"Something has to be missing from the complex wiring of the brain to be a receiver who enjoys going across the middle.

The football equivalent of running into traffic can lead to some of the most jarring collisions, and Patriots receiver Wes Welker has been on the receiving end of more than a few.

Growing up, Welker acknowledges, he was a bit of a daredevil, and in many ways that hasn't changed.

"I don't think that feeling ever really leaves you,'' Welker said. "I enjoy it and try to put myself in a different type of mind-set, especially when I'm out there on the field. I do think you have to be a little bit crazy and kind of have the attitude of let's go out there and do this and not really worry about the ramifications of your body sometimes.''"