The concept of the ‘diva wide receiver’ has become a cliché over the years, but it’s not without reason that it exists. The prescription for its very existence lies in the nature of the wide receiver position itself. The entirety of a wide receiver’s success at his primary job is utterly reliant upon another person not only doing his job but choosing among up to four other potential targets also attempting to do their jobs. There is a one in five chance on every play, statistically, that you will actually be the target of an aimed pass.
So when you seemingly spend an entire game doing excellent work beating defenders in one-on-one matchups to get yourself open and available to your quarterback only to see him choose to go in other directions or to make poor throws when he does look your way, that can naturally be frustrating.