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Should the Panthers try and extend Funchess before the season?

Eazy-E

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Looking at how some of these WR contract are turning out, a 24 year old Funchess will be looking at 10+ million per year on the open market. If Funchess walks next year we are looking at a huge hole at receiver once again, even if we draft a WR.

I am sure his agent is seeing the inflated market and will probably make signing him to an extension now very difficult. 

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We can try, but it wouldn’t make sense for Funchess not to trust in himself. He could potentially raise his stock by even more this year. 

I’m happy with how much improvement he’s made though. He was so terrible as a rookie, but his route running and hands are gotten so much better.

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10 minutes ago, Mage said:

We can try, but it wouldn’t make sense for Funchess not to trust in himself. He could potentially raise his stock by even more this year. 

I’m happy with how much improvement he’s made though. He was so terrible as a rookie, but his route running and hands are gotten so much better.

It does... he could get a TON of guaranteed money right now or go out and get a career changing injury...

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11 minutes ago, Mage said:

We can try, but it wouldn’t make sense for Funchess not to trust in himself. He could potentially raise his stock by even more this year. 

I’m happy with how much improvement he’s made though. He was so terrible as a rookie, but his route running and hands are gotten so much better.

This. I can't imagine Funchess would be willing to sign right now for what we should be willing to pay.

He should probably bet on himself and try to have a career year and cash in big time. And we should probably be willing to wait and see that he's capable of that type of year before giving him $10M+ per year which he would probably command if he was a free agent right now.

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I am not saying to low ball him it needs to be fair. We won't be able to offer anything close to market value come next year. If he has a 1000 yard season with another 8+ touchdowns he could be looking at a contract richer than ARob or Watkins.

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