Quote:Funchess can't beat out the likes of Philly Brown and Ted Ginn. I'm sure if it weren't for draft position, he would have been cut in favor of the much more talented Brenton Bersin.


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You do not see what the Panthers are doing?

 

Ginn and Brown as the X and Y. Then you have Olsen, Funchess, Cotchery and Norwood in the slots and working the seams and outs.

 

They are going to stretch the secondary deep. Very deep with a ton of speed. You have to respect that or Cam launches it over the head of the secondary to the end zone. Will the ball be caught? Maybe not, but are you willing to let these 2 receivers get behind your safeties?

 

They are going to make you commit a CB and a safety to both Ginn and Brown  for bracket coverage. If you put 8 in the box, they now go deep to the side of the field your safety is not favoring. Ginn and Brown will smoke just about any CB deep (mind you I am not saying they can catch the ball).

 

Here is the end game. They open up the running game. They open up Cam Newton to scramble to the sideline if the DL is undisciplined. They will use the read option to catch the safeties cheating and then drop back to pass while showing the read option - letting it fly deep to Ginn or Brown. They now have Funchess and Olsen teamed up against smaller DBs and LBs for outs to the sideline or crossing over the middle. This is what they want as a second and third read. They can insert Cotchery or Norwood to find holes in zone from a 4 WR set - especially if you spy Cam.

 

Olsen and Funchess underneath with Brown and Ginn blowing off the top of the defense is their goal when they go to the passing game. They want you to man cover these 2 underneath with a LB or smaller DB. These WRs may not be dangerous as individuals, but when you look at how you can use a combination of 3 or 4 of them with their strengths to work a defense, then it becomes a concern.

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