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Edgy DC Sep 21 2010 09:20 AM

I know nothing about the NFL anymore except what I get third hand and what spills over to the mainstream media, but what's the deal with so much of the gossip-type stuff --- the arrests, the superegos, the star-spangled assholes --- involving wide receivers? I'm probably way off-base --- and please correct me if I am --- but I can't recall a whole lot of headlines along the lines of "Handgun Found In Glove Compartment of Bills' Left Guard." Hey, look, Plaxico's a YLDB!

Edgy DC Sep 21 2010 10:19 AM Re: Wideouts

And, seeing no responses, it behooves me to be more charitable and note that it was a wideout with the Broncos who was recently found dead of a self-invlicted gunshot wound.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 21 2010 10:20 AM Re: Wideouts

Roids + $$

MFS62 Sep 21 2010 10:26 AM Re: Wideouts

Wideout is the position for players who don't like the heavy lifting but like the glory. Speed and quickness means they could also play defensive back. But a WR doesn't have much physical contact, has showoff speed, the camera can see every detail of what they do, and there's the glamor of scoring those touchdowns followed by some personal antics. I'm thinking it attracts a certain personality type. And, Braylon Edwards of the Jets was arrested at 5 AM this morning in Manhattan on a DUI charge. Later

Edgy DC Sep 21 2010 10:28 AM Re: Wideouts

I have a co-worker who theorizes that they're not bulking up as much --- simply coudln't keep up with the other players and stopped trying --- and since their lives are about avoiding the one big hit instead of absorbing the dozens of little ones, they don't have the workout/recovery cycle as much to keep them out of trouble. So they're partyiing more than anybody else. As far as not liking the heavy lifting, I think biology determines where you play more than anything. It's not like every split end is there because he didn't have the guts to play nose guard.

Frayed Knot Sep 21 2010 10:50 AM Re: Wideouts

Years ago it was the linebackers had a corner on the market of craziness et al. Almost every team seemed to have at least one of them who was the stereotyped hard-drinking, eat-glass nut-jobs during the season and also the quotable go-to guys during SB week. Receivers started taking over that role a decade or more ago and now almost totally dominate it. Not totally sure why.

Centerfield Sep 21 2010 11:52 AM Re: Wideouts

There was that guy who fell off a truck last year. I think he was on the Bengals.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 21 2010 11:57 AM Re: Wideouts

I think maybe the names. Keyshawn. Plaxico. Braylon. Chad.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 21 2010 09:32 PM Re: Wideouts Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 22 2010 09:04 AM

MFS62 wrote: Wideout is the position for players who don't like the heavy lifting but like the glory. Speed and quickness means they could also play defensive back. In the same way that nobody really starts out as a second baseman, nobody starts out as a corner. With scant exceptions, corners are generally receivers without great hands, just as second basemen move there once their glove won't quite play at short. (Well, those who aren't Braylon Edwards.) And, given the fact that the Jets have 24/7 car service available to their players-- without penalty or cost-- Edwards is an even bigger imbecile than you think. Years ago it was the linebackers had a corner on the market of craziness et al. Almost every team seemed to have at least one of them who was the stereotyped hard-drinking, eat-glass nut-jobs during the season and also the quotable go-to guys during SB week Linebackers and edge rushers are still a-holes (see: Scott, newly-"religious" Lewis, Jared Allen); they're just a-holes with more defense-calling responsibility/book-learnin' and-- therefore-- less free time. Even in the increased-complexity passing game of the modern NFL, the WR's responsibilities begin and end with his route/responsibilities, where most other guys on the field need to know what everyone else is doing. "Hardworking" WRs who don't do special-teams generally don't do as much work/study as the backup quarterbacks or safeties.

Gwreck Sep 21 2010 09:36 PM Re: Wideouts

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: And, given the fact that the Jets have 24/7 car service available to their players-- without penalty or cost-- Edwards is an even bigger imbecile than you think. Not to mention he had 2 of his teammates in the car with him. Wow.

MFS62 Sep 22 2010 07:33 AM Re: Wideouts

Gwreck wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: And, given the fact that the Jets have 24/7 car service available to their players-- without penalty or cost-- Edwards is an even bigger imbecile than you think. Not to mention he had 2 of his teammates in the car with him. Wow. Two past #1 picks - Gholston (textbook definition of "wasted #1 draft pick") and Ferguson, a very productive player. I'd hate to think how shitfaced they must have been if they named Edwards their designated driver. Later