Santana Moss reveals he drank Hennessy before game to play through injury

Santana Moss was willing to do whatever it took to get on the field for an important game during his 14 NFL seasons, and the former wide receiver has given us a somewhat troubling glimpse into that now that he has retired.

Moss got together with Master Tesfatsion of Bleacher Report for the latest installment of the highly entertaining “Untold Stories” series, and he shared a story about the time Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder pressured him to suit up for a game against the divisional rival Dallas Cowboys in 2007. Moss was dealing with a heel injury at the time, and he said Snyder popped his head into the training room and asked him if he was going to play. Moss told Snyder he once played “lights out” in a game with the New York Jets after taking a Vicodin and a Toradol (both painkillers), to which he said Snyder responded, “Well, we need to do that.”

Moss said he and other Redskins players would sometimes take a shot of Hennessy before what they referred to as “Henny Games,” but before that Cowboys game in 2007 he was in severe pain and felt he needed more. He filled a Gatorade bottle halfway with Hennessy and drank that. When that wore off after warmups, he went for the Toradol and Vicodin. The whole story is worth a listen: