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Dump Finley? (1 Viewer)

Otis

Otis

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Guy has to be one of the heaviest weights around a fantasy owner's neck these days. Especially in dynasty leagues where roster spots are precious, it's murder to have to continue hanging onto him as he just gets worse and worse. What is current thinking on him? Are folks hanging onto him holding out hope that he'll catch 4 TDs one of these weeks and turn it around? I suspect cutting him will feel like taking a colossal dump after being constipated for a week; then again, there's nothing worse than the feeling of dropping a guy, having another owner scoop him right up, and then being forced to watch the guy catch 43 touchdowns the following week. That said, I'm still thinking a cut in favor of pretty much anyone is an upgrade.

Oh and his backups are repeatedly outplaying him. What's the talk out of GB? Is he going to be replaced?

What a bum.

Thoughts?

 
I've had him for 4 years in my keeper league, and am cutting bait after this year. I'd drop him now, but unfortunately there's no one better out there.

Fortunately, I have Graham so Finley's overrated bum is planted on the bench as long as Graham is healthy.

 
The related question to me is whether to pick up DJ Williams for keeper/dynasty purposes.

He's hurt now, but will the Packers start playing him more down the stretch if Finley is clearly not in the plans for next year?

 
'zamboni said:
The related question to me is whether to pick up DJ Williams for keeper/dynasty purposes. He's hurt now, but will the Packers start playing him more down the stretch if Finley is clearly not in the plans for next year?
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Williams stepped in for Finley two weeks ago and immediately produced. Rodgers kept looking his way.
 
I'd be very curious to hear a compelling case for keeping Finley rostered at this point. Something other than "he's got freakish athletic ability."

 
'Otis said:
Guy has to be one of the heaviest weights around a fantasy owner's neck these days. Especially in dynasty leagues where roster spots are precious, it's murder to have to continue hanging onto him as he just gets worse and worse. What is current thinking on him? Are folks hanging onto him holding out hope that he'll catch 4 TDs one of these weeks and turn it around? I suspect cutting him will feel like taking a colossal dump after being constipated for a week; then again, there's nothing worse than the feeling of dropping a guy, having another owner scoop him right up, and then being forced to watch the guy catch 43 touchdowns the following week. That said, I'm still thinking a cut in favor of pretty much anyone is an upgrade.

Oh and his backups are repeatedly outplaying him. What's the talk out of GB? Is he going to be replaced?

What a bum.

Thoughts?
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I think you've summed it up quite well here.Shame on me though for continually drafing this guy in redraft leages. Unfortunately, I don't think he can be dropped just yet. If owners have another viable TE option, I'd say roll with them.

 
I haven't completely ruled out Green Bay trading his ### away, maybe for some linebacker help. He's a cancer in the locker room in addition to being unreliable on the field.

And yes, snatch DJ Williams for next year (at the latest).

 
I'm seriously thinking about dumping him. That monkey looking dude Crabtree has been outplaying him. I think Rodgers is tired of Finley's lack of performance/drops and comments/excuses. His receptions have been dwindling each game. What a punk bum.

 
Florio was on the radio the other day and said Finley is widely known to be a malcontent. A malcontent who drops 3rd down passes won't be easy to trade...

 
I mentioned to dump him week one in the sell high thread after the TD and was scoffed at. Dude's a oily handed bum.

 
Finley just upsets me, at 1st I thought he was bothered by Rodgers spreading the ball around. Then it was because of unfortunate injuries. So while I have been waiting for him to produce I have drafted and later dropped guys like Graham and Henandez, I have also turned down offers for very good players for him, so I am so sick of him it hurts.

He's always hurt. He has trouble catching the ball. I think his QB doesn't like him. Classic case of a guy that looks like Tarzan and plays like Jane. Coach killer, fantasy football tease and owning him is as unfulling as sex with out the pay off.

I am waiting for that one big game and getting rid of him.

 
'sdp1226 said:
'Otis said:
Guy has to be one of the heaviest weights around a fantasy owner's neck these days. Especially in dynasty leagues where roster spots are precious, it's murder to have to continue hanging onto him as he just gets worse and worse. What is current thinking on him? Are folks hanging onto him holding out hope that he'll catch 4 TDs one of these weeks and turn it around? I suspect cutting him will feel like taking a colossal dump after being constipated for a week; then again, there's nothing worse than the feeling of dropping a guy, having another owner scoop him right up, and then being forced to watch the guy catch 43 touchdowns the following week. That said, I'm still thinking a cut in favor of pretty much anyone is an upgrade.

