My Off-Again, On-Again Love Affair With The Wide Receiver Position

I used to be the guy that loved the wide receiver. You see, when I began as a fanatical follower of the Packers back in the 1980's, there were two guys that I was enamored with. Their names? James Lofton and John Jefferson. They opened my eyes to what explosive offensive football could actually be. Hey, before the acquisition of Jefferson, the running joke was Bart Starr's gameplan consisted of four plays: 1. Run 2. Run 3. Pass 4. Punt But when Lynn Dickey was able to open up with Lofton, Jefferson, and Paul Coffman, it was electrifying. Images of that era are forever burned into my memory: seeing Coffman hurdle a defender for the first time. It was something I never imagined happening on a football field, and it blew my mind as to the boundaries of human limitations. I remember Lofton running in open space, sometimes just baiting people in and maneuvering around them. With the game clock ticking away, Lofton caught a pass and made a dash for the sideline with a ...