Washington receiver Santana Moss sat on the bench, frustrated and pissed off. It was the fourth quarter of Monday Night Football, and Washington was being shut out by Dallas. "All right buddy, we fought hard," someone had said. He took off his helmet.
"He was like, about to cry," former teammate Shawn Springs said with a small laugh on the latest episode of ["Hail Tales: Stories from Washington Football History."](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVWe0JBo3Kc)
Losing was certainly partially the cause of Moss' hard feelings. More than that though, the wide receiver, just in his second game with Washington, believed he could make a difference if the ball was in his hands. That, unfortunately, wasn't happening for over three quarters.
"He had had been killing them all game, but he just wasn't getting the ball," Spring said. "He won't speak up for himself … He's not the typical receiver where he'll be like, 'Throw me the damn ball or I'mma quit.' He's not that guy. He won't do that. He'll just be like, you know, sitting on the bench or whatever."
And there -- sitting on the bench, processing -- is where running back Clinton Portis stepped in.
"He's like, 'What's wrong with you?' and that's when I was like, 'Bro. I ran all those plays in practice…and I didn't see them all game," Moss said.