This year, hell let his play do the talking.
He sounds believable, too.
Yet just when the Green Bay Packers second-year tight end seems convincing, he does something to make everyone wonder whether the immaturity that hampered him last season as a rookie has really disappeared.
Take the first organized team activity practice that was open to reporters last week. On his way back to the huddle after a play, Finley slapped rookie free-agent linebacker Cyril Obiozor upside the head after the whistle something that, in a game, surely would have drawn a 15-yard penalty.
Then theres his Twitter page. Thats right, the guy who had trouble keeping his mouth shut last season is posting on the Internet phenomenon. So far, his posts have been innocuous, and hes says hes been told by the team to watch what he writes.
On the surface, at least, it all seems to contradict his mantra for 2009:
Let your game do the talking, Finley said. Thats what I plan on doing this year.
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