It seems every white receiver has the same thing said about him: He's supposed to be good on third and five. He's supposed to run good pass routes.
I think that's when a good receiver becomes a great receiver. If you know what's going on with the defense, you play faster. If you don't know what's going on, your timing will be off and you're not going to make plays.
I love the physical part of the game. But I wanted to be a receiver, not just a big guy playing receiver.
I've split out, played receiver, I've been a fullback, I've been in-line.
You add a good receiver and that will take pressure off your quarterback.
There are a handful of guys that are really good at what they're doing from the receiver position, which is the easiest position in the NFL. There are a handful of guys that are good at it. There's not one particular guy that would concern me when I'm going into a game, but there are guys that you have to take notice of in the league.
I was making sure everyone knew Crabtree was a mediocre receiver. And when you try the best corner in the game with a mediocre receiver, that's what happens. I appreciate that he knows that now.
I want to be known as a solid all-around receiver that's fast, not a fast guy that plays receiver.
In certain systems, receivers are just an X receiver or a Z receiver, and they just have to learn this route on this play.
I want to be known as a solid all-around receiver thats fast, not a fast guy that plays receiver.
The Raiders took me fourth overall because they had a certain need, and that was for me to come in and play man-to-man, bump-and-run all day, to guard the best receiver. You understand your job going in, so that's what you focus on. Would I have liked to play receiver and go both ways? Yep, would have loved to have done that.
I was just hoping I'd be drafted in the first round. So to be able to be the first receiver, that was a big pride thing. I can always say now that I was the first receiver taken in my class.
I love when people think I'm not a good receiver.
It's always irked me that they always say the white receiver has great hands or runs great routes or is a possession receiver.
If you go off the Senior Bowl, that's basically what I can do. I played H-back, I played fullback, I played tight end, I played slot receiver, I ran routes, I caught some balls, blocked, just doing that stuff.
I didn't run the ball very much in college. I sat out most of the time and played a little slot receiver, a little tight end, a little fullback but that's pretty much about it.