MintBaconDrivel
10 years ago
Unfortunately many within Packer Nation are too naive to understand your value to the offense, Jermichael.

The wait for tight end Jermichael Finley's return to football after last year's neck injury and surgery has lasted throughout the offseason and there haven't been many signs that the end is in sight. When it does end, though, Finley hopes that there's a Packers uniform waiting for him. Finley told Jason Wilde of ESPN...

Josh Alper wrote:




GREEN BAY — While the waiting remains frustrating, Jermichael Finley remains hopeful that he will continue his NFL career — and he wants to do it with the only team he's known as a pro: The Green Bay Packers.

Speaking in a brief phone interview between workouts Wednesday, the free-agent tight end said that he is feeling good and that he still fully intends to resume his football career, hoping it's with the Packers.

Finley received medical clearance from his surgeon, Dr. Joseph Maroon, in late May, but despite visits to the New England Patriots and New York Giants, and a check-in with the Packers' medical staff, he remains unsigned.

As he worked out Wednesday, though, Finley was in good spirits. He didn't sound discouraged by the waiting game and said he continues to be in great shape physically.

"This is the best I've felt in this entire crazy process," he said.

While Finley didn't discuss other potential suitors and didn't say whether the Packers have reached out to him recently, he made it clear that coming back to Green Bay is his preference.

"Tell everybody I'm working as hard as I can to get back to Packer Nation," he said.

The enduring question with Finley remains whether an NFL team doctor will clear him, paving the way for him to sign with that team. Finley's agent, Blake Baratz,told NBC Sports'Pro Football Talk Live in late May that his client also must seriously consider the $10 million in tax-free money he would receive from a disability policy should he never play football again. Finley had the policy in place before undergoing C3/C4 spinal fusion on Finley in January after suffering a bruised spinal cord on Oct. 20 against Cleveland.

"Opinions can be subjective. Dr. Maroon's opinion may not be the opinion of 31 other team doctors," Baratz told host Mike Florioin a telephone interview, during which he broke the news of Maroon clearing Finley. "Now, a lot of the teams that are interested in Jermichael are getting copies of the films, he's going to start taking visits [on Friday], and the process will start moving along.

"He may not be 100 percent there yet, but he's very close. He's working out, he's in phenomenal shape, he can do everything right now. The question is just whether everyone would sign off on him taking a hit right now, which obviously he wouldn't need to do anyway."

Asked by Florio if Maroon had given Finley full clearance to play football again, Baratz replied, "That is correct. ... The final question is whether those other doctors, whether they're NFL team doctors or independent doctors, would also green-light him to take a hit."

Later in the interview, when asked about the $10 million policy that Finley has in the event that he doesn't play football again, Baratz again acknowledged that other doctors might not clear Finley, even though Maroon did.

"I think in his case, it will be fairly easy because there's going to be a lot of experts and doctors that would not clear him today," Baratz said. "Now, three weeks from now, or six weeks from now, or nine weeks from now, and he plays in X number of games, it's a different story. But if he shuts it down right now, he's got a very sound argument to collect on the disability plan."

Tight ends coach Jerry Fontenot said last month that he and Finley had exchanged some text messages throughout the offseason and has not given up hope that he'll be coaching Finley again.

"I'm absolutely hoping for the best. Nothing would please me more than to be able to welcome Jermicahel Finley as a member of the Green Bay Packers again," Fontenot said. "[But] that's a decision that unfortunately isn't going to be made by any coaching staffs. It's going to be a medical decision, ultimately. So whatever they say, we move with. Sure, I'd love to see him back, but not at the expense of him possibly further injuring himself.

"Again, it's up to our medical staff. Those are the guys that we trust and we listen to."

Jason Wilde wrote:


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Zero2Cool
10 years ago
And here is another difference between Nick Collins and Jermichael Finley.

--- Asked by Florio if Maroon had given Finley full clearance to play football again, Baratz replied, “That is correct. … The final question is whether those other doctors, whether they’re NFL team doctors or independent doctors, would also green-light him to take a hit.” ---


What NFL team doctor cleared Nick Collins full clearance to play football again?


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nerdmann
10 years ago
How hard do you have to work to undo a spinal injury?

Is he working on developing a flux capacitor?
“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”
DakotaT
10 years ago
We've wasted a lot of time on Finley, and he's given us one season of pro bowl caliber play in a four year career. Keep working Finley and we'll maybe have a spot for you down the road.
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nyrpack
10 years ago
funny how guys when there on top of the world just collect the check and dont care so much, but when things are a little dicey , they want you too know there working there tail off !!
jimmy b.
sschind
10 years ago
Regarding the doctor who cleared him

"What a Maroon"

It helps to read it with a Bugs Bunny voice in your head.
Zero2Cool
10 years ago
Someone who could cash in on $10 million tax free dollars is turning that down so he can earn it instead? Yep, lets bash the guy!!!
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DakotaT
10 years ago

Someone who could cash in on $10 million tax free dollars is turning that down so he can earn it instead? Yep, lets bash the guy!!!

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



That's disingenuous at best. Finley is damaged goods and is playing Russian roulette with his health. The smart play for him would be to cash in on his insurance policy, finish college and have a normal life. Nobody wants to see him carted off the field and be a paraplegic the rest of his life.
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