Funchess: "I could have played college hoops"
February 20th, 2015 at 6:51 PM ^
February 20th, 2015 at 6:55 PM ^
After watching 5'10 corners tackle him on quick passes, I realized that poor damn gardner was gonna suffer because his best wideout was a baby back bitch...
I don't hate many wolverines. Funchess is about it right now...
February 20th, 2015 at 7:14 PM ^
Funchess reminds me a little of Clowney in the sense that they both shut down waiting to go to the NFL...
When Funchess gets to the Show and finally recieves some quality coaching he could become a star; he has size and speed that is rare even at the NFL level.
In the right situation I could see him being a star... which is good for him.
so he has that going for him.
love,
jdon
February 20th, 2015 at 7:08 PM ^
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February 20th, 2015 at 7:55 PM ^
February 20th, 2015 at 9:44 PM ^
.. blows me away how many people feel it's some huge sin that a kid didn't try harder so the team they root for from their seat/sofa can win some football games. Is it sad he maybe didn't make it a priority to maximize his potential, sure, but that makes it nothing more than simply disappointing.
Some people on here are treating him like he slept with their girlfriend or something.
February 21st, 2015 at 12:06 AM ^
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February 21st, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^
I'm not defending people that rip college athletes for not living up to expectations. But, your run of the mill NFL fanboy is probably 10X worse than what you're seeing here. It's unfortunate but it's life for a talented athlete in a very popular sport like football.
February 20th, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^
I just came here to read the smae snarky replies.
Seems like every year, there is someone who underperforms pre-season expectations (either in reality or just based on perception) and that guy becomes the whipping boy for the year. Two years ago it was Lewan, this year it was Funchess. JT Floyd got some of it a couple years as well.
Funchess had an underwhelming year and there might have been some minor effort issues toward the end of the year. But he's going to be a decent NFL player, or at least has the potential. And if you look at his stats compared to everyone else on the team, you have to conclude that either every other WR gave even less effort or they all stunk to the nth degree.
February 21st, 2015 at 12:01 AM ^
February 21st, 2015 at 2:57 AM ^
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February 21st, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
Oh grow up. I'm not protecting him; I'm voicing my opinion. Apparently yours is to get bent out of shape becauase a guy is probably going to make millions of dollars playing football but, as a fan who I am fairly certain has no intimate connection to the team or the players, you feel he didn't give enough effort for his teammates.
Point to me examples of Funchess showing up teammates or undermining the University, beyond the usual exasperation you see on teams that are losing badly. Funchess didn't have a great year, and sure he didn't put in 100% effort on every down. That makes him like a decent number of NFL WRs, and while he may flame out, it won't be because he didn't feel like running full-speed with an injured ankle in a blowout where his HC didn't have a plan, his QB couldn't throw him the ball, and he was double or triple-covered.
Next time you are going to post some ham-fisted, reductive BS argument to an opinion, might want to hide your envy of a college kid a bit better.
February 20th, 2015 at 9:56 PM ^
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February 21st, 2015 at 12:34 AM ^
Funchess is a friend of mine so I'm going to root for him regardless. He always said he liked dunking basketballs more than scoring touchdowns.
February 21st, 2015 at 6:02 AM ^
It's a game. You guys need to get over yourselves.
The same people who say "if he would have tried, I wouldn't be mad" are the same people who trash Devin Gardner. Good grief.
February 21st, 2015 at 8:48 AM ^
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February 21st, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
Will be interesting to see if he starts to market himself as a TE again to try and get back in the first round.
February 21st, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
Really is a disaster for him. Especially with all the drops he put on film this year. I thought he'd be bigger than 6-4, 232 too, though he was closer to 6-5, 240. No TE under 250 lbs was drafted last year. When you sart to get into the TEs running 4.7 or slower you're talking about blocking TEs over 260 lbs who went in rounds 3-5.
No idea what round he falls to now.
