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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 474341"><p>Maybe the haters should take some cues from All World. From the ESPN Milwaukee blog:</p><p> </p><p>GREEN BAY – Aaron Rodgers is acutely aware of how often his relationship with tight end Jermichael Finley is scrutinized and discussed, but the Green Bay Packers quarterback is convinced that he and Finley are in a good place right now – on the same page, thanks to their Saturday night meetings.</p><p> </p><p>After catching three passes for 66 yards – including a 20-yard touchdown and a 40-yard catch-and-run that set up the go-ahead touchdown with 1:55 to play in the game – in Sunday’s 24-20 victory over the Detroit Lions at Ford Field, Finley <a href="http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/common/more.php?m=49&post_id=15241" target="_blank">credited those Saturday night sit-downs with the quarterback</a> for getting him going in a positive direction <a href="http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/corp/page/11%2F16%2F12_Frustrated_Finley_keeps_quiet/4851?feed=2" target="_blank">after five weeks of statistical irrelevance in the Packers’ offense</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Finley also had <a href="http://t.co/eE4l6eOJ" target="_blank">some less-than-positive things to say in an interview last Thursday</a> with Packer Plus magazine’s Rob Reischel, although one would think his performance against the Lions might have altered his attitude slightly.</p><p>Nevertheless, Rodgers said the meetings have been extremely beneficial. He said he and Finley first began having their talks in 2009, Finley’s first season as a starter, but that at some point the two stopped meeting. They reconvened a few weeks ago.</p><p> </p><p>“(Former Packers tight end) Donald Lee and I used to meet, just as kind of an end-of-the-week, let’s-get-on-the-same-page (thing),” Rodgers explained. “Because Donald had gone from a guy catching 55 passes in 2007 to I think a little less than that in 2008 and (he) kind of was wondering if we just weren’t on the same page or what (was) going on. So I said, ‘Let’s talk about every play so you can hear how I’m hearing it and I can see what you’re seeing on these plays. So it kind of started then and carried over from time to time. And (now) J-Mike and I have just been spending more time together.</p><p> </p><p>“I’ve always enjoyed him as a person. I think a lot of times some of the stuff that he says at his locker can get misconstrued and not come out the exact way that he wants it to, because I genuinely think that he is a fan of mine and enjoys my friendship. I just wanted to really be on the same page with him because he’s a guy who can be so productive for us, and just making sure that we’re doing everything we can to make him feel comfortable, and just giving him and I a chance to just talk.</p><p> </p><p>“We spend so much time talking football with our job and all week, that there’s really not a lot of time to just talk about life. For us, it’s more than just football, it’s talking about life. And I’m not Dr. Phil in there by any means, but it’s fun to be able to talk about some non-football stuff with your teammates.”</p><p> </p><p>Talking about Finley’s two big plays against the Lions, Rodgers complimented Finley on both.</p><p> </p><p>Of the touchdown, Rodgers said in part, “Jermichael did a great job of once he felt like he was wide open, looking back at me, and I kind of came across the board after I looked to my left and … he just flashed on me. And it’s a situation where in an instant you have to decide whether to throw it to J-Mike or throw the screen, and you have not much time to think about it because you’re going to get hit on the play, and put the ball in an area where he can make a play.</p><p> </p><p>“The great thing that he did on that play, like he did on the play later in the game, was he attacked the point like we say. Once you catch it, he got vertical right (away). And I don’t think he was, in his mind, going to be stopped from getting into the end zone. He kind of hurdled the first guy which was a very athletic move and then got into the end zone and that was a very big play for us.”</p><p> </p><p>Of the 40-yard catch-and-run, which set up Rodgers’ 22-yard TD to Randall Cobb, Rodgers said in part, “When you’re starting a late drive in the game you really want to get a first down and get things going. That kind of gives you the confidence that you’re going to start rolling. (It’s) second down, (so) I’m thinking, ‘Let’s get us in a third-and-manageable, they’re playing Tampa-2, let me get a play called up here that’s going to get us a couple of yards back and get us in a manageable third down where the crowd is not as into it and we have a high percentage of converting that.’</p><p> </p><p>“(I) made a subtle adjustment; something that J-Mike and I had actually talked about the night before, and he ran exactly the route that I wanted him to, I put the ball where I wanted to.”</p><p> </p><p>Rodgers credited the blocking of Cobb and Nelson on the play, then said of Finley, “Just a big time play for Jermichael, and again like we talk about on this show a lot, it takes a lot of guys on every play for it to be a good play. But when guys do it the way they’re supposed to do it, and then they add their own extra effort and intelligence to a play, that’s when you see a 5-to 7-yard gain turn into a 40-yard gain, and that was the play of the drive.