wide receiver

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wide receiver

noun wide receivers

An offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function is to principally to catch passes. All season, the Chiefs have struggled on offense, in particular in the pass catching department. On multiple occasions throughout the regular season, Mahomes was burned by mental miscues from his wide receivers which cost the Chiefs wins.

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@misc{wide_receiver_2026,
  title = {wide receiver},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wide%20receiver},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}