Comments on: Jermichael Finley’s agent won’t rule out pay cut

By: shavager

shavager — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 03:28:23 +0000

You can’t sit around and watch Finley FOR 5 YEARS and then think you’re going to get something different out of him. He has size and speed, what he does NOT have is hands to make the tough catches. He’s NOWHERE in the same category of a TE as Witten, Gronk, Hernandez or Gonzalez, Packers fans–you’ve seen his best, that’s all you’re gonna get. His talent is limited to “potential”–he just does not have the hands to make contested catches, he’s dropped TD passes without defenders touching the ball–I’m not convinced it’s lack of focus, it’s his limitation.

By: deltaoracle

deltaoracle — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:52:36 +0000

He’ll take less money no matter where he’s playing next year.

By: contraisloosebuthole

contraisloosebuthole — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:26:39 +0000

He needs to go. He cannot catch and he never stops running his mouth. No way he is worth 8 million. What is he worth? Hell if I know but not 8 million..no way no how.

By: jpat2424

jpat2424 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:08:43 +0000

Ill take him. Da bears

By: purplepunisher

purplepunisher — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:46:59 +0000

Leave it to brain dead Ted Thimpson to pay Finley almost the same amount as he pays Rodgers the best QB in the league.

Cant wait for Rodgers to finally grow a pair and tell management to stick it.

By: hscorpio

hscorpio — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:41:23 +0000

The problem with Finley taking a pay cut from $8.25 mil is that some team could very well beat that in first year pay on a multi-year deal. An $8 mil SB spread out over, say, 4 years is $2 mil in yearly cap hit. Which isn’t a big commitment in today’s NFL.

As others have said, Finley has tons of talent that he just hasn’t put all together. It only takes one team to think “We can get him to perform”.

By: thejuddstir

thejuddstir — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:16:33 +0000

“There’d have to be a reason why he would have to take a pay cut.”
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How about the Packers are tired of paying this clown for his “potential” and running his mouth not to mention all the dropped passes. No way this guy is worth 8M per.

By: whatjusthapped

whatjusthapped — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:45:17 +0000

Re structure his contract so everytime he opened his mouth, the Packers could deduct from the total amount owed.

He will end up playing for free by Week 12.

By: uwsptke

uwsptke — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:29:54 +0000

Right now he’s the second highest paid player on the team. They have a decent amount of cap room, but it will get chewed up most likely by extension for Matthews, Raji, and possibly Rodgers.

I might be in the minority, but I don’t think you can just say to them you want to reduce his pay without a carrot on the other end. I’m not cool with him making $8 mil this year, but would have no problem with them adding two years and average the three deals to around $6 mil. If they did that, they can work a deal that puts a good chunk of change in his pocket now but lowers his cap number significantly.

Convert $6 mil of his base salary into a guaranteed signing bonus (only $500k is guaranteed for him right now), guarantee the remaining $2 mil in base salary for this year, and add 2 years at $5 mil each. Cap charge reduced from $8 mil to $4 mil this year, with more manageable cap figures of $7 mil the next two seasons. Probably guarantees he stays here for two seasons, and can save $5 mil with a $2 mil cap hit if he stinks after the 2014 season.

By: PowerMad

PowerMad — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:00:12 +0000

Looking forward to more drops, busted routes and drama from the 8th best TE in the NFC North.

But wait a second. I thought the depth on the Green Bay squad was so absurdly deep Ted Thompson and friends could just get rid of guys like this and the Packers could just plug and play.

By: zoellner25

zoellner25 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:52:29 +0000

Finley’s an idiot and his agent isn’t much better, but at least this is one of the more intelligent things he’s said. It really is all hypothetical until they actually talk numbers. that being said, I won’t miss #88.

By: goldenperspective

goldenperspective — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:52:09 +0000

He has the potential to be a star. Hope he gets himself together . Maybe a meeting with Alonzo Mourning is in order. Worked for the Browns Greg Little; he improved his dropped ball disorder drastically after the two met.

By: 4sacroc

4sacroc — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:51:03 +0000

Million-dollar potential.

Two-buck brain.

By: 15starr

15starr — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:33:51 +0000

Finley news that is politically correct for a change.

By: jhein23

jhein23 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:22:01 +0000

If I’m the Packers I cut AJ Hawk and John Kuhn. And I get a small paycut from Jermichael and a $1 million dollar pay cut from Mason Crosby who makes nearly $3 million right now, way too much for a kicker who missed so many kicks last season.

Right there you free up another $8 to $9 million under next year’s cap.

By: 3yardsndust

3yardsndust — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:21:18 +0000

Finley sucks. All talk, no production.

By: landof10000lakes

landof10000lakes — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:18:49 +0000

It’d be kind of scary to see what this guy could do if he just kept his mouth shut and focused on running routes and catching the ball. As a Vike fan though, I’m glad he’s a head case.

By: fuglyflorio

fuglyflorio — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:14:30 +0000

He shouldn’t rule out “getting dumped” either.