Randy Moss reveals he had chance to return to Patriots before retirement

Randy Moss is one of the greatest wide receivers to ever play in the NFL, and he enjoyed a long career among a handful of teams from 1998 to 2012.

Moss arguably enjoyed his best seasons with the New England Patriots from 2007 to 2010 with Tom Brady throwing him the football. He set a record in 2007 when he caught 23 touchdown passes as Brady broke the record for most touchdowns thrown in a season with 50 (it would later be surpassed by Peyton Manning and tied by Patrick Mahomes).

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He spent his final season with the San Francisco 49ers in 2012. He played in all 16 games for them, catching 28 balls for 434 yards and three touchdowns. He also played in the team’s Super Bowl loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

The Hall of Fame wide receiver appeared on ESPN’s "ManningCast" on Monday night during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints. As the Mannings were razzing him up about being the same age as Brady, the former superstar revealed he is enjoying retirement, but he had a chance to return to the Patriots.

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"The crazy thing about it was that I had an opportunity to New England right before I retired," Moss said. "I just thought it was just time, man. I just had more things to do – mainly, off the field. It was just a good time for me to leave the game."

In his post-playing career, Moss would become an assistant coach for a Charlotte, North Carolina, high school and then joined ESPN as an analyst.

He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.

How to keep your Amazon gift purchases a secret

Kurt’s easy Amazon holiday hack to hide what gifts are being bought online for loved ones sharing the same prime shopping account. Follow these simple steps to keep gifts under the tree a secret between just you and Santa.

Think back to the days when hiding Christmas presents meant sticking them in a secretive place in the attic or basement. You not only have to hide the physical gifts you've bought, but now you need to cover your online purchase footsteps as well. 

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Don’t worry, you’re not the only one shopping for Christmas gifts on Amazon. Unfortunately, your spouse, kids or siblings may be using your Amazon prime account as well. So how do you still add the element of surprise if you can see what everyone has bought on Amazon? No problem, Amazon has created a few features that will help keep your purchases hidden, so Christmas morning is full of surprises.

Turn on Amazon Household

This may be the simplest solution. Amazon Household is an Amazon feature that allows you to share your Prime benefits with the family. You can create up to two adult accounts, four for teenagers and four child profiles. Amazon Household keeps all shopping purchases and notifications for shipping separate. So no need to worry about your Christmas present being revealed before giving it out. 

With Amazon Household, you not only get to keep your purchase separate, you can also share eBooks, audiobooks, digital content and games.

Create your Amazon Household here.

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Archive an Order

This is very useful if you share your account with multiple people or have sneaky kids who know your password and will look at your purchase history. The following will only work on a desktop or laptop browser (not on a tablet or mobile device).

A list of your orders from the past three months will appear

Even though the item will no longer appear in Your Orders, you can still view it in "Archived Orders" from Your Account.

Hide from Alexa

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Now, if you have some real sleuths in your household, you are going to need to do more than just archive your purchases to make sure your gifts are still surprises. You can start by changing your Alexa settings.

Now Alexa will still notify you when a package is being delivered, but it will not say what the item is.

Clear Your Search History
 

We all have that one relentless person, determined to find out which presents were purchased this year. Another step to keep them off your tracks is deleting your "Search History."

The following will only work on a desktop or laptop browser (not on a tablet or mobile device).

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