Netflix original docuseries Receiver was released July 10th, 2024.
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George Kittle
George Kittle plays tight end for the San Francisco 49ers.
“Why can’t we just make it easy? Those are my shoes. Hey, Deebo, we already won, man. I’m in his head. High five? Thank you. Don’t you just love football? God! What a fun sport. Oh, it was right on my dick. I fuckin’ found you!” — George Kittle
“This or… like I take notes on… yeah. I take notes in football but this is definitely my… majority of my writing is this. I’m George. I know you think the show’s about just receivers and all. But being a tight end, I get to do everything. Yeah. I do catch passes. I like it. I do score touchdowns. I gotta block people. Pass protect people. What’s up, baby? Bring ’em both. When you watch my tape, I want you to say, ‘wow this guy gives it his all on every single play.’ But I thoroughly like to show that I’m having such a great time out there because football, if you’re not having fun, it gets stressful. I don’t want any of my teammates to be a stress ball of anxiety. Oh, hey there. Hey, am I too close? How close can I get? ♪ …night I had Something so good ♪ These days get so long And I got nothing to do ♪. National fucking tight end day, baby. It’s a holiday. You ready? Bye-bye.” — George Kittle
“♪ I been hangin’ around This town on the corner… ♪. Don’t cut. That’s a great song. Let’s go, kid. I’m just kidding. You’re not a kid. You’re a grown-ass man. No, you didn’t. That was all me. I have games where I’ve had 210 yards, 180 yards. If I don’t have the opportunity to do that every single week, it doesn’t matter, you’re gonna see my best effort. You see that catch? I have games with one catch for one yard. At the end of the day for me, as long as I’m winning football games, I don’t really care. Yeah! You get a win! You get a win! I love football. I play the most fun position. There’s no other position like it besides maybe Deebo.” — George Kittle
“Say, ‘hey, George.’ When you have very lofty goals and you don’t achieve them, it’s not very fun. I’m big into speaking things into existence. Otherwise, it might not ever happen. I will be back here. I will be back here and I will be back with motherfucking vengeance. You will not get the best of me. No, sir. I do remember that feeling. It’s kind of a disbelief thing. Like you can’t believe that, that actually just happened. But no one’s gonna really feel sorry for me. And I have another opportunity to play football this year. And I will be back. With a motherfucking vengeance. Let’s go.” — George Kittle
“Hey, slap hands? Oh, thank you. We have to win. We don’t really have a choice. We are inevitable. We are inevitable.” — George Kittle
“Claire, you have all the– okay. Hey. How are you? Thanks, baby. I’m wonderful. I feel pretty cute today. I will. What’s up? If you approach me like this, it’s like… ‘come on, man. What are you doing?’ It’s fun to find green grass. I don’t know if there’s any more fun in football than just being grass. It’s like… he’s crazy. I just try to not get in his way. Hey, everybody! Who wants it? Anybody? Anybody? Yes. Thank you, guys. You guys get home safe.” — George Kittle
“I used to not really like Thursday night games, and now I absolutely love Thursday night football. You play the game, but then you get Friday, Saturday, Sunday off. And if you take advantage of that time off for your body, you can really treat it as like a mini bye-week. And so Claire has this awesome idea. We’re gonna go up to Half Moon Bay. I absolutely love the ocean and being able to spend time alone with my wife, my dog, it’s like a big recharge. You know, my wife’s like my battery and she recharges me. Hey, Claire? You want s’mores?” — George Kittle
“I know your just pushing my buttons. Sandlot. I know. Just going along with it. ‘How can I have some more of something–‘ yep. Blow it out. My wife, Claire… oh, dear. …we have been together since 2013. We got engaged in 2018. Married in 2019. Her support for me in the last ten years and specifically in my NFL career is instrumental to where I am today. You tell me. How’s that look? Oh, my gosh. That’s incredible. Thank you. I’m somewhat of a professional. Every single day when I get outta bed, she looks to me and she goes, ‘hey, go kick some ass today.’ That’s tasty. She’s been at every single game, every road trip. When you know you have someone like that that has your back, no matter what happens, it’s a special feeling. And I owe so much to her for everything that she does for me. You wouldn’t like it at all.” — George Kittle
Justin Jefferson
“Sometimes you just gotta be confident and go with it. They’re gonna get every single bit of 18. And it look good. To get a new quarterback in the middle of the season, it’s a little difficult.”
