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Funchess to Colts 1 Year 13 Million


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David NewtonESPN Staff Writer 

Devin Funchess is headed to the Colts with a one-year, $13 million deal, sources told ESPN's Chris Mortensen. The Panthers began preparing for the wide receiver's departure around mid-season when they began playing first-round pick DJ Moore more. Whether it was Funchess' inconsistency or high price tag or both it was clear Carolina was moving on from the 2015 second-round pick.

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4 minutes ago, stbugs said:

$5m is too much for a WR4. We have been a middle/bottom half passing team for years even    last year. Throw in CMC, Olsen and Thomas and WR4 is too much of a luxury for $5m. Moore and Samuel have to be our starters and if they are on the bench then I don’t know what to say. Manhertz as TE2 was on the field 33% of snaps and that was with Olsen missing a ton of time. If he’s healthy more, two TE sets is probably 40% so WR3 only gets out there 60% of the time let alone WR4.

I have to disagree when we have 2 potential starters on rookie contracts and given the crazy contracts being thrown around the last couple of years in FA

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28 minutes ago, Dex said:

He was the softest wide out in the league mentally and physically. So happy to be rid of him. 

 

23 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Just to piggyback off this, He also had the most "cramps" in the history of the Panthers. 

Yeah, I promise I meant to type that in when I was writing my post about his time here lol.  I made several jokes about it in various game threads...  dude was constantly tapping his helmet and jogging to the sidelines...

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Just now, stbugs said:

I just don’t get this. Since we have good deals for our top 3 WRs we should waste $5m? 

It's also valid that when you factor in guys like McCaffrey, Olsen and Thomas, Smith may be the number 4 receiver but he's more realistically receiving option number 6 or 7.

And although I don't know how likely it is at this point, if we have a return specialist we need active as the number 4, Smith could conceivably wind up inactive for some games.

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13 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

 

Yeah, I promise I meant to type that in when I was writing my post about his time here lol.  I made several jokes about it in various game threads...  dude was constantly tapping his helmet and jogging to the sidelines...

I'm not being sarcastic, I bet he had more "cramps" than the whole team combined. BY FAR he had more "cramps" than anyone in a 4-year span playing for the Panthers.  

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So if Funchess can get $13 Million, Torrey is a steal at $5 million. And he’s still expendable if Hurney really needs that $5 million back for a better player.

it looks like the first weeks of free agency we will do notta,... the market it nuts and a lot of players are getting megapaid.

 

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