Green Bay – Meet the boring, bland Jermichael Finley.
After the Packers disposed of the Minnesota Vikings, 23-14 Sunday at Lambeau, and the celebrating, enigmatic star tight end grabbed 6 catches for 60 yards, he was clearly on a mission.
To not say anything.
Nearly every question in the post-game locker room earned this response:
“It's a credit to Aaron Rodgers and the offense, and I’m just glad to be a part of it.”
Or,
“We’ve got a great player like Aaron Rodgers and I’m just happy to be a part of it.”
Or,
“We played a great game today … a somewhat great game … and we just have to keep it going.”
The tweeting and normally talkative Finley is, apparently, content to let his game, and the Packers' victory, do all the talking. But he would compliment receiver James Jones on that acrobatic 50-50 ball in the end zone which Jones hauled down for a 32-yard touchdown and the early 7-0 lead.
“Oh that was sweet. James has made a ton of great plays this year and he’s having one of those great breakout seasons,” said Finley. He added that Jones shows that ability when he plays pickup basketball as well.
“I’ve seen him jumping up and dunking, grabbing balls over people.”
As for getting the running game going (152 yards today), or the Packers aquiring 435 net yards on offense, Finley was back in to cliché mode:
“It was a great day for everybody. I was just glad to be a part of it.”
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