1) So you're telling me that Finley was only open on plays when somebody else was open? Finley disappeared during games because everybody else was so open that Rodgers had to throw it somewhere else?
Are you telling me Rodgers has to throw it to him every time he's open?
1B) I know he disappears during games because you'll go two full quarters without hearing his name. That is disappearing in a game. Not catching a pass for a prolonged period of time is disappearing.
Great! Now we're getting somewhere. You're saying he must not go more than two quarters without a catch or he's "disappearing." (BTW, you do know that everyone else on the team has had 2 + quarter stretches without catching a ball, right?) Now how many catches per game are acceptable to you?
2) Even though the guy didn't play for a year and had limited offseason practice, you don't forget how to catch a football. He's been catching passes his entire life. A knee injury doesn't make a person forget how to catch. 12+ drops is inexcusable.
You think it's that easy, huh? Catching an NFL pass is a SKILL. Skills need to be maintained through practice and repetition. You think catching a 50+ MPH pass is just something you go out and do?
3) Yes, he had better numbers this year than any Packer TE ever... He's also talked more than any Packers' TE ever.
You don't remember Keith Jackson too well, do you? Or Tyrone Davis? BTW, give me specific examples of all this talking and exactly how it hurt the 15-1 Packers.
Not dropping passes would make be "acceptable". Getting open on third down would be "acceptable". Not tweeting YOTTO after dropping two balls in a game would be "acceptable".
First of all, EVERYONE drops passes. Second, why should anyone give a crap what he says on Twitter? I you don't like what he has to say, DON'T FOLLOW HIM. As long as he's not calling out teammates or coaches, what's the problem? Maybe that's how he gets himself pumped up for games. I personally don't care. Know why? Because he puts in the work and is his own worst critic. Again, I will defer to Mike McCarthy's judgment regarding Finley. He knows Fin far better than you or I, and MM wants him on the team... unquestionably so. I have yet to see where MM or TT or AR or anyone else has had a problem with him. If you can produce evidence that they want him gone, produce it or quit making the claim.
BTW, God only knows what Paul Hornung and Max McGee might have "tweeted" if it existed 50 years ago. Hornung was arguably the most shameless self-promoter in Packer history.