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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I think crossing the goal line causes some sort of mental disorder. Back in the 1970s and '80s when the running backs were the big scorers, you had a bunch of ego cases at that position. People like Eric Dickerson and John Riggins and Marcus Allen had enormous egos, and the receivers were by and large pretty normal. Now we've got tons of overly dramatic wide receivers and the running backs are pretty normal.

No position in football has your career stats and earnings so completely dependent on so many other people quite like the WR. Between the obvious of the QB they also depend a lot on the o-line, play caller, and general game script. Their income really is heavily impacted by so much that they probably feel a need to demand more and better opportunities.