The trial in Vikings receiver Jordan Addison’s DUI case was supposed to start on Tuesday. It didn’t.
Instead, Addison is due back in court on Thursday.
Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com posted on Tuesday that online records show Addison is scheduled for a “hearing” on Thursday. The online records maintained by the Los Angeles County Superior Court technically call it a “pretrial hearing.”
That label is too broad to permit a reliable inference as to what it means. Some think there will be a plea deal that is formalized at the hearing. That’s possible, but “pretrial hearing” doesn’t convey that clearly.
It could be (and this is just an example) that there’s some unresolved issue of evidence that the judge decided to address at a standalone hearing before the trial begins.
Whatever it is, the clock is ticking on the question of whether Addison can get this resolved before he’s due to show up at training camp in Minnesota. Now is the time to get this thing resolved.
And the lingering employment problem for Addison continues to be this — any outcome that suggests responsibility will trigger a baseline suspension of three games without pay.
Enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 2018, Randy Moss is undoubtedly one of the greatest receivers of all time.
He’s No. 4 on the all-time list with 15,292 yards and No. 4 with 156 touchdowns, which is made more impressive by the fact that he’s No. 17 with 982 career receptions.
Speaking to the media at an event for his restaurant that’s now paired with the Dolphins for concession stands at Hard Rock Stadium, Moss noted that the “political answer” for the best receiver of all time is Jerry Rice. However…
“If we’re talking real football, where I knock your ass out, it’s me,” Moss said, via David Furones of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
As for the present day, Tyreek Hill has been one of the league’s best receivers of his era, as he’s No. 7 on the active list with 11,098 yards. But that lands him at just No. 42 all-time.
That’s likely part of why Moss feels the way he does about Hill’s status among the game’s greats.
“He’s nowhere all-time,” Moss said. “Where is he at in today’s game? Tyreek Hill is probably top five. I put him top five.”
Hill did record one of the league’s top receiving seasons in 2023 when he finished with 1,799 yards on 119 catches. But Justin Jefferson had eclipsed that in 2022 with 1,809 and Cooper Kupp had the No. 2 regular-season of all-time with 1,947 yards in 2021.
Hill is coming off a year where he finished with 81 receptions, 959 yards, and six touchdowns in 17 games. His 56.4 yards per game was his lowest average since his rookie year in 2016.
Hill turned 31 in March. We’ll see how much he can climb the ranks with a potential bounce-back season in 2025.
A week before he’s due to report to the Vikings for training camp, receiver Jordan Addison will be in L.A. for non-football reasons.
As noted by Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com, Addison’s DUI trial remains on track to begin today, July 15. That date was set in the middle of June.
Last July, Addison was found asleep at the wheel at LAX airport. He’s accused of driving under the influence of alcohol, and of driving with a blood-alcohol concentration in excess of the legal limit of .08 percent.
Both charge are misdemeanors. The related complication comes from the NFL’s substance-abuse policy. Baseline punishment for first offense DUI is a three-game suspension.
And the suspension if in play even if there’s any outcome reflecting responsibility — conviction, guilty plea, no contest, diversion program, deferred prosecution, etc.
The chaos that has come from the crumbling of all walls regarding players getting paid has created a very specific problem for veteran NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.
Bridgewater serves as the head coach at Miami Northwestern high school. He won a state championship there in 2024, before he re-signed with the Lions to end the season.
The 11-year NFL veteran has now been suspended.
Bridgewater recently admitted in social-media posts that he paid for Uber rides, meals, and recovery services for players. He asked fans of the team to help cover the expenses in 2025.
Via Walter Villa of the Miami Herald, Bridgewater paid $700 per week for player Ubers. He also (per the Palm Beach Post) paid $2,200 for pregame meals and $1,300 for athletic-recovery services.
While the suspension will placate the “rules are rules” crowd, Bridgewater was making life a little better for kids at a school where 75 percent of them are economically disadvantaged.
The move could put Bridgewater (who is only 32) in play to sign with the Lions or some other team for the 2025 NFL season.
Drafted by the Vikings in 2014, he has also played for the Saints, Panthers, Broncos, and Dolphins.
After a bout with bile duct cancer, Hall of Fame receiver Randy Moss is ready to go for the 2025 season, when he’ll return to his weekly job at ESPN.
“Man, I look forward to it,” Moss told TMZ.com, via AwfulAnnouncing.com. “I miss my crew. Greeny, Alex [Smith], Tedy [Bruschi]. But I really didn’t miss Rex Ryan much because he got on my nerves. Rex, if you are hearing this, I am coming back, so scoot over. . . . [W]e have a great group of guys that I work with that I tremendously missed for two months. ESPN accepted me with open arms, man, I just can’t wait for Week 1 to get back up there with the crew and talk football.”
Moss left the show in November for treatment. He had surgery in late November. He returned for ESPN’s Super Bowl coverage.
“Just being able to experience that was nothing I wish on any man or any human being,” Moss said. “But for the fact that God took me through it and brought me out of it back healthy, being able to be back with my family, great support system, and some great doctors around me. Like I said, it was an emotional roller coaster, but the people I met on the way, I’m a blessed man. I’ll leave it at that.”
It’s great news for one of the all-time great players. No receiver had more talent than Randy Moss. Despite all the great receivers currently in the NFL, Randy Moss still has a magic and an aura that none since him have matched.
And he’s from West Virginia. Which, as a West Virginian, has been a point of pride for a long time.
