[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Question - why do these guys line up with their legs spread so far apart?

I was always taught to line up on the inside leg but also to have my weight between my front and back legs to allow me to drive off the front leg and get a slightly quicker start.

These guys have their back leg rocked so far back that their first movement is to gather. It's odd. The first heartbeat of every route is...nothing. It's almost a little crow hope to get their feet under them.

Am I smoking crack here? Is there a reasonable explanation for it that I'm overlooking? Because EVERYONE does it like that, not just the Chiefs. From a strictly educational standpoint, is there something mechanically that I'm missing here? There just doesn't seem any real benefit to having that back leg as deep as it is.

https://footballadvantage.com/wide-receiver-stance/

Good article and video