Does anyone feel Funchess should be retained?

[Adb6368]

Funchess is to catching what Gano is to kicking. Two uneven performers that can look like All-pros one week and benchwarmers the next.

[AggieLean]

Nah, id let him go. 

Moore, Samuel, and Wright are ahead of him and who we should build around. Draft a big guy late in the draft, and roll with that. Funchess isn’t better than those 3, and he really doesn’t play to his size, so there’s no use for him here.

[KillerKat]

Hell no. We're good with Moore, Samuel, and Wright.

[Soul Rebel]

Nope. 

CMC had a career day

Cam started 14-14 and ended with a ridiculous passer rating/comp ptg.

This offense hummed yesterday without him. 

I'd rather spend that money towards retaining Eric Reid or putting it towards the Brinks truck that Trey Flowers or Frank Clark are going to demand in FA. 

Somebody will overpay for him....they always do, and it best not be us. 

[Mr. Scot]

I don't actually think Funchess is a bad receiver. Lord knows he's had plenty of good moments with us.

The primary issue is that he's not suited to the rule we're asking him to play.That started when we traded away Kelvin Benjamin.

Debate the Benjamin trade all you want. The trade itself isn't the issue. The problem is that following the trade, we chose to try and make Devin Funchess a number one receiver rather than leaving him the number two and putting someone else in the number one role.

Funchess is an Alvin Harper. We're asking him to be a Michael Irvin. It's not working.

[Wolfpack352]

Heck No!  Moore should be our number ONE and Samuel number TWO!  Key dropper should be gone or take a backup role.

[PhillyB]

moore and samuel are the future. if he wants to accept WR3 money sure, let him come in and fill wright's role for a few years.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

let some other team overpay him.  even middling WRs are getting monster second contracts now and somebody out there is gonna do it.

[Glitchh]

17 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I don't actually think Funchess is a bad receiver. Lord knows he's had plenty of good moments with us.

The primary issue is that he's not suited to the rule we're asking him to play.That started when we traded away Kelvin Benjamin.

Debate the Benjamin trade all you want. The trade itself isn't the issue. The problem is that following the trade, we chose to try and make Devin Funchess a number one receiver rather than leaving him the number two and putting someone else in the number one role.

Funchess is an Alvin Harper. We're asking him to be a Michael Irvin. It's not working.

Nicely said, the guy is a #2 receiver and should be paid accordingly, if that money isn't good enough for him then show him the door.

[DeAngelo Beason]

Nope.

[Palmetto]

2 hours ago, beastson said:

No

I'm hoping we target a pure deep threat in 3rd/4th round in the draft too

No...no

we have a whole thread about Torre Smith being a deep threat

[LinvilleGorge]

59 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

moore and samuel are the future. if he wants to accept WR3 money sure, let him come in and fill wright's role for a few years.

I'd honestly rather have Wright. He doesn't do anything spectacular, but he's very reliable. Funchess drops have just killed way too many drives. Give me a reliable chain mover in that slot role. That's exactly what Wright is.

[RumHam]

No. He's an average possession guy, has no speed and we don't throw it up to him in the red zone. We need the cap space. He can walk and we can get a possession guy for cheap. Wright is just a must to keep.

[LinvilleGorge]

5 minutes ago, RumHam said:

No. He's an average possession guy, has no speed and we don't throw it up to him in the red zone. We need the cap space. He can walk and we can get a possession guy for cheap. Wright is just a must to keep.

You know what you call a possession receiver with bad hands? A shitty wide receiver.