Randy Moss felt the love from his former football team, the Minneapolis Vikings, on Monday night and immediately gave it back.

Moss, 47, took to social media to share his appreciation with Minnesota fans, players and ESPN colleagues after the game Monday Night Football The game between his former Vikings and the Chicago Bears included several tributes to the retired NFL star, four days after he announced he had cancer.

“Love you all!” Moss, who retired from the NFL in 2012 and now works as a professional football analyst at ESPN, posted on X on Monday, December 16.

The NFL commentator’s message came in direct response to a video shared by the Vikings on social media that showed the team taking a No. 84 Moss jersey onto the field for the pregame coin toss. During the throw, Vikings fans chanted, “Randy! Cool! Awesome!” and many wore the retired wide receiver’s purple and white jersey or held signs with messages of support.

Then, in the first quarter of the game, current Vikings star Justin Jefferson caught a touchdown pass and then found a television camera: “We love you, Randy!” Jefferson shouted on the national broadcast, holding his hands up in the shape of a heart.

Moss announced his cancer diagnosis last Friday, telling fans on Instagram Live that he recently underwent surgery to place a stent in his liver and was subsequently hospitalized for almost a week.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver said he underwent a Whipple procedure — a surgery that treats tumors and other conditions in the pancreas, small intestine and bile ducts, according to the Mayo Clinic — and that the cancer was just outside his bile duct be.

Moss added that he currently requires a cane for assistance since his surgery on Thanksgiving Day.

“It was a busy week, a busy time. Thank you all again,” Moss said. “Thank you and your team for nursing me back to health and bringing me back here with my family.”

Now after surgery, Moss will begin radiation and chemotherapy, he said, encouraging his followers — especially other black men — to undergo regular cancer screenings.

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“By the grace of God, my liver began to fail,” Moss said. “I didn’t think I would ever be in a position like this, as healthy as I thought I was.”

Moss has not been on his usual ESPN broadcasts since early December as viewers became increasingly concerned about his health. The former Vikings and New England Patriots star said last week that his “goal is to be back on TV with my team” after beating cancer.