Guess who's dropping passes and guess who's making it look easy

[CRA]

yep, at least Norwood and Funchess can catch balls if they are not actually covered. 

I'd say throw them out there with Ginn running some deep verticals.  

[dldove77]

I love that Philly can get open in a game, but I can't understand drops in practice. Even if he caught twenty that we didn't see...THERE'S NO ONE COVERING HIM!

[Darth Biscuit]

From what I've seen from Funchess he really catches the ball entirely with his hands... with Brown not so much... and Ginn touches the ball with his hands, but doesn't do so good actually catching it.

[CarolinaNut]

corey brown couldn't catch an STD in a whore house

[Toolbox]

Such a shame to see philly regress this much.. get your head together man.

[CRA]

Such a shame to see philly regress this much.. get your head together man.

he made a lot of real ugly looking catches last year....I think he just simply doesn't have good hands.  He did a lot of body catching last year.

[Mr. Scot]

I agree in principle but in the NFL a few weeks is far too long to be waiting for a WR that can catch.

If catching the ball were all there was to it, I think they'd be playing right now.

But they have to know their routes and/or assignments on any given play, they have to block, they have to adjust, they have to have chemistry with Cam, etc. etc.

Get some of that stuff wrong and you can cause just as many problems as a dropped pass would, plus potentially get somebody hurt.

I'd also like to see what they can do sooner rather than later, but I'm trusting Proehl to know when they're ready.

[nctarheel0619]

There actually isn't.

But we have a couple of guys who could potentially move up the depth chart and make a difference in weeks to come.

Oh, there's plenty of people that are better than Corey Brown on the free agent wire.  Don't kid yourself.  

[Captain Morgan]

 

I'm ready for Funch to start.  I'm not ready for Norwood to start, but I'd like to see him get more reps.

And I agree with Igo's tweet about bringing Bersin back up.  I have no idea why Philly got the yips, but this has been a problem since the start of training camp and hasn't gotten better.

[Mr. Scot]

Oh, there's plenty of people that are better than Corey Brown on the free agent wire.  Don't kid yourself.  

I'm not.

Anybody who's still unemployed at this point in the year, there's a reason.

[nctarheel0619]

I'm not.

Anybody who's still unemployed at this point in the year, there's a reason.

Most of it's because teams don't want to have to put someone through their system, and get all the things you stated down.  Believe me, I'm sure Dave and Ron would rather have someone else out there from the Free Agency wire instead of watching this undrafted guy drop balls.  But they both believe in "continuity" too much to do anything about it.  

[L-TownCat]

If catching the ball were all there was to it, I think they'd be playing right now.

But they have to know their routes and/or assignments on any given play, they have to block, they have to adjust, they have to have chemistry with Cam, etc. etc.

Get some of that stuff wrong and you can cause just as many problems as a dropped pass would, plus potentially get somebody hurt.

I'd also like to see what they can do sooner rather than later, but I'm trusting Proehl to know when they're ready.

Again I agree with the principle but I think you have RP's opinion a little too high.

This remains a RR call and (IMO) he will ride to the edge of the universe and back with the same tired lineup he knows rather than make the necessary changes.

[Toolbox]

...why isn't Funchess our #1 receiver, getting 20 targets a game?

 

It's only been one game dude. 

[CRA]

Its only been one game dude. 

no, has hasn't displayed questionable hands for just one game.  That pretty much is what he has always shown.  Hence, the ugly catches last year, poor hands all preseason, etc.

When you have that kind of speed....there is a reason why you go undrafted....it is b/c you are missing the other components.

We don't need to be thrusting Philly and Bersin onto the field.  One can be active on gameday for insurance/depth.   We need be looking at our other options....they were drafted players b/c simply are more talented all around football players.