Davante Adams
“You hear what I’m talking about. I’m here. They gave me a lot of money to come here and score touchdowns. My benchmark is not wins and losses, it’s greatness.”
Deebo Samuel
“Ooh, look what they got.”
“My real name is Tyshun Raequan Samuel. My dad gave me my nickname Deebo, when I was, like, five, six years old. My dad used to say I used to like to fight and take stuff from kids so he related it from the movie Friday, the character Deebo.”
“My girl, Mahogany, we met my sophomore year of college. We have a wonderful son now that’s about to be two years old at the end of this year. Where’s Tyshun? Get the ball. Get the ball. My teammates was like, when I had my kid, they seen I started playing way better and they call it dad strength. When I go back and watch it, it is kind of crazy. It did start happening. So now, like, rather than playing for me, I’m like playing for my family and him. So… time to get going. Come on. Come on. As a kid, you know, you just dream about the Super Bowl. To this day, I still didn’t win one. We’ve been knocking at the door for the last four or five years. My rookie year, we ended up making a run in the playoffs. Let’s go! Everybody watch the Super Bowl. Talk about the Super Bowl. Just to be in it was just crazy.”
“Yeah… ugh… man, we just got this crazy taste in our mouth. What is it gonna take to get over this hump to win one? Yo? From the start of the season, the vibes was through the roof. Everybody had all the confidence in the world with what we had. You better not! Let’s go! We’ve been waiting on that shit all game. Bing-bong. Bro, I swear it just… it just happen. I don’t like to get tackled. We just gotta keep doing what we doing. I think we’re averaging 30 points a game and we just gotta continue to keep doing that and I think we’ll be pretty good.”
Amon-Ra St. Brown
“Who you got going to the Super Bowl? My dog.”
“Come on. I started playing sports around four or five years old. Me and my two brothers. My dad was super strict on us. Super tough on us, um, athletically. Beginning of the program. My dad was a two-time Mr. Universe, three-time Mr. World bodybuilder. He was a beast. He kind of, you know, instilled that discipline into me. Growing up, playing football… …one of the kids that we were playing against had really good hands. Shitty game. Yeah. My dad goes up to his dad, being the guy he is and asks, ‘what do you guys do? Your sons hands are really good.’ And he goes, ‘we have a JUGS Machine and we catch 200 balls a day.’ And so he got the JUGS Machine and he is like, ‘if he’s gonna catch 200, we gotta catch 202. We gotta be better than him.'”
“So after practice I catch 202 balls on the JUGS Machine every day. Draft weekend was… it was a shitty experience for me. 99% of people think it’s one of the best times of your life, which it is if you go, you know, top ten. For me, it was a lot of time before I got drafted. I can name the 16 guys, you know, drafted before me. Ja’Marr Chase, LSU. Jaylen Waddle, Alabama. DeVonta Smith, Alabama. Kadarius Toney, Florida. Rashod Bateman, Minnesota. Elijah Moore, Ole Miss. Rondale Moore, Purdue. D’Wayne Eskridge, Western Michigan. Terrace Marshall, LSU. Tutu Atwell, Louisville. Amari Rodgers, Clemson. Nico Collins, Michigan. Anthony Schwartz, Auburn. Josh Palmer, Tennessee. Dyami Brown, UNC. Dez Fitzpatrick, Louisville.”
“You know, I have a list of the receivers in my notebook written out. I read it every day before practice, before a game. Just to remind myself that there was a point before getting into this league that people though, ‘I don’t know if he can do it.’ My goals for the season are written on that page. 1500 yards and ten touchdowns. It’s not something I share, but it’s a reminder for myself. Once I read that notebook, it just reminds me like, ‘oh, yeah, it’s on, let’s go.’ I’m ready to go every time. The only thing good about draft day was the Lions drafted me. The Lions haven’t won a division title in 30 years and definitely tough times. I mean, me being a kid growing up, they didn’t even get many national TV games. I don’t even remember watching Lions games as a kid because they just weren’t shown.”
“We feel like as a team that we just gotta start better than we did last year. Try to win this division this year. We feel like we have a good shot. We want to make the playoffs. That’s our goal. You look at us last year, you know we started, what, one in six, end up nine and eight. Going into this season, we wanna start on a high note be able to win some games early on. We have high expectations. Let’s go! We wanna make it to the playoffs.”
