Packers seem to be finished with Finley

[Jimx29]

Can't happen soon enough

[Joemailman]

Five years in, and he still talks about not having chemistry with Rodgers. It doesn't seem to be a problem with anyone else who has gotten the amount of playing time he has. On a team that has overcome tons of adversity instead of making excuses, he offers mostly excuses. Rodgers justifiably has lost confidence to go to him in key situations. It's time to come up with someone who may not have Finley's talent, but who can be counted on to block and catch the damn ball when it's thrown to him.

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[MadScientist]

Who is leaking this to reporters? I have no problem with the Packers dumping Finley, but having this come out now is strange and at first glance does not seem to be in the best interests of the club.

[LegandofthePack15]

Can't happen soon enough

Now I get why it takes forever for Packer players to come back from injuries. They can't even handle words.

The "Me-so-sensitive" E-Rod stops throwing to J-Mike b/c J-Mike's agent a-hurt Rodgers feelings with some tweets. The coaches and front office are looking to get rid of J-Mike b/c their feelings are a-hurting every time J-Mike speaks his mind.

J-Mike gets open a dozen times a game. Rodgers needs to stop holding the ball forever and throw J-Mike the fucking ball!

Don't be surprised to see J-Mike stick it to the Packers in 2013 in a Bear uniform, a la that awesome gunslinger in 2009 in purple....twice.

[mraynrand]

The "Me-so-sensitive" E-Rod stops throwing to J-Mike b/c J-Mike's agent a-hurt Rodgers feelings with some tweets. The coaches and front office are looking to get rid of J-Mike b/c their feelings are a-hurting every time J-Mike speaks his mind.

Although I agree that they are probably way too sensitive about these little kerfuffles, the Packers will decide on Finley overwhelmingly based on on-the-field performance, or lack thereof.

[sheepshead]

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Who is leaking this to reporters? I have no problem with the Packers dumping Finley, but having this come out now is strange and at first glance does not seem to be in the best interests of the club.

agreed, its nice to know that those of us that have been thinking this aren't crazy and all, but.....

whoever leaked this and just cost us draft picks needs to be fired. not to mention, finley is now gonna be pouting and even more worthless then normal now

and if it was finley or his agent that leaked it?

conduct detrimental to the team, starting today. go home for the rest of the season, and do no collect your paycheck as you pass GO

[Bretsky]

Now I get why it takes forever for Packer players to come back from injuries. They can't even handle words.

The "Me-so-sensitive" E-Rod stops throwing to J-Mike b/c J-Mike's agent a-hurt Rodgers feelings with some tweets. The coaches and front office are looking to get rid of J-Mike b/c their feelings are a-hurting every time J-Mike speaks his mind.

J-Mike gets open a dozen times a game. Rodgers needs to stop holding the ball forever and throw J-Mike the fucking ball!

Don't be surprised to see J-Mike stick it to the Packers in 2013 in a Bear uniform, a la that awesome gunslinger in 2009 in purple....twice.

I hardly ever respond to you because I find your generalizatoins lacking evidence to support your claims but this one goes over the top...and obviously lacks evidence for support.

How many passes has Finley dropped this year ? Could that be a reason MM and Rodgers don't trust the guy a lot ?
Who is the starter leading the NFL right now for percentage of drops as opposed to passes thrown to him ? Think that could be relevant to why he's out of a game plan ?
A dozen times a game ? Rewatch a few of these. He's often chipping a blocker and sometimes doesn't get out to his route soon enough to even be considered.
You could argue he's being used wrong but the dozen times a game is another senseless generalization.

In case you weren't paying attention this week Finley has already lipped off to the Bears this week. He noted Urlacher was losing it.
Then he noted that the Bears D is probably just as good without him.
Then the statistics proved him wrong her NFL Network and the logical ones looked at the stats and considered his statments lacking merit

You and JFinley

[Joemailman]

Drops aren't the only issue with Finley. I think his route running is what has made Rodgers lose confidence in him. A drop means an incomplete pass. A bad route can mean an INT, especially if thrown very far downfield.

