I wrote this on Tuesday but never posted it and now I'm pissed that I didn't cause Sports Guy wrote about the first part in his mailbag. Whatever...
Who saw that guy on the Broncos throw up on the field and an instant later take on an offensive lineman like it was nothing? That was one of the greatest plays I've ever seen live. I don't know how the McNabb puking stacks up, but that was real funny. This guy probably got made fun of but probably got mostly pats on the back from coaches for showing guts and all that.
But I was thinking about how that would go over at my job. Just imagine I was in a big meeting with a bunch of important clients and right before I was about to speak, I just puke on the table. Then I just kept talking like it was nothing and just left it there. I'd be fired the next day. I'd probably get thrown out of the room, office, and city, and get blacklisted from any other company in the industry. Yet this guy probably solidified his spot on the team for a couple weeks because of that. I mean, what other job can you actually get away with that kind of stuff and it be encouraged. That's incredible stuff...
So I think Michaels said last night (mon night) something along the lines of "Why is disgruntled and wide receiver always used in the same sentance". So I figured I'd do a little psychological analysis of the wide receiver today and see what I could come up with.
First, let me start by saying Jerry Maguire completely caused this craze. People saw the movie and realized, wow, Jerry Maguire hit it right on the button. All you gotta do is dance. You make a scene and people remember you. People hear your name and they are not sure whether they remember you because you're a good receiver or because you're an idoit. Yet it doesn't matter, because before that, they had no clue who you were. Now that you have the attention of people, anytime you make a catch, they remember you. Anytime you make a catch, people keep their attention on you for the mere fact that you may do something entertaining. As we all know, any publicity, is good publicity.
The main reason wide receivers do this is because they are lonely; they have low self esteem. Think about it. The running backs, full backs, qb, tight end, lineman are involved and important in every play whether blocking or faking but are right in the middle of the field right in the action. Wide receivers, they start every play all the way on the outside, usually standing all by themselves. Most of the plays they are just running around the field feeling purposeless. They have some stupid cornerback talking smack to them all game long and they can't do anything about it. At least a lineman can pancake the guy. A wide receiver can only do something about it if he gets the ball thrown to him, otherwise he's got nothing.
Problem is he knows he's talented and can catch any ball and can probably beat his cornerback, who was just a wanna be wide receiver in high school, but he doesn't get the opportunity. On top of the cornerback guarding him, he's got the safety on him as well making his job even tougher. He's contantly getting questioned of his manhood by opposing players, doesn't get that much love because he doesn't have an opportunity to prove his toughness every play, and players know that the quarterback and running back are far more important than a good wide reciever. So the wide receiver constantly feels like its him against the world, and has to prove himself.
When he does catch a pass, most of the time the quarterback gets most of the love for making a great pass instead of the wide receiver being able to get open.
So in order to draw attention to himself and make himself feel loved, he celebrates after first downs, dances after touchdowns, because he might as well get all the fans and the media to love him too. <>
Who saw that guy on the Broncos throw up on the field and an instant later take on an offensive lineman like it was nothing? That was one of the greatest plays I've ever seen live. I don't know how the McNabb puking stacks up, but that was real funny. This guy probably got made fun of but probably got mostly pats on the back from coaches for showing guts and all that.
But I was thinking about how that would go over at my job. Just imagine I was in a big meeting with a bunch of important clients and right before I was about to speak, I just puke on the table. Then I just kept talking like it was nothing and just left it there. I'd be fired the next day. I'd probably get thrown out of the room, office, and city, and get blacklisted from any other company in the industry. Yet this guy probably solidified his spot on the team for a couple weeks because of that. I mean, what other job can you actually get away with that kind of stuff and it be encouraged. That's incredible stuff...
So I think Michaels said last night (mon night) something along the lines of "Why is disgruntled and wide receiver always used in the same sentance". So I figured I'd do a little psychological analysis of the wide receiver today and see what I could come up with.
First, let me start by saying Jerry Maguire completely caused this craze. People saw the movie and realized, wow, Jerry Maguire hit it right on the button. All you gotta do is dance. You make a scene and people remember you. People hear your name and they are not sure whether they remember you because you're a good receiver or because you're an idoit. Yet it doesn't matter, because before that, they had no clue who you were. Now that you have the attention of people, anytime you make a catch, they remember you. Anytime you make a catch, people keep their attention on you for the mere fact that you may do something entertaining. As we all know, any publicity, is good publicity.
The main reason wide receivers do this is because they are lonely; they have low self esteem. Think about it. The running backs, full backs, qb, tight end, lineman are involved and important in every play whether blocking or faking but are right in the middle of the field right in the action. Wide receivers, they start every play all the way on the outside, usually standing all by themselves. Most of the plays they are just running around the field feeling purposeless. They have some stupid cornerback talking smack to them all game long and they can't do anything about it. At least a lineman can pancake the guy. A wide receiver can only do something about it if he gets the ball thrown to him, otherwise he's got nothing.
Problem is he knows he's talented and can catch any ball and can probably beat his cornerback, who was just a wanna be wide receiver in high school, but he doesn't get the opportunity. On top of the cornerback guarding him, he's got the safety on him as well making his job even tougher. He's contantly getting questioned of his manhood by opposing players, doesn't get that much love because he doesn't have an opportunity to prove his toughness every play, and players know that the quarterback and running back are far more important than a good wide reciever. So the wide receiver constantly feels like its him against the world, and has to prove himself.
When he does catch a pass, most of the time the quarterback gets most of the love for making a great pass instead of the wide receiver being able to get open.
So in order to draw attention to himself and make himself feel loved, he celebrates after first downs, dances after touchdowns, because he might as well get all the fans and the media to love him too. <>
posted by Belson | 7:32 AM
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