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Sounds like Devin Funchess is gone


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Whenever I have a moment of wondering why this team is nowhere near being SB level I just mentally trace back over Gettleman's mistakes and instantly done wondering. Even at the time when he was doing that b.s I kept posting on here "I don't understand what he's doing." We're still hurting with the Kalil contract.

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4 hours ago, pantherj said:

Whenever I have a moment of wondering why this team is nowhere near being SB level I just mentally trace back over Gettleman's mistakes and instantly done wondering. Even at the time when he was doing that b.s I kept posting on here "I don't understand what he's doing." We're still hurting with the Kalil contract.

I think that is more on Rivera and JR than Gettleman, but that's just my opinion. 

Team had tons of talent the past two seasons, but JR meddled, and Rivera couldn't make any tough decisions to make the team better (fire shula years ago, remove Washington as DC, bench old and busted vets for younger guys, etc.)

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It's  really hard to get past the Detroit game this year..  We'd been blown out by the Steelers,, and could rebound on the road at Detroit ..    Devin dropped so many passes in another return for him Michigan ..  of coarse Ron going for 2 at the end  of the game for the win,, didn't make a lot of sense either ,,  But if anyone was going to consider a player involved in point shaving,,  Devin could wave a flag and say look at me,, I can tank

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6 minutes ago, steven8989 said:

Yeah and I can remember all of DG first round busts. I would say that's alot worse!

I would disagree because his FA and mid round player picks/contributions well outweighed missing with those picks.

And it's also a lot harder to pick the best talent in the late 20's as opposed to the top half of the draft like we constantly find ourselves with Hurney at the helm. 

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6 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Detroit game was on Gano. Missed XP and FG that caused a missed 2 pointer and Ron having so little faith that he decided to go for two. Gano blew that game. I think all total it was something like 8 points due to his ineptitude. We should have been going for an XP there to go up 7 with little time left. 

None of that might have mattered if Devin could have caught a pass that day.. 

From  247 sports

"A native of Farmington Hills, Michigan, Carolina Panthers wide receiver Devin Funchess was looking for yet another good performance in his home state: Much like he had last year when he caught seven passes for 53 yards and a touchdown. Instead, he ended up being a rather large part of why his team lost.

The Panthers' No. 1 receiver, Funchess played the furthest thing from reliable and sure-handed, as he dropped multiple passes throughout the day, including a deep one from Cam Newton that would have given the Panthers a first down and set them up at midfield. In the end, Funchess ended up with two catches for 39 yards: One of them being a 23-yarder, but of no solace given his eight targets on the day.

Speaking after the game, Funchess did not completely shoulder blame for the loss, but acknowledged that he did not play his best game.

"Everywhere we play, I expect to be my best person. And I wasn't that today," said Funchess. "It wasn't just solely on me, (but) I will take full responsibility of myself. Most definitely. I have to do more for the team."

Funchess took responsibility not only for the fact that he dropped multiple passes, but for the fact that he made a mistake that prevented D.J. Moore from scoring on his 82-yard catch-and-run. Funchess had an opportunity to block Lions cornerback Darius Slay, but failed to do so, resulting in Slay making a touchdown-saving tackle on Moore.

"That was on me," said Funchess in a report by Bill Voth of the Panthers. "I didn't block Slay, and Slay went up and caught him. So I take that on me."

That would be a costly decision, as the Panthers failed to capitalize on Moore's heroics and came away with no points after kicker Graham Gano missed a field goal. "

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