Oh and his backups are repeatedly outplaying him. What's the talk out of GB? Is he going to be replaced?

What a bum.

Thoughts?
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I think you've summed it up quite well here.Shame on me though for continually drafing this guy in redraft leages. Unfortunately, I don't think he can be dropped just yet. If owners have another viable TE option, I'd say roll with them.
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Re: the bolded -- WHY?
 
'Otis said:
'sdp1226 said:
'Otis said:
Guy has to be one of the heaviest weights around a fantasy owner's neck these days. Especially in dynasty leagues where roster spots are precious, it's murder to have to continue hanging onto him as he just gets worse and worse. What is current thinking on him? Are folks hanging onto him holding out hope that he'll catch 4 TDs one of these weeks and turn it around? I suspect cutting him will feel like taking a colossal dump after being constipated for a week; then again, there's nothing worse than the feeling of dropping a guy, having another owner scoop him right up, and then being forced to watch the guy catch 43 touchdowns the following week. That said, I'm still thinking a cut in favor of pretty much anyone is an upgrade.

Oh and his backups are repeatedly outplaying him. What's the talk out of GB? Is he going to be replaced?

What a bum.

Thoughts?
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I think you've summed it up quite well here.Shame on me though for continually drafing this guy in redraft leages. Unfortunately, I don't think he can be dropped just yet. If owners have another viable TE option, I'd say roll with them.
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Re: the bolded -- WHY?
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Until the Packers put another TE ahead of him he still has marginal value. Plus there's always the possibility he turns it around. Not likely, but it has happened before. Especially in a deeper dynasty league like mine I could still get something in a trade for him.

 
'mr roboto said:
'sho nuff said:
Yes...the Packers should drop him. You should too.
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To be fair even he would drop himself.
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:lmao:His price tag for next year is $8 mil, he is going to have to be all-world in the back half of the season for the Packers to keep him around for that much money. Too many other guys that will need to get paid soon.That said, I can't give any advice about dynasty but in redraft I'd have a hard time dropping him just yet.
 
'Otis said:
'sdp1226 said:
'Otis said:
Guy has to be one of the heaviest weights around a fantasy owner's neck these days. Especially in dynasty leagues where roster spots are precious, it's murder to have to continue hanging onto him as he just gets worse and worse. What is current thinking on him? Are folks hanging onto him holding out hope that he'll catch 4 TDs one of these weeks and turn it around? I suspect cutting him will feel like taking a colossal dump after being constipated for a week; then again, there's nothing worse than the feeling of dropping a guy, having another owner scoop him right up, and then being forced to watch the guy catch 43 touchdowns the following week. That said, I'm still thinking a cut in favor of pretty much anyone is an upgrade.

Oh and his backups are repeatedly outplaying him. What's the talk out of GB? Is he going to be replaced?

What a bum.

Thoughts?
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I think you've summed it up quite well here.Shame on me though for continually drafing this guy in redraft leages. Unfortunately, I don't think he can be dropped just yet. If owners have another viable TE option, I'd say roll with them.
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Re: the bolded -- WHY?
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Partly because of what you had mentioned in your originl post. Once he's dropped, someone will grab him immediately and there is always the chance he blows up or suddenly becomes a solid weekly TE. We have enough of a sample to assume that this wont happen but he is a receiving option on a dominant passing team, there's gotta be some value there (ugh, been saying this for years). Also, to Mr. Roboto's point, he'll be droppable once we see the Packs officially get away from him. We've seen implications of this but not enough to fully come to any solid conclusions.
 
Owned him his rookie year up until last year. Excusing the injuries it was still awful.

Combination of terrible hands and a QB who can't not throw the ball to 12 different receivers every game.

 
'Run It Up said:
Combination of terrible hands and a QB who can't not throw the ball to 12 different receivers every game.
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If Finley could fix the former Rodgers would be less apt to do the latter.Besides the drops, the locker room cancer, the injuries, continued immaturity, not knowing where to line up or shift or route to run consistently, what's not to like? :hophead:
 
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Andrew Quarless is coming off the PUP list very soon. May take a few weeks to get up to speed again but he might be a nice stash as well.

 
'Warpig said:
I'm seriously thinking about dumping him. That monkey looking dude Crabtree has been outplaying him. I think Rodgers is tired of Finley's lack of performance/drops and comments/excuses. His receptions have been dwindling each game. What a punk bum.
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Crabtree's been doing that for a while and then he had a big play vs Houston.
 
