Greg Jennings - wasted talent

[MichiganPackerFan]

I think that all of the WR's and QB have left some big opportunities on the field. A season or two back, there was great YAC, and that meant they were getting their hands on the ball a lot sooner (slants and short passing game) I've seen what seems like a lot higher percentage of attempts at home run balls. Need to open up the short to mid passing game a lot more. Also, Jennings needs to come down with the same balls he was hauling in over the past few seasons.

[Tarlam!]

I know the press coming out of 1265 has always been how tight the WRs are with oneanother. With the dominance and attention Finley got and is getting, could that be causing a break in the chemistry?

[gbgary]

McCarthy is utterly failing this team right now. He looked like a guy about set to retire in a fishing boat at the last press conference. He's aged 15 years in 5 games. He's in over his head IMO. He has loads of talent on this offense, but can't find any way to find consistency. He's getting outcoached by guys who aren't even elite coaches.

When everything is smooth sailing, he gets along fine. OK...that's nice...but most NFL coaches can get along fine with a talented roster that is getting more good breaks than bad ones. What truly separates the men from the boys is how they respond to adversity. Right now, I think McCarthy is being exposed as a scared little boy. His decision making has been highly questionable the last few weeks. He's pressing...a lot...and it shows.

He's not using any of his offensive weapons very effectively right now...Jennings included. That said, I do think Jennings is slightly overrated. He's not a dominant #1 WR who is automatic for 85 catches and 1200 yards every year IMO. He will put up those numbers from time to time, but not consistently. He just disappears way too often to be an elite WR.

i was calling for his head two or three years ago if you remember-
"everyone must go...except edgar of course!"

i have always hated his play calling.

[Tony Oday]

Its is damn pad level!

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

I know the press coming out of 1265 has always been how tight the WRs are with oneanother. With the dominance and attention Finley got and is getting, could that be causing a break in the chemistry?

That is my feeling as well. Finely has the attitude that he wants the ball no matter what. They asked him after the Eagles game about him being double and triple covered and he said something like I still want Rodgers to throw me the ball no matter the coverage. He doesn’t have the same attitude as our WRs. That is why I said I was kind of happy to see him leave the game early against the Skins. I wanted to see if the "old" offense would come back once Finley left. We will see in the coming weeks......

I love Finley’s talent, but I want to him to stop demanding the ball. I want our WRs to be first options in the playing game and then the TEs.

[mmmdk]

I know the press coming out of 1265 has always been how tight the WRs are with oneanother. With the dominance and attention Finley got and is getting, could that be causing a break in the chemistry?

That is my feeling as well. Finely has the attitude that he wants the ball no matter what. They asked him after the Eagles game about him being double and triple covered and he said something like I still want Rodgers to throw me the ball no matter the coverage. He doesn’t have the same attitude as our WRs. That is why I said I was kind of happy to see him leave the game early against the Skins. I wanted to see if the "old" offense would come back once Finley left. We will see in the coming weeks......

I love Finley’s talent, but I want to him to stop demanding the ball. I want our WRs to be first options in the playing game and then the TEs.

...if AR or Flynn keeps looking for Finley on sunday then we're in real trouble

[Brandon494]

I know the press coming out of 1265 has always been how tight the WRs are with oneanother. With the dominance and attention Finley got and is getting, could that be causing a break in the chemistry?

That is my feeling as well. Finely has the attitude that he wants the ball no matter what. They asked him after the Eagles game about him being double and triple covered and he said something like I still want Rodgers to throw me the ball no matter the coverage. He doesn’t have the same attitude as our WRs. That is why I said I was kind of happy to see him leave the game early against the Skins. I wanted to see if the "old" offense would come back once Finley left. We will see in the coming weeks......

I love Finley’s talent, but I want to him to stop demanding the ball. I want our WRs to be first options in the playing game and then the TEs.

Like it or not Finley is our best reciever. When was the last time you saw him drop a pass or put the ball on the ground? Also at 6'5 he has a huge height advantage over our WRs. You might have been happy to see him leave early against the Skins but you would have been a whole lot happier at the end of the game if he didnt leave. Your acting like he is demanding the ball in a TO manner.

[Tarlam!]

Like it or not Finley is our best reciever. When was the last time you saw him drop a pass or put the ball on the ground? Also at 6'5 he has a huge height advantage over our WRs. You might have been happy to see him leave early against the Skins but you would have been a whole lot happier at the end of the game if he didnt leave. Your acting like he is demanding the ball in a TO manner.

Personalty-wise, he's no T.O. But ego-wise, I think a case could be made for the comparison. It's great having such a talent on the roster, no doubt. Except if that talent is more concerned with being a great player than he is concerned with making the team great.

I'm sure the coaches used a lot of confidence building techniques to bring the best out of him and that's worked just great. Not too sure if they got through to him on the team comes first aspect, and that has been a strength of the Packers' WR corps.

On the defense, there are two stars in Woodsen and CMIII, but with them, I get the impression they want to make the team great.

Maybe, it's because Finley is way underpaid for the value he brings to the team.

A lot of underdogs have won SB's and you always hear that it was because their team believed and played their hearts out for eachother, or stuff like that. That doesn't seem to be Finley's mantra, or a young T.O. for that matter.

[channtheman]

When Jennings, Jones, Driver, and Nelson all catch the ball with the consistency that Finley does and they do not fumble the ball, THEN they can bitch about Finley getting the ball too much. I'm not saying they are bitching, but no one can argue that any one of those wide receivers is better than Finley. I would rather lose Jennings and Driver than Finley.

[Tarlam!]

When Jennings, Jones, Driver, and Nelson all catch the ball with the consistency that Finley does and they do not fumble the ball, THEN they can bitch about Finley getting the ball too much. I'm not saying they are bitching, but no one can argue that any one of those wide receivers is better than Finley. I would rather lose Jennings and Driver than Finley.

Valid points and a valid opinion. But don't you at least think it plausible that performance is based on a mental state and that a negative mental state could be reponsible for the piss poor performance at the one position the Packers were expected be be dominent?

If people lack confidence for whatever reason they tend to under perfom. Ask Crosby. The question is, where has the chemistry gone, IMO, and why?