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 474341"] Maybe the haters should take some cues from All World. From the ESPN Milwaukee blog: GREEN BAY – Aaron Rodgers is acutely aware of how often his relationship with tight end Jermichael Finley is scrutinized and discussed, but the Green Bay Packers quarterback is convinced that he and Finley are in a good place right now – on the same page, thanks to their Saturday night meetings. After catching three passes for 66 yards – including a 20-yard touchdown and a 40-yard catch-and-run that set up the go-ahead touchdown with 1:55 to play in the game – in Sunday’s 24-20 victory over the Detroit Lions at Ford Field, Finley [URL='http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/common/more.php?m=49&post_id=15241']credited those Saturday night sit-downs with the quarterback[/URL] for getting him going in a positive direction [URL='http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/corp/page/11%2F16%2F12_Frustrated_Finley_keeps_quiet/4851?feed=2']after five weeks of statistical irrelevance in the Packers’ offense[/URL]. Finley also had [URL='http://t.co/eE4l6eOJ']some less-than-positive things to say in an interview last Thursday[/URL] with Packer Plus magazine’s Rob Reischel, although one would think his performance against the Lions might have altered his attitude slightly. Nevertheless, Rodgers said the meetings have been extremely beneficial. He said he and Finley first began having their talks in 2009, Finley’s first season as a starter, but that at some point the two stopped meeting. They reconvened a few weeks ago. “(Former Packers tight end) Donald Lee and I used to meet, just as kind of an end-of-the-week, let’s-get-on-the-same-page (thing),” Rodgers explained. “Because Donald had gone from a guy catching 55 passes in 2007 to I think a little less than that in 2008 and (he) kind of was wondering if we just weren’t on the same page or what (was) going on. So I said, ‘Let’s talk about every play so you can hear how I’m hearing it and I can see what you’re seeing on these plays. So it kind of started then and carried over from time to time. And (now) J-Mike and I have just been spending more time together. “I’ve always enjoyed him as a person. I think a lot of times some of the stuff that he says at his locker can get misconstrued and not come out the exact way that he wants it to, because I genuinely think that he is a fan of mine and enjoys my friendship. I just wanted to really be on the same page with him because he’s a guy who can be so productive for us, and just making sure that we’re doing everything we can to make him feel comfortable, and just giving him and I a chance to just talk. “We spend so much time talking football with our job and all week, that there’s really not a lot of time to just talk about life. For us, it’s more than just football, it’s talking about life. And I’m not Dr. Phil in there by any means, but it’s fun to be able to talk about some non-football stuff with your teammates.” Talking about Finley’s two big plays against the Lions, Rodgers complimented Finley on both. Of the touchdown, Rodgers said in part, “Jermichael did a great job of once he felt like he was wide open, looking back at me, and I kind of came across the board after I looked to my left and … he just flashed on me. And it’s a situation where in an instant you have to decide whether to throw it to J-Mike or throw the screen, and you have not much time to think about it because you’re going to get hit on the play, and put the ball in an area where he can make a play. “The great thing that he did on that play, like he did on the play later in the game, was he attacked the point like we say. Once you catch it, he got vertical right (away). And I don’t think he was, in his mind, going to be stopped from getting into the end zone. He kind of hurdled the first guy which was a very athletic move and then got into the end zone and that was a very big play for us.” Of the 40-yard catch-and-run, which set up Rodgers’ 22-yard TD to Randall Cobb, Rodgers said in part, “When you’re starting a late drive in the game you really want to get a first down and get things going. That kind of gives you the confidence that you’re going to start rolling. (It’s) second down, (so) I’m thinking, ‘Let’s get us in a third-and-manageable, they’re playing Tampa-2, let me get a play called up here that’s going to get us a couple of yards back and get us in a manageable third down where the crowd is not as into it and we have a high percentage of converting that.’ “(I) made a subtle adjustment; something that J-Mike and I had actually talked about the night before, and he ran exactly the route that I wanted him to, I put the ball where I wanted to.” Rodgers credited the blocking of Cobb and Nelson on the play, then said of Finley, “Just a big time play for Jermichael, and again like we talk about on this show a lot, it takes a lot of guys on every play for it to be a good play. But when guys do it the way they’re supposed to do it, and then they add their own extra effort and intelligence to a play, that’s when you see a 5-to 7-yard gain turn into a 40-yard gain, and that was the play of the drive.” [/QUOTE]
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