I avoided Finley in all my drafts except one in the FFPC which I now regret. The Texans game was a homecoming of sorts for him and he played like crap in front of friends and family while Rodgers lit up the scoreboard with every other player on offense. With the emergence of Jones and Cobb in the offense, I don't see much upside for him from here due to his lack of consistency and poor play. He's not even blocking well. I know the light came on for Vernon Davis after some struggles early in his career, but Finley is no Davis when it comes to playmaking ability.

 
It's his last year in Green Bay. He's a TE2 after this year. Worthless

He recently commented lack of production is due to 'chemistry issues' with Rodgers....After (at least) 4 seasons together :lol:

Green Bay won their Super Bowl with Rodgers....when Finley was gone most the year.

 
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We have seen talented TEs like Vernon Davis eventually turn the corner, but we have seen far more who never lived up to their immense potential. Finley looks more like a Johnny Mitchell or Rickey Dudley to me than a Vernon Davis. He lacks the concentration, dedication and hands. He is a perennial tease. Except in very shallow leagues, I doubt he is a drop at this point, but he is not a TE1, as he was drafted by fantasy owners to be.

 
Dont Jeff Fisher Defenses typically do a pretty poor job of covering TEs? They haven't faced any decent ones so far this year...

 
This might sound silly, but he's faced a pretty tough schedule for tight ends so far and it does get better starting week 8. I would definitely not drop him, bench him until he either gets going or has a good game so you can move him. Chances are that he'll get scooped up right away if you drop him, which means that he does have some sort of trade value.

 
I think, as counter-intuitive as it sounds, that Finley might actually be a better fantasy option somewhere else, if the Packers do not retain him. He'd be better off on a team that force-feeds him the ball because he's one of their only options in the passing game, rather than being one of 5-6 reasonable choices for an elite QB.

 
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Finley not only sucks at football, he acts like a whiny piece of trash. Everytime he drops a ball he jumps up and wants a flag. I am proud to say that I don't own him in any of my 9 leagues.

 
Very tempted to drop this guy in my keeper league, but don't want anyone to get a free shot at him before the season ends. Knowing my luck, he'll go somewhere else next year, get over the dropsies, and be the focal point of the passing game.

 
'ConnSKINS26 said:
I think, as counter-intuitive as it sounds, that Finley might actually be a better fantasy option somewhere else, if the Packers do not retain him. He'd be better off on a team that force-feeds him the ball because he's one of their only options in the passing game, rather than being one of 5-6 reasonable choices for an elite QB.
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When you think of a TE running those short to intermediate "move the chains" type routes, having a guy that drops as many balls as he seems to is about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. This isn't like a WR running high risk/reward fly routes where you live with the drops in exchange for the periodic "circus catch". Rodgers can't have much (if any) confidence in a position that demands confidence. It's just a vicious circle at this point. The more he drops, the less targets he gets and the less confidence he gets so the more he drops...
 
Yesterday:

Finley, Rodgers clear air in meetingPublished Sat Nov 3 4:45:53 p.m. PT 2012(TheHuddle)Green Bay Packers TE Jermichael Finley has said that he and QB Aaron Rodgers lack chemistry. Finley met with the quarterback Saturday, Oct. 27, for 45 minutes and plans to do so every Saturday in hopes of regaining his dominance of late 2009 and 2010. 'It's (about) getting trust back from A-Rod,' Finley said. 'If I was the quarterback, I wouldn't throw it to the guy who's off-rhythm right now either. So I've got to get that trust back. The guy's touching the ball 100 percent of the time. You've got to have that trust. That 30 to 45-minute meeting, that shows a lot. And he just says, 'How do you want the ball?' I tell him, 'It ain't how I want it. You tell me what you want me to do.''Analysis: Finley has fallen off the fantasy map, ranking in a tie for 20th among fantasy TEs with only 33 points (Huddle Performance scoring) in 8 games. That trails the likes of Scott Chandler, Brandon Myers and Anthony Fasano, and he needs to string some big games together to regain fantasy GMs' trust.
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Today:2 targets.
 
'gianmarco said:
Unstartable.
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With bye upcoming, he's probably going to be cut in quite a few leagues (if not already done).His last 5 games: 84 TOTAL receiving yards. 8 game scoreless streak. Not sure how that's even possible with Aaron Rodgers as your QB.Jennings has been out all year. Jordy's missed a couple games. Not sure how many more excuses the guy will come up with. If you're having chemistry issues with your QB after 5 seasons together, you really need to look in the mirror. And not at your Super Bowl winning All Pro QB. And who won that Super Bowl....with you on IR.
 
He did something today I've never seen in all my years watching football. He reached the ball out for a first down and used the hand without the ball... Not kidding. The guy can't catch and is as dumb as a rock.

 
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