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Funchess Said He Doesn't Have Anything To Prove...

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2nd round pick that David Gettleman (who was released) moved up to get... and yeah I'm going to bring back a quote from last year

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“I think we just knew where Benjamin was the whole time. Funchess, we weren’t worried about him. It was Kelvin Benjamin,” Munnerlyn said to reporters after the game. “I’m just going to be honest. Me personally, and I never talk like this, but I don’t think he is that good, No. 17. So, we weren’t really worried about him. We were worried about Benjamin and Ted Ginn Jr. and Corey Brown. We knew they were getting the ball and receiving well. We just tried to communicate and make plays.”

Hmm.... Munnerlyn can play it off as trash talk now that he's with us, but for a person to make an exception to really down you, says something. Now Munnerlyn is entitled to his own opinion as each of us are, but it weighs a little more from a defensive player and it weighed even more as they proceeded to shut down our offense in the 2nd half.

Back to the main point as Rivera implied the offense will look to Funchess more this season, you have a lot to prove to be a reliable target for a team trying to make its way back to the Superbowl. Also, just to touch back our GM, a new GM means a different point of view of the roster, Funchess should keep that in mind. I'm not feeling the nonchalant attitude as if he's being questioned as a multi-year pro-bowl player, and it makes me question his drive as a player to be the best WR. Funchess need to be posting numbers in the 700-800 range this season

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Evidently his job is safe no matter what, so why would he feel like he has anything to prove? Most of the posters on here think that I hate Funchess, but I really don't. I just want to see some heat put on him so that we can see if he has it or not. We just keep coddling him and he keeps disappearing on Sundays. Something has to happen to break the cycle or we need to just move on.

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Have this gut feeling Funch won't be with us in a couple years.. Something's missing from the dude.. don't know if it's drive, talent, or whatever. Didn't watch the whole video so I'm not sure how that was said, but you ALWAYS should have something to prove. Even if you're a GOAT. What else drives you to get better if you don't? And we all know Funchess has plenty to prove. You won't to be a pro-bowler? Prove it. You want to be a #1 option? Prove it. You want to be a HOF'er? Prove it. I sure hope he proves me wrong, but I doubt it!

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The NFL is a satisfaction now league. I'm still optimistic for Funchess. He's not a number 1 receiver so we need to lower our expectations a tiny bit. He has shown great promise and I really believe that Lance Taylor and Jericho Cotchery are going to work hard to get the most out of him and to correct his weaknesses. He has the talent and ability. We just need to get it out of him. I don't think anyone behind closed doors is "coddling him"

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Many here overreact to a few words in a stressful environment for young players. I am sure he understands it's an important year for his pro career.

Perhaps he feels he can perform better if he doesn't put too much pressure on himself. 

Let the year play out, then make your judgements based on what he does on the field, not in a press conference.

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Target him like we do in practice and youl see what we have in him

 

hard to produce when you are the 3rd/4th option in an offense with an enemic play caller running retarded long developing routes and a QB with a bum shoulder that is getting donkey punched. 

 

Blaming funchess is the easy, lazy, stupid thing to do when trying to figure out what went wrong last year. 

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