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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 376466" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Last year certainly proved the Packers don’t “need” Finley but I think, and much more importantly I believe McCarthy thinks, the offense is more dynamic with him on the field. Finley presents significant problems for defenses and the attention he draws frees up opportunities for others.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">However, Finley has to stay healthy and he has to behave himself when the ball doesn’t come his way as often as he’d like. And I understand some are concerned about his attitude and they have reason to be, particularly during his rookie year. But Jason Wilde, who is pretty close to some players has said more than once on Homer’s show that Finley is a good guy. So while I wish Jermichael would keep many of his opinions to himself, I don’t think he’s a problem in the locker room. If he stays healthy and he’ll accept a deal that makes sense in the Packers’ salary hierarchy, I’m for extending him. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> <a href="http://www.packerforum.com/f8/packing-stats-did-jermichael-finley-steal-attention-greg-jennings-29742.html" target="_blank">Here</a>. </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">PackersRS started a thread on the subject in June that links to a very interesting article about whether or not Finley "stole" receptions from Jennings. </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The link he provides – the numbers are also available elsewhere – points out how many times each receiver was targeted during the first four games last season and how many passes each caught. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In those four games, Finley was the target of 26 passes. So was Jennings. So was Driver. Those three were each the target of about 22% of the passes Rodgers threw. Jones was the target of 16 passes and Nelson was the target of 9 (15 passes to others were also thrown). Those stats do not indicate to me that Finley was the "focus" to the detriment of the offense or that Rodgers locked onto Finley like Favre locked onto Sharpe, for example. McCarthy purposely got Finley more involved in the offense, there’s no question about that. And of course Finley doesn’t have to be the target of a pass to be very much involved in a play. I think creating mismatches for Finley and exploiting how defenses’ try to adjust to them has McCarthy’s creative juices flowing. And that will be good news for seasons to come if Jermichael can stay healthy and dedicated. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 376466, member: 4300"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Last year certainly proved the Packers don’t “need” Finley but I think, and much more importantly I believe McCarthy thinks, the offense is more dynamic with him on the field. Finley presents significant problems for defenses and the attention he draws frees up opportunities for others.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]However, Finley has to stay healthy and he has to behave himself when the ball doesn’t come his way as often as he’d like. And I understand some are concerned about his attitude and they have reason to be, particularly during his rookie year. But Jason Wilde, who is pretty close to some players has said more than once on Homer’s show that Finley is a good guy. So while I wish Jermichael would keep many of his opinions to himself, I don’t think he’s a problem in the locker room. If he stays healthy and he’ll accept a deal that makes sense in the Packers’ salary hierarchy, I’m for extending him. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [URL="http://www.packerforum.com/f8/packing-stats-did-jermichael-finley-steal-attention-greg-jennings-29742.html"]Here[/URL]. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]PackersRS started a thread on the subject in June that links to a very interesting article about whether or not Finley "stole" receptions from Jennings. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]The link he provides – the numbers are also available elsewhere – points out how many times each receiver was targeted during the first four games last season and how many passes each caught. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]In those four games, Finley was the target of 26 passes. So was Jennings. So was Driver. Those three were each the target of about 22% of the passes Rodgers threw. Jones was the target of 16 passes and Nelson was the target of 9 (15 passes to others were also thrown). Those stats do not indicate to me that Finley was the "focus" to the detriment of the offense or that Rodgers locked onto Finley like Favre locked onto Sharpe, for example. McCarthy purposely got Finley more involved in the offense, there’s no question about that. And of course Finley doesn’t have to be the target of a pass to be very much involved in a play. I think creating mismatches for Finley and exploiting how defenses’ try to adjust to them has McCarthy’s creative juices flowing. And that will be good news for seasons to come if Jermichael can stay healthy and dedicated. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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