purple jacket:

Fran Tarkenton
Alan Page
Jim Finks
Bud Grant
Paul Krause
Fred Zamberletti
Jim Marshall
Ron Yary
Korey Stringer
Mick Tingelhoff
Carl Eller
Cris Carter
Bill Brown
Jerry Burns
Randall McDaniel
Chuck Foreman
John Randle
Scott Studwell
Chris Doleman
Matt Blair
Joey Browner

Congratulations to Ahmad Rashad and Randy Moss on their inductions into the Vikings Ring of Honor.