Kind of frivolous, probably, given all the other events of actual import going on, but I've been watching this guy play football for nearly twenty years, and seeing his retirement makes me feel slightly wistful. Bon voyage, Jerry Rice.
(BTW, the other day, one of the Buffalo sports-talk radio shows was discussing whether or not Eric Moulds has had a Hall of Fame career. I don't think so, quite yet -- he's had less than 600 receptions so far, but if he can haul in 80 catches or so over the next four years, he should wind up in the 900 catches range, which might be good enough for the Hall, especially if the Bills actually manage to get good in the meantime. As it stands, though, I think that Moulds has the misfortune of being the Bills' Don Mattingly: the best player on the team during a very lackluster era. Moulds's production has suffered from all of the QBs he's played with: Jim Kelly didn't throw to him much in his last two years before retiring, and Todd Collins was just bad. Doug Flutie made Moulds a star, but Rob Johnson was a big misfire. Alex Van Pelt never really had the arm for the NFL, and Moulds did well with Drew Bledsoe. Now he's got another untested youngster in J.P. Losman. But even so, Moulds isn't one of the elites yet.)
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