Match Made In Heaven: McCarthy and Finley

[pbmax]

McCarthy sets him up, and Finley knocks it out of the park:

"Coach said in the first quarter, 'They're going to shoot their wad, and we've just got to come out and play our type of ball,' and we did," said tight end Jermichael Finley , who caught a third-quarter touchdown pass. "We're the only team in the league that's got that goose egg behind us. We've just got to stay humble and don't get complacent."

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Life would be boring without the the loquacious one.

[smuggler]

Haha. That's awesome.

[gbpackfan]

That is how real people talk. Nothing wrong with what he said. I love J-Mike and firmly believe the Packers will and NEED to resign him.

[woodbuck27]

COOL !

[Packers4Glory]

yup..that's how real men talk. It's always great to see in in print.

[hoosier]

Finley forgot to mention that the Vikings are musket loaders too.

[bobblehead]

That is how real people talk. Nothing wrong with what he said. I love J-Mike and firmly believe the Packers will and NEED to resign him.

I was on this wagon several weeks ago, but recently I keep seeing things I don't like. This week it was JMike not knowing where to line up at the goal line and then costing us 6 when ARod turned his way and he looked lost. Its one thing after another that hints that he doesn't take the game as seriously as ARod, MM and TT might want him to. I don't see a blockbuster resigning in his near future. Franchise tag seems more likely to me.

[Smeefers]

I'm just happy he didn't go on about eating scrambled eggs or something.

[mraynrand]

"Coach said in the first quarter, 'They're going to shoot their wad, and we've just got to come out and play our type of ball,' and we did," said tight end Jermichael Finley , who caught a third-quarter touchdown pass. "We're the only team in the league that's got that goose egg behind us. We've just got to stay humble and don't get complacent."

Lang isn't going to be shooting his wad for a while, that's for sure. But MM was right - the Vikings were going to come out amped up. And they stayed that way, even when they got down. Peterson was impressive.

[Spaulding]

I was on this wagon several weeks ago, but recently I keep seeing things I don't like. This week it was JMike not knowing where to line up at the goal line and then costing us 6 when ARod turned his way and he looked lost. Its one thing after another that hints that he doesn't take the game as seriously as ARod, MM and TT might want him to. I don't see a blockbuster resigning in his near future. Franchise tag seems more likely to me.

There is no denying Finley's talent but the more I follow him the more I think he's gone next year. Last year we proved we could win an SB without him and this year he's disappeared in several games and it's not due to double teams. To be honest, the team was almost worse last year when he was clicking. In that I mean early in the season last year his stats were going through the roof and Jennings and the rest of the WR's were suffering and it almost seemed the Rodgers had tunnel vision for Finley to the cost of the rest of the offense.

I think without him we're more balanced and that one of the four other TE's (Quarless, Crabtree, Williams, or Taylor) will step up enough that the cost of resigning Finley is just too high with new contracts on the horizon for Matthews and Raji. Plus resigning Wells should be a high priority as we don't seem to have anybody slated to replace him unless we take one high in the 2012 draft.

If he goes via FA we'll likely get a 3rd or 4th for him based on contract and if we franchise him for the year and then trade him we might get even more.

[gbpackfan]

You don't let difference makers just walk away. TT did that with Jenkins, and it is biting him in the ass. No offense to the other TEs on the roster, but NO DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE would game plan around them. They do for J Mike. What happens if Jennings gets injured? Then what? I just think that J Mike is a playmaker, a top talent and one of the best TEs in the league. He's young and only getting better. You keep him. PERIOD.

[Spaulding]

Respectfully disagree. He's going to want top dollar and he's not worth that to our team where ball distribution is extensive. At the cost of losing a Matthews or Raji in 2013, I think you do try to resign him but not break the bank. If he does want $'s over winning, then he goes to the highest bidder and I think you let him walk for FA compensation or if TT thinks he can trade him for more or afford him for one more year, you franchise him.

[bobblehead]

You don't let difference makers just walk away. TT did that with Jenkins, and it is biting him in the ass. No offense to the other TEs on the roster, but NO DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE would game plan around them. They do for J Mike. What happens if Jennings gets injured? Then what? I just think that J Mike is a playmaker, a top talent and one of the best TEs in the league. He's young and only getting better. You keep him. PERIOD.

We are 7-0 right?? The eagles are what now? 2-5?

[Fritz]

Apparently there's been a lot of wad-shooting in Minny for years and years. Here, again, is Coach Lombardi's quote after the first Viking-Packer contest ever, back in 1961:

“'The Vikings were aroused, I think,' Packers coach Vince Lombardi said."

[Smidgeon]

We are 7-0 right?? The eagles are what now? 2-5?

Exactly.