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Funch Featured on Film Don’t Lie

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Thought this was interesting for those of us who don’t necessarily know what to look for with respect to good route running. 

Personally, I think Funchess has grown a lot since his rookie year, but he was called out in this episode for running a bad/sloppy route against the Vikings last season. The whole video is pretty good I think, but Funch is featured at the 13.13 second mark. 

 

*Also, sorry about the error in the title (ok should be on). I hate when autocorrect changes words that are spelled correctly. 

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He definitely seems to struggle to play to his size in a lot of situations. I don't like the PG comparison. In basketball terms, I think he's the 6'11" kid who needs to be in the post but fancies himself a three point shooting SF. Funchess is a big possession receiver but seems like he wants to play a finesse game.

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I don't know why people insist on Funchess changing his play style. Not every big WR has to be a jump ball specialist who uses his body to "box out" defenders. Funchess prefers to use his quickness and agility to get his big frame around a defender. Maybe he'll come down with less balls, but there will be potential for more YAC. Not every receiver can be everything, Randy Moss didn't really use his size to "body" defenders much, he just ran right past them and outreached them for the ball. This guy was on his way to a Pro Bowl caliber season before the shoulder injury, he could be on the cusp of a huge breakout season.

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Just now, FugAllY'all said:

I don't know why people insist on Funchess changing his play style. Not every big WR has to be a jump ball specialist who uses his body to "box out" defenders. Funchess prefers to use his quickness and agility to get his big frame around a defender. Maybe he'll come down with less balls, but there will be potential for more YAC. Not every receiver can be everything, Randy Moss didn't really use his size to "body" defenders much, he just ran right past them and outreached them for the ball. This guy was on his way to a Pro Bowl caliber season before the shoulder injury, he could be on the cusp of a huge breakout season.

I would agree with you if Funchess was a strong YAC WR. He's not.

I think he proved himself as a solid starting WR last season but I definitely think he could be even better if he made better use of his frame.

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6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I would agree with you if Funchess was a strong YAC WR. He's not.

I think he proved himself as a solid starting WR last season but I definitely think he could be even better if he made better use of his frame.

I dunno how you define "strong YAC WR", but he did have 284 YAC last year, which was about a third of his total receiving yards. 

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15 minutes ago, FugAllY'all said:

I don't know why people insist on Funchess changing his play style. Not every big WR has to be a jump ball specialist who uses his body to "box out" defenders. Funchess prefers to use his quickness and agility to get his big frame around a defender. Maybe he'll come down with less balls, but there will be potential for more YAC. Not every receiver can be everything, Randy Moss didn't really use his size to "body" defenders much, he just ran right past them and outreached them for the ball. This guy was on his way to a Pro Bowl caliber season before the shoulder injury, he could be on the cusp of a huge breakout season.

Funchess isn’t quick enough to beat the better corners because of his size and needs to use his size. It’s not often a 6’4” 225 dude is going to out quick a smaller corner so it’s a must for him to use his size. 

Randy Moss was capable of catching the ball over his shoulder, Funchess rarely has shown the ability to do such. So many of you don’t realize that Funchess is very limited with the routes he can run because he needs to be able to see the ball into his hands from QB’s hand. So streaks and corner routes you can essentially eliminate right away. Post and slants are his better ones because he’s able to see the ball into his hands. 

In the clip above he allows Rhodes to make a play on that ball because he starts to drift which he often does too. 

Funchess really hasn’t progressed as much as some here think he has. Of course his stats have improved but he’s constantly doing it with the same routes and he hasn’t expanded his game which is the issue.

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13 minutes ago, FugAllY'all said:

I don't know why people insist on Funchess changing his play style. Not every big WR has to be a jump ball specialist who uses his body to "box out" defenders. Funchess prefers to use his quickness and agility to get his big frame around a defender. Maybe he'll come down with less balls, but there will be potential for more YAC. Not every receiver can be everything, Randy Moss didn't really use his size to "body" defenders much, he just ran right past them and outreached them for the ball. This guy was on his way to a Pro Bowl caliber season before the shoulder injury, he could be on the cusp of a huge breakout season.

this.

 

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7 hours ago, FugAllY'all said:

I don't know why people insist on Funchess changing his play style. Not every big WR has to be a jump ball specialist who uses his body to "box out" defenders. Funchess prefers to use his quickness and agility to get his big frame around a defender. Maybe he'll come down with less balls, but there will be potential for more YAC. Not every receiver can be everything, Randy Moss didn't really use his size to "body" defenders much, he just ran right past them and outreached them for the ball. This guy was on his way to a Pro Bowl caliber season before the shoulder injury, he could be on the cusp of a huge breakout season.

I agree with you but inherently if you are an NFL WR you are going to have to battle DBs for contested balls and it's disappointing to see Funch get outmanned in those situations 

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