Funchess the next Moose?

[CatalystNX]

Moose hardly ever dropped anything.

 

lol...

[Ezrider1423]

Ricky Fowler has a smoking GF

omg yes.

[Wundrbread33]

I completely forgot to mention that Moose was up there with Hines Ward as an elite blocker at the position. Such an under appreciated guy.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

Until that season where Moose went nuts as Steve Smith went down for the season he struggled with drops. I used to spit my beer out on the 2 wide open drops per game...but he improved on it and became a veteran and professional at catching the ball. Just not early on.

My first ever Panther thread on the Observer forums..I think...was entitled "Moose...the hands of stone."

[Gallagher]

Funchess reminds me more of Alshon Jeffery. They've got really similar height, weight, speed, vert, etc, and were even drafted around the same position. Check it: Devin Alshon

[Jeremy Igo]

Pretty good comparison

[Bartin]

I'm sticking with the Colston "big slot" comparison for him. Gettleman even said that Funchess prefers the inside and underneath routes when talking about him this weekend.

 

In 3 WR sets, I expect to see Ginn and KB on the outside so we have someone capable of stretching the field out there with Funchess and Olsen working the middle of the field..

[Mr. Scot]

Moose wasn't quite as big as Funchess.

 

I'm honestly not sure we've ever had a receiver quite like this guy.

 

(and yes, I'm including Benjamin)

[Pox2]

Funch is getting hyped up like crazy on here.

 

 

 

He never really stood out in college, all of his hype is based on physical measurables and not actual production. Poor QB play is the cause of some of it but the other half is Funch own lackluster play.

[Pox2]

Also why do people quote Funchess pro day numbers? When you watch him play in pads he does not look like a 4.4 guy. He does not pull away from DBs nor show explosiveness indicative of a 4.4.

 

 

That's why it is hard for me to take pro day times seriously. Hand timed 40s are unreliable.

[Bartin]

Also why do people quote Funchess pro day numbers? When you watch him play in pads he does not look like a 4.4 guy. He does not pull away from DBs nor show explosiveness indicative of a 4.4.

 

 

That's why it is hard for me to take pro day times seriously. Hand timed 40s are unreliable.

 

Doesn't support their point. Here's a universal translation guide for homer comments about a players testing speed.

 

Slow time = "game isn't played in underwear, he plays fast"

 

Slow combine, fast pro day = "he wasn't feeling well/was overwhelmed at the combine, the pro day is his real speed."

 

Fast time = "look how fast he ran"

[TheRumGone]

Look at some clips and how quickly he catches the ball then turns up field. That's the quickness ppl are talking about. KB doesn't have that. Funchess isn't fast or anything he's just athletic as fug and quick in small spurts which will help with YAC. We need YAC desperately.

[bababoey]

I dont know, from the footage I've seen feom this guy in pads, he looks like he could dominate..just sromp all over DBs.

I dont recall Moose doing much of that...Moose was a great complimentary possession receiver, but never a dominant DB crusher that had the chance to be our #1 receiver.

There's definitely a difference between the two. If Funchess becomes a film room junkee and a weight room warrior, he very well could beat out KB for #1 and the sky is the limit.

 

Moose says 1,400 yards and 16 TD in 2004 says hello.  Plus leading the NFL in catches in 2000 with 102.

[KSpan]

Moose wasn't quite as big as Funchess.

I'm honestly not sure we've ever had a receiver quite like this guy.

(and yes, I'm including Benjamin)

Donald Hayes comes to mind as one possibility, and as a piece of useless trivia Darrell Bevell was the QB his first two years at Wisconsin. Patrick Jeffers perhaps shared some similarity as well, but the way Funches could be used definitely sems like a novel approach for a Carolina offense.