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Y'all really got me fired up this time so I did some digging... This is the kind of player Fin has already become.
Finley caught 22 passes for 364 yards (16.5 avg) in 24 attempts in his direction last year versus the blitz—a success percentage of 91.7%, which led the league by a wide margin. In comparison, Vernon Davis had 30 for 442 in 61 attempts, or a success percentage of 49.2%.
2009 he caught 77% of the passes thrown his way, 2010 so far hes caught 81% of the balls thrown his way. And if any of you have been paying attention, Rodgers doesn't only throw to this guy when theres no one within 10 yds of him, he is especially liberal with his throws when it comes to #88, and he still comes up with a higher % of balls than almost every other TE in the league.
http://www.nationalfootba...es-as-tough-matchup.html
Green Bay TE is difficult to cover wherever he is lined up on the field. Dan Pompei
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If the NFL is indeed a matchup league, then one of its most valuable players is Jermichael Finley.
The Packers tight end, in a short period of time, has become perhaps the league’s most difficult player to match up with.
He stands 6-5, weighs 247 pounds, and the former basketball player can just about jump over the cross bar. That makes him impossible for defensive backs to cover. He’s too fast and athletic for a linebacker to stick with him.
What’s more, he is quickly becoming known for the circus catch. In Packers training camp, he was like a one-man Cirque du Soleil. One-handed catches are ho-hum. He caught one behind his lower back, basket style. Then there was the one he caught behind his head with his back to the throw. And the one that hit off his chest and bounced up. Finley ran past it and caught it behind his back.
ICON Including the Packers’ playoff loss, Finley was the team’s leading receiver in the last eight games of '09.
“He’s put on some pretty good shows,