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Former Vikings coach Brad Childress didn't show much regret about his time in Minnesota when talking to the NFL Network, but did mention he should have not cut big name receiver Randy Moss without telling owner Zygi Wilf first.

"I should have gone up the chain," Childress said in an interview at the NFL Network offices in Culver City, CA.

Childress, however, stood by his decision to bring back Brett Favre for a second season after the future hall-of-famer led the team to the NFC Championship game in 2009.

"(Favre) had his best season ever his first year (in Minnesota)," Childress said about the veteran QB's 33-touchdown, seven-interception 2009 season. "We made a conscious effort to bring everybody back," Childress said. "What did we get for it? I got fired, and (Favre) got hurt. Did I feel like he was as sharp as he could've been? No."

That decision may have eventually led to Childress being fired after Favre and the team stumbled to a 3-7 start and an embarrassing 31-3 home drubbing against the Green Bay Packers in Week 11.

Moss was acquired to stretch the field with Sidney Rice out and the team just 1-2 after Week 3.

"(Moss) called me and said, 'I can't wait, I can't wait. I feel like I'm coming home again,' " Childress recalled. "We had good guys, by and large, [but Moss] walked in the locker room and vomited on it."

The team went 1-3 over the next four games and Moss was waived, landing in Tennessee before retiring in August after 13 NFL seasons.

"My bet is we've seen the last of him," he said. "But you never know."

Moss will qualify for a likely first-ballot entrance into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016. He finished his career with 954 receptions for 14,853 yards and 153 touchdowns, second most all time.

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