Though actually catching the football is the central component of being a wide receiver, and doing something with it once you have it in your hands is nice as well, there is one thing you want to do to get your quarterback to love you.
You want to get open where he can find you, where he expects you to be. It doesn’t matter how well you catch or run after you catch if your quarterback can’t get you the ball. That’s why Antonio Brown and Hines Ward were such favorite targets for Ben Roethlisberger.
That’s also why Kenny Pickett was so looking forward to building his chemistry this offseason with Diontae Johnson, who’s now sidelined for likely the next few weeks.