10 NFL Truths: There's a Reason Receivers Are Crazy

If you're a NFL wide receiver or someone in total denial of Sarah Palin's incompetence, do not read this week's NFL Truths. 10. My reaction to the Al Davis news conference: The NFL made a huge mistake when it began implementing rules in the 1970s that made the Wide Receiver position non-contact. Wide receivers and their petulant, irresponsible behavior and attitude pose the greatest threat to the NFL's popularity and a coach's job security, and it's all because the rules provide them more protection than any other position except kicker/punter. Receivers are free to act like idiots because, for the most part, they can avoid the play-to-play beating that most other players experience. And, yes, I saw the hit Anquan Boldin absorbed. What did Al Davis say that made me come to this realization? His complaint that Lane Kiffin didn't want Randy Moss. Some experts have wrongly concluded that Kiffin's and Davis' difference of opinion about overweight and unprepared quarterback JaDaunte ... (link)