“They’re technically the best team in football right now. Coming off the Super Bowl win. Kind of tests where we stand as a team. I was excited. I’ve never played at Arrowhead so… being able to show everyone the work that we’ve put in throughout spring, throughout camp, and just to put it on display… that was the best part. The play worked out perfectly how we thought it would. And I’m big on celebrations. Once you get in the end zone, you better have a plan. I don’t do anything weak. If I dance, I need it to go viral. I was looking around for the camera, I found him, I pointed at him, I waited for him to get close and then I hit my celebration. It was basically some pumps, whatever you wanna call it. It’s life imitating art. I have seen the Key and Peele skit with the pumps. I think it’s the funniest skit with the ref. I don’t think my celebration was a pump. I think it was more like more hand movement than hip thrusting. But you can be the judge of that.”
“To beat the defending Super Bowl champs at their place, it didn’t feel like we made it yet, just ’cause it was one game, but we felt like we were trending in the right direction. But a typical German meal is what? I actually can read, write, and speak German fluently, everything. I text my mom in German. My mother, she’s born and raised in Germany. My dad competed in Germany a lot. Ended up meeting my mom there. Going back to when I was a kid, she would make us do ten vocab words a day, every day. If we wanted to go out with our friends, we had to make sure we get these ten vocab words. On our way to school, we’d read ten minutes of a German book that she picked. I hated that. But now looking back on it, I’m so glad that we did do that. Take a look at yourself. They’re on your head. People loved it. The goal is two touchdowns, at least, every game. It’s hard to do.”
“Throw me the fucking ball. I do this shit. Receivers, you never know what happens. We get hit right when we catch it, right when we touch the ground, whatever it is. We definitely get exposed to a bunch of different hits that we can take during a game. When I move my arms, my torso– fuck. I got hurt. As I was going down, the defender like kind of rolled down on me and my toe got stuck in the ground and overbent. And I was like, ‘this doesn’t feel right.’ So I got up, limped off to the sideline. But my toe was still killing me. I was like, ‘everything’s not going right for me.’ Can I just do one shank? The week after the Seahawks, against Atlanta, I was able to play. First ball I catch, I turn up and I get hit, like, right on my side. I’ve had a hip pointer before so I thought it was a hip pointer. I’m like, ‘maybe it’s just a bruise.’ Hold on. Pull it down all the way. Keep pulling it. Yep. All over there. The oblique. Yep. Everywhere and lower on my hip. More in the front. Right here. Right there. And I’m like, ‘damn.’ My toe’s still hurting at this point. Yep. Now I have this oblique injury. Good shit, bro.”
“But we have a Thursday game after Atlanta so I can… I can barely… I mean, I’m running but the pain is like– outta ten is like at a eight or nine. And it’s too late for me not to play, the game plan’s in. Painkillers is something that I really don’t like to take unless… unless it’s the Packers. Going to that Green Bay game, I had a steel plate in my cleat, which kind of prevents your toes from bending as much. Hey. No, no, no. I got just got my steel plate in. How you doing? Amon-Ra St. Brown. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. I’ve always wanted to Lambeau Leap. I’ve never done it. Now imma Lambeau Leap. So I’m looking around for a Lions fan and I see two jerseys to my left. I go over there, jump in the stands… …and as I’m celebrating with them, I feel something in my jersey, but I’m not sure what it is. After the game, I look at my phone and one of my friends texted me the video of a girl pouring beer on me. I’m like, ‘I didn’t even know that happened.’ I came to the locker room after and my girlfriend sent me video of them pouring beer on me. I did feel something wet. I’m like, ‘I wonder what it is.’ I was a little tipsy as I got… as I came down. I have no idea. I mean, I lost my Lambeau Leap virginity. After that Green Bay game, I go home and it just… it’s like on the side by where your oblique is, it’s just killing me. I was like, ‘fuck, this doesn’t feel right.'”
Friday
“Oh, shit. Here come Deebo, gimme your stuff. Oh, shit. Known for jacking a… that’s all he do. Damn. What’s up, Smoke?”
Key and Peele
Into the end zone and McCringleberry pulls it down. He’s got it. I’ll tell you, man, he’s– oh, see, now there’s two pumps. He’s really testing the boundaries and he’s gotten the ref’s attention here. A third pump will draw a flag no matter what. He just did it again.”
NFL
“Let’s do this. Twelve dell. I caught it. I don’t even know how I did that.”
“Is this the most amount of writing you do in a year?”
“You can see his personality on the field which isn’t always the case with football players. But when you watch him on the field, he’s also trying to get after people. He wants to be as physical as anybody and that’s what makes him unique. Everybody sees George, you know, obviously, as the fun, energetic teammate which he is. But within our offense, I mean, he can do everything.”
