McGinn: Packers preparing to KEEP Finley

Lots of interesting nuggets in that article. One scout rates him only the 22nd best TE in the game. Ouch.

Unless he plays lights out football in the playoffs (don't bet on that), he's as good as gone. I'll be happy to see him go. He's the only primadonna clown the Packers have had since they jettisoned Javon Walker, and I think it will be a good long while before they take a chance on another immature jerk like him.

I'd be happy to see the Packers get a pick or a player for him.

Think he'd consider re-doing his contract? Probably not. He thinks he's better than he is...and so does his agent. Someone will overpay.

McDumDum talks in the article about timing and Finley opening his pie.....so JournelTMZ chooses this particular time to post this stir **** article

Finley will be gone and good riddance. McGinn has a point: Just as Finley starts to do something good, he opens his mouth and it all goes to h***. He can't let his game speak for himself.

Maybe Finley's lack of blocking helps explain some of the poor running attack. If Quarless gets healthy for next year, I can see MM running behind him more often, and see him as a catching threat as well. Crabtree is limited, but a good insurance policy, good special-teamer, and good team guy. There's Williams, but I can't figure out why he hasn't seen the field much. And then next year we'll see this Bostick guy and what he can do.

Maybe it will be a wake-up call for Finley if he gets, oh, $2 mill on the market. But I doubt he'll shut up.

Win the Super Bowl. Anything that happens after is OK.

I'm comfy with our remaining TEs.

I don't blame McGinn. He's a journalist. And Finley is an easy target/story. People read him and people talk about his articles. He doesn't have to be a cheerleader for the team. If I were a journalist, I'd look to get J-Mike's take after every single game. He's proven to say dumb/controversial things.

Way back at the beginning of the season when Finley struggled, I said he would be playing his last season in Green Bay...unless he had a remarkable turnaround...well leave it to Bad Bob to put the death stamp of certainty on Finley's future with the Packers and in the NFL.

I always cringe when McGinn writes up one of these articles. This one isnt his first. While I cannot recall the other players who were singled out by Bad Bob, I always think an article with information as he described cannot well serve the focus of the player and his teammates.

But it is what it is. I just hope that Finley and his Packer teammates can play over this and win.

If Finley plays the rest of the season like he has no one will give up much (anything) for him. Too bad for a while it looked like he was going to be among the beat offensive players in the league.
As for the Packers I suspect this will be a offence heavy draft with the Packers look at TE and Guard. Perhaps depending what happen a WE. That observation of course is not earth shattering.

Although it's hard to doubt McGinn has a basically correct premise, his sources he quotes sound dubious, at best. Perhaps it's the way he worded it, but the "person that knows how the Packers think" sounds strange.
If there is any truth to it, however, he may be right about one thing: that Finley's agent sealed his fate. I could imagine any communications with him would be terse, shall we say? And I don't see a lot of motivation from the Packers to re-sign him, regardless of any deal that could be negotiated.

I don't see a particular problem if/when Finley goes away considering our current TEs. Of course, we don't have the benefit of watching practices, tapes, game planning, and the like, but I do wonder why there aren't as many 'traditional' TE pass plays called? Are these guys just too slow to run 10-15 yard routes down the seams, or drag across the field 7-10 yards past LOS? I'd like to see at least an occassional shot to Williams, at least.

Incidentally, I still don't think it's a certainty that Quarless plays again. I hope like hell he does, and that this offseason will be beneficial to his healing, but, man, he had a devastating injury! It would be great to see him cleared for next year's OTAs, have a good camp, and be ready to contribute.

The crazy thing is that he's only 26. The guy literally has his entire career in front of him, but doesn't apppear to be taking the opportunity very seriously in any respect.

C YA

The last sentence of the story seems to be goading Finley, that the only thing that can help him is helping the Pack win a Super Bowl.

The rest of the article is mostly speculation or evaluation from scouts. Also seems to be designed to juice Finley.

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Originally posted by Fandame:
Just as Finley starts to do something good, he opens his mouth

Disagree. Finley has been indiscriminate about opening his mouth.

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Originally posted by YATittle:
The last sentence of the story seems to be goading Finley.

Poking sticks at the soundbite, that doesn't sound like a journalist...

I hope he plays all world, cause that is what is best for the team. I also hope he shuts up, becuase that is also what is best for the team. But can we stop complaining that every question he asnwers is tearing up the fiber of the team? Right now he is the best TE on the roster, Ted and Mike can deal with everything else at the end of the season.

EKB, you are so smart. What's your day job molecular engineer?

EKB,

Tom Crabtree is a much better receiver than I ever thought he could be, and clearly a better blocker than Finley ever was. Crabtree will never have the WR type skills that Finley once had but he is a better player right now than Finley.

