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GLENDALE, Ariz. - Jermichael Finley was the Packers' breakout offensive star throughout 2009, and that continued on Sunday in the second-year tight end's playoff debut.
Finley set a Packers postseason record with 159 receiving yards on six catches, topping the 148 yards posted by receiver John Jefferson in the 1982 first-round playoff game against the St. Louis Cardinals. He shattered the Green Bay mark for a tight end, previously held by Keith Jackson with 101 yards on four catches in the 1995 NFC Divisional playoff in San Francisco.
Even more impressive, Finley came up just eight yards short of besting San Diego's Kellen Winslow for the biggest receiving day by a tight end in NFL postseason history. Winslow had 166 yards on 13 catches in the epic double-overtime 1981 AFC Divisional playoff tilt between the Chargers and Miami Dolphins.
Working both the middle of the field and the boundaries, about all Finley didn't do was get in the end zone, but he made b..
Source: Packers.com