“I done tripped over somebody’s foot. I think our son brings the soft side. He gets at me, like, ‘don’t treat him like a baby.’ But then he be like, ‘come here.’ I be like, ‘boy, like… what are you doing?’ Two Deebos, big Deebo, little Deebo.”
“Hey, let’s go, baby. Hey, have a good day. Let’s go, lock in. We just do so much with Deebo within our offense. He can run the ball, throw him the ball. Go deep, short. You name it. Yeah, we got this. When he has the ball in his hands, he’s pretty much different than everybody else. The speed he can hit like a receiver, the cuts he can make like a running back, but kinda the density in his body, that’s a lot closer to a linebacker, a fullback. So, anytime you can get the ball in Deebo’s hands, it’s a problem for the defense.”
“Watch. Yep. Two. Single. Yeah. Nice.”
“A lot you know– where we’ve been as a core really lines up perfectly with St. Brown. Where he’s gone. We’ve gone. And it’s why he’s part of the foundation here.”
“We’ve been waiting for this moment. From the beginning to the end, we dominate. ‘Chief’ on three. One, two, three. Chiefs! Hop back around right. So do a left dirty– eighty! Set, hut! The head official had come up to me and he said, ‘hey, listen, that was a little excessive. Had he gone one more hip thrust there, I was gonna throw the flag.’ And so luckily, he was right below the line there. We got too much steal. Let’s go. To be able to go out to their place and get that W, it was special.”
“You just ran his ass, slap, over. Man. Yo, Deebo? You a dog, boy. You a dog. Yeah. Dude, that was sick. Seriously though, what goes through your mind? How’d you do that? Like, this isn’t even high school. These are grown men. Makes no sense. He’s not easy to tackle. He’s got a strong lower half and his legs are always moving. And as long as we can get the ball in Deebo’s hands, we always got a shot. I feel like this is all we did when we were kids in Iowa. It’s on fire.”
“I met George our freshman year at the University of Iowa. I played basketball there. I had a moped and I was getting on it to go to basketball practice, putting my helmet on and he walks up and he goes, ‘nice helmet.’ I was like, ‘thanks. We wear them for basketball.’ Just put my helmet on and drove away.”
“Got it. He’s hit. You okay? Ankle? Take a sec here. Take a sec. Straight to the bench. I got you. He’s gonna tape you and we’re gonna put a steel shank in both your feet. You cool with that? That’ll help protect it the most. If after one drive that steel shank’s too much, we’ll take it out. You wanna match ’em up. You don’t wanna be off. Good game, bro. Yes, sir. Keep doing your thing.”
“Take the other one out too. One-twenty! Set, hut! That one was fun, baby! Let’s fucking go! Great fucking job.”
Fans
“Oh! Catch the ball!”
“You guys.”
“They really cannot touch you. They’re like, ‘you so big.’ Let’s go!”
“Good. You got championship power. Keep that championship power. Good. Good. Reach in. There you go. Good.”
“Where’s your head? Good job. Where’s your nose? Good job. Where’s your ears? Good job. Having a son changed Deebo a lot. Like, before he, like, really strictly just football.”
“This big Amon-Ra right there. Proud of you big boy. You said ‘Papa, is this the–‘ what’d you say? It goes to show we got a good program now. It’s our first step to victory on our way to NFL. I know I’m a father, but I’m freaking Mr. Universe two times. I know what I’m talking about when it comes to this stuff. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Just breathe. Think about it. Get your mind right. I told him, ‘look, the plan is to go to the NFL.’ I knew that if they could reach the pinnacle, there’s a good reward at the end. Amon. Hey, hey. I know, but we gotta get better, right? That’s right.”
“Passes? Yeah. I go to every game. Ready? Will you close that door, Ray? Yeah. Okay, come on. We take a bus to all the home and away games. Because we have, like, nine immediate family members. All of our friends and family who come in week to week. We always get a party bus. We love a party bus moment. It’s a very high-energy bunch. Cheers, cheers. Cheers. Love ya. You’re too far away. ♪George Kittle, hit me down the middle ♪ Hit the weight room if you too little ♪ George Kittle, hit me down the middle ♪ Hit the weight room if you too little ♪ 8-5, 8-5, 8-5, 8-5 about to Take them stateside, go crazy… ♪. All right, we’re here, guys.”
