Bunchess of Delvin: The Next "BIG" Thing?

[Saca312]

10 hours ago, gorillamilitia13 said:

OP, no Philly B though?

From the looks of things he may be a 5th WR this year. If Hill has truly improved, and if he could've been a starter last year, then all I can say is the WR battle in TC will be quite competitive, to say the least.

[KB_fan]

There's a really nice analysis of Funchess' growth as a receiver over the course of the 2015 season at B/R:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2646311-why-panthers-wr-devin-funchess-is-poised-for-breakout-sophomore-season

 

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What I find most fascinating about Funchess' rookie year are the splits he had between his seventh and eighth game in the league.

During the first seven games of his career, he posted a combined seven receptions, 21 targets, 90 yards and zero touchdowns, while in his eighth through 16th games in the league, he combined for 24 receptions, 42 targets, 383 yards and five touchdowns.

That's a dramatic leap in production for a then-21-year-old. What might be most telling, though, is his receptions relative to his targets.

In games 1-7, only 33.3 percent of his targets resulted in completions. In games 8-16, that number jumped up to 57.1 percent—a 71.2 percent increase. Per game, he increased his receptions average by 1.7 per game, targets by 1.7 per game, yardage by 32.7 per game and touchdowns by 0.6 per game.

Interestingly enough, Newton's success also improved along with Funchess' success. In the first seven games of the year, Newton had a passer rating of less than 100 in six games. In the remaining nine games of the year, he only went under 100 points in two games.

Funchess' improvement was visible and tangible. Matt Harmon, whom I'd argue is the web's best NFL receiver-talent evaluator, wrote about Funchess' rookie year for Football Guys, and he came away impressed after charting portions of his first season in the league:

Devin Funchess took awhile to come one, but he’s currently playing solid football for an undefeated team surging to the playoffs. There are still some hiccups to his game, and his need for more refinement showed greatly on his Week 12 film against Dallas. Nevertheless, this has been a successful rookie season for Devin Funchess thus far, given the relatively limited assignments doled out for him. 

That's the big question for Funchess. He's shown improvement, but how will he handle more snaps? Last year, according to Pro Football Focus, he ranked third in snaps for Panthers receivers, behind "Philly" Brown and Ginn.

 

Watching L'il Smitty's CaMVP highlights video it was visible how Funchess just stepped up in the last half of the season.  There are some incredible catches shown...

Can't wait to see Funchess 2.0

[Bronn]

Delvin Funjamin 'bout to eff up secondaries all over the league.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

On 6/9/2016 at 3:09 PM, 4Corners said:

Lol at the pic of Gettleman. Dude def looks like a low level mob enforcer. The guy they bring in to rough up gamblers and neighborhood stores that don't pay up in time. 

let's take a look at thomas desimone, the guy that joe pesci's character in goodfellas was based on:

 

 

 

now gettleman

 

 

desimone has been missing since the late 70s and has been legally declared dead by the FBI.  i think that story is about to take a new twist.

[Clicheking]

It's nice to start hitting on These 2nd round picks. Dwayne Jarrett, Everrette Brown, Jimmy Clausen, Sherrod Martin, Eric Shelton......I could keep going

 

 

 

Ty Getts