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i'm expecting this to be the biggest game of funch's career

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I think it's time for people to start accepting funchess for what he is...   A not very good WR.  At least for this season...   Yeah he's young, and maybe that can change, but i doubt it.   We've seen this movie before, and it usually doesn't get much better.  There's no prescription for inconsistency.  And that's the problem...   He has no issue getting open, his issue is catching, and 7 weeks in, it hasn't improved at all, and that's why I'm thinking he is always going to be what we see now. 

6 games into his rookie season he's a bust? I'm gonna at least let the season play out first.

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I think it's time for people to start accepting funchess for what he is...   A not very good WR.  At least for this season...   Yeah he's young, and maybe that can change, but i doubt it.   We've seen this movie before, and it usually doesn't get much better.  There's no prescription for inconsistency.  And that's the problem...   He has no issue getting open, his issue is catching, and 7 weeks in, it hasn't improved at all, and that's why I'm thinking he is always going to be what we see now. 

I see your point and can't argue with the body of work up to now. Personally I will give home the benefit of the doubt for now as I don't have a lot of expectations this season. 

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6 games into his rookie season he's a bust? I'm gonna at least let the season play out first.

I didn't say he was a bust, but it's not looking good.  

He's had seven weeks to start showing some signs of improvement and there isn't any.   Every week people have said the same thing, "hopefully that big catch at the end of the game will give him a condmfidence boost to take his game to the next level," and what does he do?  Drops some more passes the next game.  I'm thankful for the catches he made when he made them, but far too often, those catches had to be made because he dropped some big ones earlier in the game.  This is clearly a problem... 

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I didn't say he was a bust, but it's not looking good.  

He's had seven weeks to start showing some signs of improvement and there isn't any.   Every week people have said the same thing, "hopefully that big catch at the end of the game will give him a condmfidence boost to take his game to the next level," and what does he do?  Drops some more passes the next game.  I'm thankful for the catches he made when he made them, but far too often, those catches had to be made because he dropped some big ones earlier in the game.  This is clearly a problem... 

Well obviously the drops right now at this point are undoubtedly concerning.

But putting the situation into a complete perspective adds much needed clarity. He is only 21, he stated himself that he was mostly a basketball player when he was younger, so no, he has not solely been playing football all of his life as another poster stated previously in this thread.

There are a couple of things you want to see development wise for a rookie WR other than obviously catching, that's getting separation, and a short memory when it comes to drops. He's shown both of those consistently so far, it just hasn't all come together for one game yet. We will have to wait, and see.

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Not true in Devins case. He played basketball his whole life and has two years of football experience. 

Exactly..people seem to forget his limited football experience..in time he will get better..I remember last season fans would get mad because Benjamin would catch the harder catches and dropped the easier ones..these are young kids with a lot of potential..I'm not mad at our WR core..we still winning even with dropped passes..Philly blamed their loss on that reason..funny we have been doing it in every game and able to win..

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funchess is terrible at this point in his career and shouldn't see the field.

 

i hope he improves but man does he look awful.

He hasn't looked awful in the 4th quarter the last 2 weeks.

Now, the solution is simple.  Never throw him the ball unless it is in the 4th quarter.   4th quarter is the Funchess quarter.  1-3rd he seems to channel the non rookie version of Colbert

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Um. Is everybody forgetting that Kelvin Benjamin dropped a ton of passes last year? Rookies tend to do that...

kelvin also made insane plays on a routine basis.

 

funchess just drops everything thrown his way and runs like a new born animal.

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Not only does Funchess have to learn the pro game, he also has to learn to catch passes from Cam, who apparently throws the ball hard.  I imagine that does take some getting use to. 

Not true in Devins case. He played basketball his whole life and has two years of football experience. 

I think you are misreading.  Funchess played at least 3 years of high school football, and three more years in college.  He has one year of experience at wide receiver.  Before that, he played tight end. 

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