“George loves to like look out on the sideline and see his mom, dad, and I. It’s definitely become a pregame ritual. Here we go. Yeah, buddy. Good, how are you? I got it. How are you? You look good. Kick some ass. Kick some ass. Let’s go. Yeah! Good job, G! Good job, George! Let’s go, baby! Good catch, Deebo! George!”
“Yeah? How can I have some more of something? I haven’t had anything yet. You know what that’s from, right? Icon– iconic movie. Dang it. Okay. Well, the other side is not quite there. I’m just gonna stay up here. From then on, it was just like we were really good friends. And it just kind of naturally progressed into… more than a friendship. He is always smiling, he is always positive and just like a big teddy bear. He’s a rare breed. That looks like creme brulee. Oh, careful. It’s sliding. That’s perfect. It’s not that good. You wouldn’t like it.”
“German breakfast is another one, you know? Bread, rolls, sausage… everything with pork. I forgot my glasses. Can you just read it for me? No, I forgot them. Ah, right. What did you ask me? Touchdown celebration. Brooklyn, you always involved with that, right? I didn’t like that. You thought that that was me. That was not me. It was you. It was not me. No. You said you guys had been working on it. You have my dad calling me being like, ‘oh, my God, John’s so mad at you because of the hip thrust.’ You told me you guys were working on celebrations. I did not agree to that. I agreed to the Baltimore strut that I thought he was gonna do. I’m thinking… that’s the one we practiced. I did not agree with the hip… I’m like, ‘oh, my God. Don’t do that. Stop.’ He called me so mad. Gave me an entire lecture on how inappropriate that is and how could I ever teach his son that. No. No. I was like, ‘are you kidding me?’ You can’t do that. When I saw it, I thought, ‘oh, Lord have mercy.’ That was not me. That was him. What’s your goal for tomorrow? I believe you can do that easy… if the opportunity is given. Right?”
“Brand-new Lions. Brand-new Lions, baby. Does your plate look like this? Which foot is it in? Right? Feeling better? Wearing it tonight? Go kill ’em. You reek of beer. What’s your BAC right now? So I go on Twitter and I see this lady pouring beer all over him. I’m mad. I’m over here like, ‘lady, seriously?’ In a weird way, is it like a badge of honor?”
Commentators
“Meyers to Moss. Moss is up… caught! Touchdown! What a catch! Yes! What a great catch by Randy Moss. Dropped again by Tony! What a catch! Unbelievable. And they can’t stop JJ. He calls that dance ‘The Griddy.’ Ten, five, touchdown!”
“Achilles. He’s done. George Kittle. Always the character. Yeah. One of a kind. How much fun is this guy having? Look at that reaction on the block. He’s the best all-around tight end in the league. He blocks, he does everything right. That may be the best catch he’s ever made.”
“I give you Deebo. Caught by Deebo Samuel. Deebo. Look at Deebo go. Deebo Samuel is so hard to bring down. Runs right through that arm tackle. He’s so tough. Have fun trying to tackle him when he’s got a head of steam going.”
“Deebo Samuel is the most unique chess piece in the league. He’s a Swiss Army knife. He does it all. Deebo 25, 20, breaks another tackle. Touchdown!”
“And here we go. Super Bowl 54. What an incredibly difficult scene this is for the 49ers to endure. They were so close to winning the Super Bowl. For the 49ers, this game feels a lot like Super Bowl 54 and the loss to the Chiefs.”
“The 49ers are gonna lose this NFC championship game. And this one does hurt.”
“The 49ers are not only talented team knocking on the door, they’re a talented team that believe they should have kicked in the door last year. When we look at teams being highly motivated, I don’t think anybody has them beat in that department. So the 49ers will win this game, thirty to seven. So the road is clear for this Niners team, because this team is supposed to be great. If they can keep healthy, they should win it all. I do think this is a year that they perceive as an important one to cash in on this roster that they’ve built. Deebo Samuel in the last four seasons has only been healthy for a full year once. Deebo breaks a tackle. Touchdown! With this core of players, it’s this year and that’s it.”
“Amon-Ra St. Brown. He’s a guy who was taught a work ethic by his dad. He has more receptions in his first three years than any Detroit Lion. And nobody saw that coming on draft night. The Lions are looking to be more than just being competitive. They’re looking at a deep run in the playoffs. The Lions are trying to win a playoff game. They haven’t done that in 31 years. They’ve never been to the Super Bowl. But in Michigan, the anticipation is through the roof.”
