EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Brad Childress calls the acquisition of receiver Randy Moss "a poor decision."
The Vikings coach addressed the media Wednesday, two days after he decided to cut Moss less than a month into his second stint in Minnesota.
Childress declined to answer repeated questions about the specifics of the decision, including the motives behind it and who he consulted before placing him on waivers.
Moss hit the waiver wire Tuesday after catching 13 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns in four games with the Vikings. They lost three of those four games.
Childress says, "When it's not right, you need to make it right."
The Vikings are 2-5 heading into Sunday's game against Arizona.
Teams will have until 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday to place a claim on Moss. The team with the worst record will win the claim. Winless Buffalo has the first shot at him, followed by Carolina and Dallas (Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday he will not claim Moss).
If Moss is not claimed, he will be free to sign a new contract with any team and the Vikings would be on the hook for the remaining $3.388 million on his contract. He'd then be available for around $450,000 and Moss could choose the team he would like to join.
Various league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that the Washington Redskins,Chicago Bears, St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets and even the Patriots are among the teams possibly interested in claiming Moss.
However, a league source told ESPNNewYork.com's Rich Cimini on Wednesday that the Jets did not submit a claim for Moss.
Asked if he would welcome Moss back, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said: "You can ask Coach Belichick. I don't make the decisions around here. If I did, Lawyer Milloy would still be here and Deion [Branch] never would have left. Whatever I want doesn't happen anyway, so I just try to keep my mouth shut."
Moss' agent, Joel Segal said in an ESPN Radio appearance Tuesday that he was not in talks with any potential suitors and would not do so until a claim is made.
"Obviously, there's a number of clubs who could use Randy," his agent Joel Segal said Tuesday on ESPN Radio's "The Scott Van Pelt Show."
"We're going to let the waiver process play itself out, see who claims Randy and then hopefully it will be a good situation," he said.
Information from ESPNNewYork.com's Rich Cimimi, ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss and The Associated Press was used in this report.