I would have been surprised if they were thinking any differently given the price tag and (lack of) production. His verbal diarrhea really doesn't matter, but it's pretty evident that AR doesn't trust him much and it's time to move on.

I saw a guy that had the clear potential to end up in Canton when he entered the league and I still don't quite understand how it all went so bad.

It sounds like a guy the Vikes might go after since they have shown a propensity to pick-up discarded Packer players.

Finley could have a huge day today against the Cover 2.

Bad Bob is just stating the obvious. If mouth doesn't step up right now. The Packers will not be getting any compensation for him.. If he does step up, they could probably het as high as a 4. Either way, he has dropped, talked and lolli-gaged his way out of Green Bay.

I say good ridance.. I've been on that bus since 2011.

OMG The fiber of the team is being ripped to shreds! DO SOMETHING!!!

Great post KaBong

I honestly think Finley's chatter has little to no effect on the team. As Finley himself stated, he's probably the 4th or 5th option on the team at this point. Pairing his diminished role in the offense along with all the foolish things he's said over the years, it combines to a big steaming pile of irrelevance. It doesn't matter what Finley says, because he doesn't matter all that much at this point.

Like EKB said, he is the best TE we have right now, so hopefully he plays to the best of his ability and helps this team win another championship.

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Originally posted by Pakrz:
Finley could have a huge day today against the Cover 2.

Isn't this the story line for the Packers offense every time we play a team (most everyone these days) with cover 2 defense? Yet, more games than not Finley is invisible.

I also find it incredible how a guy who showed so much promise as a rookie has regressed to being the dreaded "just a guy". What happened?

- did he go attitude on us, get lazy and stop working?
- did the knee injury rob him of his once-formidable athleticism?
- lack of trust from AR12?
- is he a cast-off in the locker room because he can't keep his mouth shut?

It's a head-scratcher. But I have seen enough and I'm in line with those who favor moving on next season without him.

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Originally posted by Badgeman:

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Originally posted by Pakrz:
Finley could have a huge day today against the Cover 2.

Isn't this the story line for the Packers offense every time we play a team (most everyone these days) with cover 2 defense?

Yes.

I'm just saying... don't be shocked.

@CBSPackers
As I wrote this week, Finley has walked the walk at Soldier Field in past, averaging 8 catches, 90 yds,1 TD in 3 games.

Jerdumdum is the key to the season.

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Originally posted by Pakrz:
I'm just saying... don't be shocked.

@CBSPackers
As I wrote this week, Finley has walked the walk at Soldier Field in past, averaging 8 catches, 90 yds,1 TD in 3 games.

That would be nice.

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Originally posted by Fond Du Arrigo:

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Originally posted by Badgeman:

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Originally posted by Pakrz:
Finley could have a huge day today against the Cover 2.

Isn't this the story line for the Packers offense every time we play a team (most everyone these days) with cover 2 defense?

Yes.

Add in most defenses having been rolling to a cover 2 scheme specifically when they play the Packers this year and it's working. Everybody here sees the middle of the field has been a desert all year long. The only guys making plays across the middle are Cobb and RBs releasing and the later is rare as well.

Who truly knows if that is a indictment against Finley or also a by-product of a disintegrating oline all season.

As far as the rest of the season, I hope Finley goes absolute ape**** and let it sort itself out after the season. I'm also pretty damn sure that McGinn's article isn't news to anyone in the locker room. I'm sure Rodgers and company picked up the paper and gasped at the revelation. Pretty sure they know what level of ****heel Finley is or isn't. If the Packers had a more consistent option at TE I'm sure he would be on the field. Crabtree and the other cracker are great special teamers/spot guys. Williams looked great in TC/preseason but then started dropping passes and blowing protections in the regular season. Overall, the TE position isn't as talented as we believed. That's the story.

Finley stepped up today. Even got some decent YAC late in the game.

5 for 61 ain't too shabby. Kept the chains moving.

Bears really, really need a TE. I'd hate for the Packers to flat out release him and he get scooped up by them. He's way better than any of the dogsh!t on their roster.

Bears TE has dropped too many this year, Cutler doesn't trust him anymore...

Why the hell did they let Olsen go again? I know he wasn't great, but he was alright.

Olsen was let go because Martz's offense doesn't use a pass catching TE. That's why they went out and got Spaeth (to block).

There's some longterm thinking...get rid of our best TE, because our OC whose offense became outdated ten years ago doesn't use TEs.

I wonder if the McGinn artical was leak to him to put some heat on Finley?

doubt it, I think Russell Wilson carries most of the heat there

Fond Du

I agree it was a horrible personnel move...one of many made by Jerry Angelo.

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Originally posted by turnip blood:
I wonder if the McGinn artical was leak to him to put some heat on Flynn?

I don't get what the Finley article has to do with Flynn ..........