Devin Funchess

[Varking]

So many people have been bashing him this season because he isn't a true #1. It isn't his fault that we are having to use him there but it sure seems like he is coming around now. He is on pace now for 75 catches, 1k yards and 5 TDs. If before the season started you asked the forums here if this was acceptable for Funchess we all mostly would have been happy with that. He made a big boy catch in the end zone that a lot of WRs can't make and even on the interception he had Norman beat and Cam just underthrew the ball. There was a lot to dislike with our team yesterday but Funchess was a bright spot. 

[*FreeFua*]

Funchess had a great game yesterday. 

Made a couple big time catches with defenders draped all over him. This is why Funchess is so damn frustrating. All the tools are there and for the first time in his career he put them all on display yesterday. 

If Funchess played every Sunday like he did yesterday he’d be a real problem in this league. He backed up his “I’m not soft” talk this week, hopefully it’s a sign of things to come.

*I’m also pretty certain that on the play in which Newton had his longest run of the day had the pocket held up for a split second longer Devin had the corner and safety beat deep, but we’ll have to wait for all 22 to confirm that

[LinvilleGorge]

His numbers weren't eye popping but I thought he had one of his best days as a pro yesterday. One of my biggest gripes with Funchess is that he often doesn't play to his size. He did that yesterday and came up with several impressive catches.

[BrianS]

Agree.  I thought that Funchess looked really good yesterday, doing the things that an NFL receiver with his size should do.  It's not about the yards or catches . . . it's the way he got those yards and catches yesterday that was impressive.  The trick now is that he needs to do that every week. Consistently playing to his size and ability will take him a long way.

[mc52beast]

I don’t think 5 td’s is great considering it’s a 16 game season

[Captain Morgan]

He's only 24...still got room to improve.  I've been on the fence about resigning him with DJ and Curtis, but now I'm for it.  3 good receivers who all have the ability to be great.

[Mistuh Jones]

The ability yes, but do we have the @$!%ing coaching?

[MechaZain]

Funchess was awesome but now that we've seen him big body a catch it's gonna be expected going forward. I hope he's ready. 

[The Lobo]

2 hours ago, Varking said:

So many people have been bashing him this season because he isn't a true #1. It isn't his fault that we are having to use him there but it sure seems like he is coming around now. He is on pace now for 75 catches, 1k yards and 5 TDs. If before the season started you asked the forums here if this was acceptable for Funchess we all mostly would have been happy with that. He made a big boy catch in the end zone that a lot of WRs can't make and even on the interception he had Norman beat and Cam just underthrew the ball. There was a lot to dislike with our team yesterday but Funchess was a bright spot. 

He played great yesterday. It’s worth noting though, Cam didn’t underthrow him bc of a bad pass on the INT, he was hit as he threw.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

he was getting mauled yesterday too.  somebody let the defensive backs in washington know that you can't tackle someone by the face mask.

[Dingo_ate_Babies]

Next year, cut Torrey Smith, Searcy, Munnerlyn and Cockrell. Use that money and pay Funchess.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

Funchess' potential is never what bothered me.  Its his consistency.  

[BionicBunny]

He is in a contract year, you know what they say about flashy performance during that year and the likelihood of dogging it thereafter getting paid , hope that’s not the case

[Icege]

While I haven't had faith in Funchess and still don't have enough to want to see him resigned, he did have an awesome game yesterday. I'm hoping that was his break out game and that we continue to see the trend. Hopefully the talks of him being soft stoked the fire he already had into a wildfire.

Was one of the bright spots in yesterday's debacle. Really need to see that passion and production continuing going forward.