Lacina grew up with the food as Tinucci's catered several of his family events. Now a local realtor, he still goes there a couple of times a month and orders it whenever he hosts a function. Lacina is four years older than Birk, but the two trained together after high school and later became linemates for the Vikings. Birk and Lacina, who combined for starts at center and guard, respectively, for Minnesota, introduced Tinucci's to the Vikings.
The team had a Friday tradition where position groups alternated who brought in lunch for the rest of the roster. Because of that St. Paul duo, the Vikings offensive linemen frequently brought in Tinucci's on their turn. Most of the other position groups brought in fast food. The receivers often chose Popeyes Louisiana Chicken, something Moss reportedly enjoyed. Teammates, though, appreciated the homegrown spread of Tinucci's, which the o-line started ordering around the year Though Lacina was out of the league by , he played with Moss from to , and the receiver's actions toward Tinucci's perplex him.
He repeatedly expressed admiration for coach Bill Belichick and his former team, the Patriots, and criticized the Vikings for not taking enough of his game-planning advice. Moss, who cost the Vikings a third-round draft pick, had only one catch for eight yards against the Patriots.
In four games for the Vikings, he had 13 catches for yards and two touchdowns. His longest catch was for 37 yards and he was only targeted twice against the Patriots. I miss you. If they called pass interference, there had to be some kind of restriction. Me personally, I really don't care. But at the same time, I do answer questions throughout the week. If it's going to be an interview, I'm going to conduct. So I'll answer my own questions. I'll ask myself the questions, then give y'all the answers.
So from here on out, I'm not answering any more questions for the rest of this season. Enough said of that, now we'll get to the game. I really haven't had a chance to talk to the guys, so this is no disrespect to the Minnesota Vikings and their organization.
It was hard for me to come here and play. It's been an up and down roller coaster emotionally for me all week. And then to be able to come in here and see those guys, running plays and I know what they're doing, and the success they had on the field, the running game, so I kind of know what type of feeling they have on their locker room, man. I just want to be able to tell the guys, I miss the hell out of them, every last helmet in that locker room.
I've never had a chance to meet Deion Branch, but it was definitely a pleasure to meet him. Coach Belichick, he gave me an opportunity to be a part of something special. That's something I really take to heart. I actually salute Coach Belichick and his team and the success they've had before me, during me and after me.
I want everybody to understand—you can print it, I don't care how you put it to ink—I want to be here with the Patriots. But Moss wasn't addressing Patriots' owner Robert Kraft during his interview. He was addressing the press, the individuals who first stirred up this contract controversy. The reason why, I really don't know, I really don't care. But I just want to let you all know, you are the ones doing all the writing, you have the pad and ink, and I don't have anything.
Anything that I may say will get blown out of proportion. Moss is one of the most beloved figures on the Patriots' roster and a valued member of the offense, but he does have a point. He's not quite Terrell Owens or Chad Ochocinco when it comes to instigating fights with the media, but he's still certainly someone the press loves to berate on a regular basis.
Throughout his NFL career, which will eventually go down as one of the greatest ever, Moss has piled up a collection of unfavorable incidents that have made him into a pariah in the eyes of the media.
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