Adam Thielen rolled up to the Panthers game wearing a Randy Moss jersey on Sunday, in a heartwarming tribute to the Minnesota Vikings legend.
Moss revealed on Friday that he is undergoing cancer treatment, leading to messages of support pouring in from around the league.
And Thielen took it one step further on Sunday, arriving for his game wearing a Moss 84 Vikings jersey.
Thielen himself is a Vikings hero, having played for the team for nine years from 2013 to 2022, arriving just three years after Moss left for the final time.
Both players are wide receivers, too, with Thielen now WR1 for the struggling Panthers.
Moss’ heartbreaking cancer news was revealed on Instagram on Friday, when he sat down alongside his sons for a live video to update fans.
Adam Thielen pulled up for the Panthers game wearing a Randy Moss 84 Vikings jersey
Moss told fans he is battling cancer on Friday and had spent the last six days in hospital
In the clip, a frail Moss could be seen hobbling into shot, wearing a ‘Team Moss’ shirt, before revealing: ‘I’ve told y’all over the last couple of weeks about me battling something internally, and ya boy is a cancer survivor.’
Later in the video, he reveals: ‘I did have cancer, they found it in the bile duct, right between the pancreas and the liver, and the cancer was sitting right outside the bile duct.
‘So my doctors went in, I had six hours’ surgery, and for a lot of you guys wondering, you can Google it. I had a Whipple procedure. The best doctor in the United States, Dr [John] Martinie, I am forever grateful.’
Moss later went on to tell his fans that he is ‘nursing his way back’, revealing: ‘It’s going to be a tough road with some chemo and some radiation.’
Last month, fans were concerned for Moss as they saw his eyes appearing yellow on TV
Moss is a Minnesota Vikings legend, who was previously inducted into the Ring of Honor
It is unclear whether Moss is now cancer-free, or whether he is still receiving treatment in a bid to remove the cancerous cells from his body.
In the social media clip, Moss also took time to thank various people for their support, beginning: ‘I just want to give a shout out to a lot of people that really helped me pull through this. I’ve been in the hospital for six days, I just got out today, thank God.
‘So first and foremost I’d just like to thank God for blessing me and my family through this trying time, and me being able to come out of this surgery, and fight and battle the cancer.’
Moss went on to name each of his doctors personally, before adding: ‘The best that Charlotte has to offer man, I appreciate it. Some of the best around the whole country.’
