Packers 2012 Free Agents: Jermichael Finley

I see Vernon Davis as having better speed and better hands.

Finley’s good, but not quite that good.

He has not earned a top-tier TE contract, regardless of potential or athleticism or what have you. He barely makes the overall TE top 10 as guys like Davis, Graham, Gronkowski, and Hernandez are all much better than he is at both receiving and blocking.

We need Wells and in a pinch we could probably put him at TE and he might actually catch the ball. All kidding aside with the very young line that we have this year he will be even more valuable.

Everyone says that Finley is this GREAT threat and that defenses have trouble matching up with him, that would be true it he could catch ball. If he only catches half of his passes coverage for opposing Ds gets easier.

I mean, how much would they save by not resigning Driver at all (and just keeping all their current WRs with a possibly Gurly promotion) and possibly not resigning Quarless (given all the other tight ends on the roster and his injury)? Saving that money right there makes bringing back Finley seem a lot more doable.

I don’t know, every time I imagine us NOT resigning Finley, I see the same nightmare in my head. A motivated guy who gets the hands situation together just wrecking havoc on the rest of the league for another team, while we all shake our heads saying “we should have known he’d overcome the drops.” I don’t want to see that happen.

I’m in favor of letting Driver walk, and possibly one of our other 5 tight ends, and bringing back Finley. Even if he never develops outstanding hands, he is a weapon that opposing defenses have to account for, and he makes the jobs of Jennings, Nelson, Jones etc easier.

Is right up there w/ the best TE’s. They’re all different. Finley is a guy that can go up and play the ball in the air alot better than the others. Davis is a speed guy, who at his size can outrun even most CB’s. Gronk is a power TE who when he gets in the open field Safeties can’t tackle alone and LB’s even have trouble with. But his talent level is very much in that category. As for his hands, the coaches all seem to be of the opinion that Finley has the best hands on the team. Now he had his problems catching the ball this year, no doubt, but in general he has excellent hands! I have zero concerns about Finley having any problems catching the ball in the future. In the 4 games he played in ’10 he had NO (Zero) drops, every one seems to forget that.

What Iv`e seen he drops to many balls & celebrates when he catches one .From what I here in practice he does some outstanding things ,but its not transferring into the games! A little less showboating and a little more concentrating on catching the ball ,he might just become a pro bowler.