[swede]

I don't know. Sports "journalists" are held to less of a standard than the other purveyors of realistic fiction that pull a paycheck for making people pick up papers and look at the little letters. McGinn starts with a qauzy attribution to a team "official" and then writes the article based on badmouthing from his usual network of unnamed sources.

McGinn is a good writer in the same way that Hulk Hogan is a good wrestler.

I don't want Lori Nickels either, but McGinn is playing with matches and then reporting on the fire.

[pbmax]

I don't know. Sports "journalists" are held to less of a standard than the other purveyors of realistic fiction that pull a paycheck for making people pick up papers and look at the little letters. McGinn starts with a qauzy attribution to a team "official" and then writes the article based on badmouthing from his usual network of unnamed sources.

McGinn is a good writer in the same way that Hulk Hogan is a good wrestler.

I don't want Lori Nickels either, but McGinn is playing with matches and then reporting on the fire.

Bob's usual MO in dropping a bombshell article is to have a good source and then reach the maximum possible conclusion. Tailor made for a head line that will light up sales, I mean web traffic.

However, he has far more resources than just players and agents who are the sources for most reporters. If he is parroting something Baratz told him, and thus agitating for Finley's ouster with his rep, it would be a pretty marked departure from form.

But you never know.

[MadtownPacker]

Now I get why it takes forever for Packer players to come back from injuries. They can't even handle words.

The "Me-so-sensitive" E-Rod stops throwing to J-Mike b/c J-Mike's agent a-hurt Rodgers feelings with some tweets. The coaches and front office are looking to get rid of J-Mike b/c their feelings are a-hurting every time J-Mike speaks his mind.

J-Mike gets open a dozen times a game. Rodgers needs to stop holding the ball forever and throw J-Mike the fucking ball!

Don't be surprised to see J-Mike stick it to the Packers in 2013 in a Bear uniform, a la that awesome gunslinger in 2009 in purple....twice.

If you fuck up one more thread with your trolling tactics I am going to send you packing with Finley and his bitch agent. I have a high tolerance for you because I deal with idiots on a daily basis here in Cali. But that doesn't mean everyone on this forum wants to put up with your bullshit, in fact most don't. So get your fucking head right (I bet you wont) or see it put on a spike on the PackerRats fence like all your other accounts.

Consider this your final warning little buddy.

[rbaloha1]

agreed, its nice to know that those of us that have been thinking this aren't crazy and all, but.....

whoever leaked this and just cost us draft picks needs to be fired. not to mention, finley is now gonna be pouting and even more worthless then normal now

and if it was finley or his agent that leaked it?

conduct detrimental to the team, starting today. go home for the rest of the season, and do no collect your paycheck as you pass GO

Good points.

Shall be interesting if Finley tries to prove he is worth the $ or caves-in.

Good article. Clearly articulates what Packer fans already know.

[Patler]

McGinn starts with a qauzy attribution to a team "official" and then writes the article based on badmouthing from his usual network of unnamed sources.

McGinn is a good writer in the same way that Hulk Hogan is a good wrestler.

I don't want Lori Nickels either, but McGinn is playing with matches and then reporting on the fire.

Actually, he doesn't attribute it to a team official. What he wrote was:

Sources familiar with the Packers' thinking say the club not only wants to get rid of Finley but has decided to do exactly that in the off-season.

The "sources familiar with the Packers' thinking" could be the very scouts and agents that he usually gathers info from. It doesn't take an awful lot of insight to assume the Packers won't want to pay Finley $8+ million next year when there are more deserving players to sign. A casual comment from a coach, trainer, etc. and the story starts.

We all suspected as much anyway, didn't we? It seemed pretty clear that the two year contract was really a one year last ditch effort to make him into something worth a big contract. If it worked, they would renegotiate a long term deal this off season. If not, he would be gone, more than likely.