The Buffalo Bills place a high priority on a wideout’s ability to block. Granted, I’m sure that most NFL teams, if not all of them, want their receivers to be fundamentally sound while helping in the run game. The Bills, though, seem to hold receivers who can block in high regard.
If that’s the first thing someone is discussing about a receiver, though, is that code for saying that player isn’t very good at his main job, which is catching the football? When I was a young assistant baseball coach, one of my mentors once said that “If the first thing we say when we’re discussing a player is that ‘he’s a great kid,’ that usually tells us what we need to know about his ability.