This Devin Funchess guy...(WR Michigan)

[panthers55]

Fist of all the guy that Funchess is often compared to on draft sites is you guessed it, Kelvin Benjamin. Secondly, while he ran a 4.7 at the combine he ran a 4.47 at his pro day which was faster than Benjamin (4.61) and great for a guy that size.  What he brings to the table is 6'4" 232 lbs with a huge wingspan and good athleticism.  He went from being one of the best athletic hybrid guys to an after thought due to 2 tenths of a second on the 40.  Forget he had a 4.68 shuttle and a 6.98 3 cone and is only a junior coming out of college.

 

He would be a good second rounder unless the Panthers really see Stephen Hill as a real possibility at which point we need a slot receiver more than a number 2.  I know there is no guarantee Hill will do anything but Proehl was very high on him and really didnt need to say anything if he wasnt impressed by him.

[PanthersUnited]

He won't be th... Ahh Fug it, I will let it slide this time

[panthers34]

He could be a hybrid TE and WR and would add a nice weapon in the second round.

 

I dont understand why some of you would pass on such a talent for the sole fact that you'd rather have someone with more speed. Ted Ginn has great speed and will help our offense with the deep threat. Take the best player available and if it happens to be Funchess than I'd be happy to have him 

[SurvivalSloth]

Poor man's Jimmy Graham....I'll take it. 

[Jeremy Igo]

I'm telling you not to be shocked if the Panthers grab him in the second round.

Benjamin, Funchess, Olsen...

That's a whole lot of red zone threat.

[Bartin]

3 TDs against App St in the first game then he had 1 TD for the rest of the entire season.

[Toker Smurf]

Does anyone know why he gets the /TE moniker? I assume it's not just size, he's smaller than KB.

[davos]

I'm telling you not to be shocked if the Panthers grab him in the second round.

Benjamin, Funchess, Olsen...

That's a whole lot of red zone threat.

 

 

The nice thing too is we'd be ensuring a really solid receiving trio for a while given their contracts.  Awesome sauce. 

 

I like Funchess.

[CarolinaNut]

I want Devin Smith in the 2nd rd if we don't take a WR in the 1st..really like his speed and big play ability

[Bartin]

Does anyone know why he gets the /TE moniker? I assume it's not just size, he's smaller than KB.

 

Because he plays glacially slow and sucks as a WR so people want him to play TE where he is a better fit athletically and he played there earlier in his career. Problem there is he isn't tough and is a bad blocker.

[panthers55]

Because he plays glacially slow and sucks as a WR so people want him to play TE where he is a better fit athletically and he played there earlier in his career. Problem there is he isn't tough and is a bad blocker.

Seems your opinion isnt shared by most other scouts.  He ran a 4.47 pro day 40 and has similar measurables to Benjamin.  He isnt a bad blocker and no one says he is soft.  Take your pick of sites:

 

 

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/2001877/devin-funchess

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/devin-funchess?id=2552458

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/devin-funchess?id=2552458

 

 

The biggest knocks are that is still somewhat raw and doesnt use his size to his advantage which is just as much about coming out as a junior when he could have used another year of seasoning.  He is not ready to start day 1 as some other guys are, but his upside is as big as Benjamin. picking him in the second would be a great investment in our wide receiver future.

[Panthro]

Hell we might see him taken in the 1st if the other 250 guys we want are all taken.

 

I started watching his highlights as I have my reasons...I like him a lot. Pro Comp is KB but faster. 

 

Getts last year 

 

 

 “You can't teach 6-5, 240 with a 34-inch arm length and 10-inch hands,”

 

[davos]

Seems your opinion isnt shared by most other scouts.  He ran a 4.47 pro day 40 and has similar measurables to Benjamin.  He isnt a bad blocker and no one says he is soft.  Take your pick of sites:

 

 

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/2001877/devin-funchess

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/devin-funchess?id=2552458

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/devin-funchess?id=2552458

 

 

The biggest knocks are that is still somewhat raw and doesnt use his size to his advantage which is just as much about coming out as a junior when he could have used another year of seasoning.  He is not ready to start day 1 as some other guys are, but his upside is as big as Benjamin. picking him in the second would be a great investment in our wide receiver future.

 

The nice thing is he's shown flashes at times of using his size to his advantage..just needs to make that consistent.  His strength is something big to note too...there's one TD he made where the ball was terribly underthrown and he just ripped it out of the CBs hands and ran it in for the score. 

 

[Bartin]

Seems your opinion isnt shared by most other scouts.  He ran a 4.47 pro day 40 and has similar measurables to Benjamin.  He isnt a bad blocker and no one says he is soft.  Take your pick of sites:

 

 

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/2001877/devin-funchess

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/devin-funchess?id=2552458

 

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/devin-funchess?id=2552458

 

 

The biggest knocks are that is still somewhat raw and doesnt use his size to his advantage which is just as much about coming out as a junior when he could have used another year of seasoning.  He is not ready to start day 1 as some other guys are, but his upside is as big as Benjamin. picking him in the second would be a great investment in our wide receiver future.

 

"Tends to show monotone, one-note play speed. Hard to find a second gear on tape. Gears down into cuts and slow to accelerate out of breaks."

 

"lack of vertical talent"

 

Lack of toughness and inability to block refers to him being a TE. He won't be an inline blocker in the NFL. He's fine as a WR blocking.

 

Here's another report on him - http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/4/17/8398675/2015-nfl-draft-devin-funchess-breakdown

 

"I should go ahead and say that Funchess is not going to be a wide receiver on the next level. I know he somehow ran around a 4.5 in the 40 at his pro day and that's great, but on tape he played last season at a speed a lot closer to the 4.7 he ran at the Combine. That 4.7 is a pretty good time for a tight end, but below average for a wide receiver."

 

"Only problem with that is the fact that Funchess wasn't exactly the most willing blocker in the four games I watched. Sure, he got his guy every now and then, but all too often he would totally whiff on defenders out in space. It was usually a lack of effort to blame on those plays"

 

"It's not his effort that I'd question, it's whether he is ready for the kind of contact he'll get as a tight end in the NFL. It's one thing to be flexed out wide catching passes and poo, but at some point Funchess is going to have to line up in a three-point stance beside an offensive tackle and block a 280-pound defensive end. It won't be his bread and butter, of course, but if he can't do it at all, then I'm not sure he has a position on any team."