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Funchess Crow... I Want It All, and I Want It Now!


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For a fan that has taken great pride in my layman's ability to evaluate talent from afar (especially my crown jewel - predicting Cam and Luke months before they happened), I have to admit...  i think it's safe to now say, I was wrong about Funchess.  I have been an imbecile.  I'm an idiot.  I was wrong, wrong, wrong.  He has seemed to turn the corner and I'm here to eat my crow.  Serve it up, please.

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All Funchess needed to do was realize he was 6'4 225 lbs. He is finally playing to his size. That one catch on 3rd down where he boxed out the CB and snagged a ball thrown behind him was a man's play. Can you believe he is STILL ONLY 23?!?! He's younger than KB. He's not even close to his ceiling yet. Hopefully he keeps it up.

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He hasn't been lighting the world on fire but has definitely been improving and has had a solid season so far. I think if we didn't have an offense that spreads the ball around so much right now that he'd be doing even better. Does seem like KB and Funch are now the 1a and 1b receivers instead of 1 and 2.

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4 hours ago, thomas96 said:

He hasn't been lighting the world on fire but has definitely been improving and has had a solid season so far. I think if we didn't have an offense that spreads the ball around so much right now that he'd be doing even better. Does seem like KB and Funch are now the 1a and 1b receivers instead of 1 and 2.

4 touchdowns in 2 weeks isn’t lightning the world on fire?

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1 minute ago, UpstatePanther said:

4 touchdowns in 2 weeks isn’t lightning the world on fire?

3. And no not necessarily. His yards per reception leaves a lot to be desired and hasn't topped 70 yet. He's had some great clutch catches for first downs and TDs for sure and is definitely improving in consistency but no he hasn't been lighting the world on fire.

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Well to be fair there wasn’t much evidence he would turn it on like this, so many of us were down on him. Anybody can pick some young guys and say they’re going to break out and decent chance they’ll hit at some point. But kudos to Funchess for being that one that actually pans out so far. He really has turned it on these past two games. He’s been playing with serious determination. Hope he keeps it up. If so I’ll prepare a crow smorgasbord. 

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9 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Well to be fair there wasn’t much evidence he would turn it on like this, so many of us were down on him. Anybody can pick some young guys and say they’re going to break out and decent chance they’ll hit at some point. But kudos to Funchess for being that one that actually pans out so far. He really has turned it on these past two games. He’s been playing with serious determination. Hope he keeps it up. If so I’ll prepare a crow smorgasbord. 

He had a very promising end to his rookie year and last year Cam never ever looked his way despite being open so I wouldn't say that this is all that surprising. 

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