Jermichael Finley: I'd "love" to come to "Good Old Seattle"

[DavidSeven]

What make anyone think that Finley would be cheaper than Miller?

Because he's coming off a major injury, and no one's gonna give him a long term deal with a big signing bonus like Miller got.

Miller has already made most of his money. His cap numbers are lower in the next two years. With dead money factored in, Finley and Miller would probably cost you around the same. Personally, I think Miller is way more valuable to this team.

My guess is Finley would be an addition to keeping Miller if we got him, not to replace Miller. I don't think Pete and John would be comfortable taking a chance on Finley staying healthy as our #1 TE, even on a cheaper one year deal.

Honestly, if we could get Anthony McCoy on a minimum deal and Willson continues to develop, I don't see a huge need at the TE position. I'd keep Zach and maybe wait until 2015 to look for elite TEs in the draft.

 

[dontbelikethat]

If we cut Miller for salary cap reasons, Finley would be worth a look.

But I'd rather we bring Miller back on a cheaper deal.

Same. But if it doesn't work out for him and the Packers, he's definitely at least worth a look. Obviously a great receiving target, but I don't know if he fits the mold of what PC wants from his TE's (lots of blocking) and his recent injury history is of great concern. If he can produce like 2-3 years back before the injuries, we could get a steal.

He's not a TE. People need to remember that he's a WR, and one with stone hands at that.

What? His natural position is TE. He may line up at WR a bit(like Jimmy Graham), but his natural position is TE.

http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Jerm ... 13a86e5202

 

[m0ng0]

this came up last week and it was a no and again I say NO, stand pat with what we have, Millers contract is winding down, Willson will grow and improve and don't we still have McCoy?

 

[drdiags]

this came up last week and it was a no and again I say NO, stand pat with what we have, Millers contract is winding down, Willson will grow and improve and don't we still have McCoy?

McCoy's contract is up. With his IR injury, he probably is open to a 1-2 yr deal to give him a chance to prove he has overcome the injury. I think Finley is just trying to play games with the Packers to see if he can get some leverage. With his injury, I doubt Thompson blinks.

 

[CANHawk]

If we cut Miller for salary cap reasons, Finley would be worth a look.

But I'd rather we bring Miller back on a cheaper deal.

Same. But if it doesn't work out for him and the Packers, he's definitely at least worth a look. Obviously a great receiving target, but I don't know if he fits the mold of what PC wants from his TE's (lots of blocking) and his recent injury history is of great concern. If he can produce like 2-3 years back before the injuries, we could get a steal.

He's not a TE. People need to remember that he's a WR, and one with stone hands at that.

What? His natural position is TE. He may line up at WR a bit(like Jimmy Graham), but his natural position is TE.

http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Jerm ... 13a86e5202

Not all TE's are created equal. Zack Miller is a TE in the classic sense of the word and that is what we need for our system. Willson plays more of the H-back/joker/whatever the hell you wanna call it TE that JF plays and he's really all we need at this point. Willson has great upside and is hella cheap. Tony McCoy is also going to be cheap and has proven himself in this system. JF's on the way down, expensive and will be standing on the sideline half the time not earning his money. He'd get eaten alive by #12. They'd hate him.

Cool to hear a "big name" throwing out Seattle as destination #1 though. Guess we neet to get used to that sort of thing...

 

[dontbelikethat]

Same. But if it doesn't work out for him and the Packers, he's definitely at least worth a look. Obviously a great receiving target, but I don't know if he fits the mold of what PC wants from his TE's (lots of blocking) and his recent injury history is of great concern. If he can produce like 2-3 years back before the injuries, we could get a steal.

He's not a TE. People need to remember that he's a WR, and one with stone hands at that.

What? His natural position is TE. He may line up at WR a bit(like Jimmy Graham), but his natural position is TE.

http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Jerm ... 13a86e5202

Not all TE's are created equal. Zack Miller is a TE in the classic sense of the word and that is what we need for our system. Willson plays more of the H-back/joker/whatever the hell you wanna call it TE that JF plays and he's really all we need at this point. Willson has great upside and is hella cheap. JF's on the way down, expensive and will be standing on the sideline half the time not earning his money. He'd get eaten alive by #12.

I understand that the position of TE is versatile in ability and role(which I said is one reason why Finley may not work out, because he's mainly a just pass catcher), but he's still listed and pretty much known as a TE and not a WR (though he does often line up there) which is the point I was trying to make. Don't get what you're trying to get across...

 

[Nog]

He drops way too much balls. I don't think our FO will go after him...

 

[Sarlacc83]

He's not a TE. People need to remember that he's a WR, and one with stone hands at that.

What? His natural position is TE. He may line up at WR a bit(like Jimmy Graham), but his natural position is TE.

http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Jerm ... 13a86e5202

Not all TE's are created equal. Zack Miller is a TE in the classic sense of the word and that is what we need for our system. Willson plays more of the H-back/joker/whatever the hell you wanna call it TE that JF plays and he's really all we need at this point. Willson has great upside and is hella cheap. JF's on the way down, expensive and will be standing on the sideline half the time not earning his money. He'd get eaten alive by #12.

I understand that the position of TE is versatile in ability and role(which I said is one reason why Finley may not work out, because he's mainly a just pass catcher), but he's still listed and pretty much known as a TE and not a WR (though he does often line up there) which is the point I was trying to make. Don't get what you're trying to get across...

This is not my opinion. It's Finley's.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... y-packers/

Check the 6th paragraph. It's how he based his deal.

 

[dontbelikethat]

This is not my opinion. It's Finley's.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... y-packers/

Check the 6th paragraph. It's how he based his deal.

Understand why he did that though. It's the same thing Jimmy Graham is goona do. He only claimed that to get more money when he was going to be franchise tagged. Since he lines up at WR a lot, he wanted to claim he was a WR (since the top 5 WR's are paid wayyyyyyy more than the top 5 TE's, it's only smart and claim top 5 WR). It was known that this was the strategy and is pretty common. Every where you look (packers official site, nfl.com,etc.) all list him as TE and if you ask anyone that knows common football knowledge, "What position does Jermichael Finley play?" Everyone would pretty much say TE.

I think it's just a bit outlandish to just say he's not a TE and people need to recognize him as a WR, when everyone pretty much knows he's a TE that just lines up at WR often. Unless you consider Jimmy Graham a WR too, he's listed as TE everywhere, I consider him a TE even though he lines up at WR often.

 

[JKent82]

He's a TE but he wouldn't be good at what we ask Zach Miller to do. We probably want a TE that does what Zach Miller does.

Plus the drops, attitude, moving from a high volume passing attack to an efficient running game, the presence of Willson, not a lot of positives.

 

[Blitzer88]

Interesting.........lets see how it plys out, but I think we should use our available funds elsewhere.