But the future 10-time Pro Bowl receiver certainly understood the magnitude of who he was around and the environment he was in, especially during Minnesota’s magical 1998 season.
“I was fortunate as a ball boy with the Vikings that I got to see a lot of great players,” Fitzgerald said. “You get to see Randall McDaniel going against John Randle in practice. You’re watching greatness when you see Cris Carter making ridiculous catches and you see Robert Smith and players of that quality every single day.
“You get a bit spoiled,” Fitzgerald noted, “but obviously Randy Moss was a cut above the rest with what he was capable of doing.