“One thing about Amon-Ra St. Brown is he’s a guy that is gonna be in the middle of the football field. There is zero fear when it comes to receiving from Amon-Ra St. Brown. He’s one of my favorite young players.”
“The season opener will feature the Super Bowl champion, Chiefs, hosting the up-and-coming Detroit Lions. You’re playing against the defending champs. Take this opportunity to show the world what type of team that you have. Detroit needs to win this game, right? Okay. If you are a grownup, Detroit Lions, win the game. Beat the Chiefs. You know who you’re playing on the other side, you’re playing the MVP. There’s the snap. Jared back. Looking, looking. Throwing, middle. Caught. Touchdown, Detroit Lions! Whoa, baby. Amon-Ra St. Brown.”
“You’ve gotta be happy for this team. Throwing to the end zone. Touchdown, Detroit Lions! This is a milestone moment for them to come in here and get this win. I know it’s only one game, guys, but two years ago where this team was, to now coming in, knocking off the defending Super Bowl champions… it’s a new era, boys.”
“San Francisco and New York, here in week number three. Pass caught by Kittle, stiff arm. Stays in bounds. Deebo lines up as a wide receiver outside the numbers right. Purdy back, time, goes over the middle. Caught by Deebo Samuel, makes a man miss. A second man. A third man. He runs out of his tackle. A fourth man. Deebo can’t be tackled.”
“Here’s Purdy, gonna throw deep for Deebo. Touchdown! He runs a little stutter and go. Throws it to the back shoulder and Deebo Samuel just snatches it right outta the air. Wow. Deebo Samuel. Six catches through 1:29, and the touchdown. And then George Kittle had seven tonight in 90 yards. 49ers, 3-0 start. Big win here for the Niners to get a win and then have some time off.”
“Touchdown, George Kittle.”
“Look at Amon-Ra St. Brown, one of the best receivers in the NFL. He’s their number one guy by far. He’s one tough guy, no doubt about it. Jared’s got it, back to throw, looking… throwing, middle, caught. Amon-Ra inside the 15 and he goes down to the 12-yard line. Amon-Ra St. Brown, slow to get up. My toe.”
“Lambeau Field in Green Bay, week four in the National Football League. For many years, this has been a house of horrors for the Lions. Of course, the Lions, anything but a laughing stock anymore. This team looks legitimate and for real. Dan Campbell has a team that all of a sudden doesn’t hope to win, they expect to win football games. That’s new for Detroit. Let’s see if they’re ready for this day, Lambeau, divisional rival. This is a real opportunity for them to take that next step.”
“Goff… deep again, wide open. Making the grab and taking it in is St. Brown. Amon-Ra St. Brown. Lambeau leap right into the arms of some Lions fans. So it is the Lions, seven, and the Packers, three.”
Peyton Manning
“They say there’s not a more difficult position in sports than NFL quarterback. But the truth is… throwing a pass is only half the story. With all due respect to offensive linemen, a quarterback’s best friend is this guy. The receiver. The lightning quick wideout screaming down the field. The sure-handed tight end posted up over the middle. The fleet-footed technician toe-tapping along–“
Randy Moss
“Peyton. Peyton. Peyton. This show is about receivers, right? I love you and all, but why don’t you pass this season off to me? I promise you, it’s in good hands. Y’all gonna put that shit in y’all’s book. I told you and I told you. Touchdown. It’s always funny when people say a receiver has one job. Catch the ball. When catching the ball is mostly out of hour hands. The play call… the protection, the quarterback looking our way, so many things we have no control over have to go right… …just for the chance to do our job. No matter how much you train, study, and practice, when the ball is snapped, you can leave the defender in the dust run the perfect route. And have absolutely nothing to show for. Catch the ball? Congrats, you’re now a moving target. Drop the ball? Sorry, you’ll never hear the end of it. They call us divas despite our decoy routes. They call us distractions despite all the damn blocking we do. But no one seems to recognize the one thing we actually are… always open. So this year we switched it up. Instead of giving quarterbacks even more love, we follow five of the leagues best pass catchers throughout the 2023 season.”
“Davante Adams. Amon-Ra St. Brown. Justin Jefferson. And a pair of 49ers. Deebo Samuel… and George Kittle. We’re going all in with the top receivers in the league, as they balance their daily grind… …with their pursuit of greatness. You know the drill. Every hit… …every hurt… …every high… but hey, all they gotta do is catch the ball, right?”