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wgbeethree
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| Terranimal wrote: | | wgbeethree wrote: | | spilltray wrote: | | ChaRisMa wrote: | | Why does every MLB we plug in work well? Raji effect. Why does every WR we put out there produce? Finley effect. |
That's a load of horse manure. The WRs produced like that before Finley and they do it without Finley. The reason it works is because the Packers can go 4-5 deep in the passing game much better than other teams can cover 4-5 deep. You don't get there by loading up on the top end, you get there through depth. Finley isn't that explosive or scary that he demands that kind of attention, especially if his effort drops, which has a tendency to happen. |
Since 2009 the Packers averaged 31.1 PPG with Finley in the lineup and 24.9 PPG in the games he was injured.
Since 2009 the Packers have scored less than 21 points in 5 of the 48 games Finley was in the lineup (10.4%) and 6 of the 19 games he was injured (31.6%).
Coincidence? Maybe, but the numbers clearly seem to say that the offense is much more productive with Finley than without. |
But the best Stat? A SB Victory w/o Finley and NO SB wins(so far) with him. |
Correlation does not imply causation. Stats say they did it despite not having Finley not because of it.
 They won it with no Morgan Burnett, Brad Jones, Marshall Newhouse, Mike Neal, and Ryan Grant. Should we just cut all those bums too?
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snackattack
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| wgbeethree wrote: |
Correlation does not imply causation. Stats say they did it despite not having Finley not because of it.
They won it with no Morgan Burnett, Brad Jones, Marshall Newhouse, Mike Neal, and Ryan Grant. Should we just cut all those bums too? |
Those bums aren't due as much money as Finley, don't have agents that publicly criticize our QB and don't drop footballs nearly as much.
Regarding the first part, I don't think the bolded part really makes sense. Nobody is saying that we won the SB because we didn't have Finley; only that we showed the we can win, and win big, without Finley. This is a fact that isn't affected by any correlations.
I would not be as opposed to keeping him if he didn't cost so much OR didn't drop the football so much. |
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MNPackfan32
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| incognito_man wrote: | | Terranimal wrote: |
But the best Stat? A SB Victory w/o Finley and NO SB wins(so far) with him. |
if by 'best' you actually mean 'worst', then yes. |
No kidding. Big difference between the defense last year and the year we won the Super Bowl. I'd love to hear why the defense sucked because Finley was playing. Same with 09 we couldn't stop a nosebleed in Arizona, Finley was a big reason we were even in that game at all. Terrible logic is terrible. |
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ChaRisMa
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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We were 3-1 in 2010 before Finley went down. He was on pace for over 1000 yards that season. We lost the next two, both in Overtime. I'd argue that without Finleys production the first 4 weeks of 2010 we wouldn't have made the playoffs.
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Terranimal
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| incognito_man wrote: | | Terranimal wrote: |
But the best Stat? A SB Victory w/o Finley and NO SB wins(so far) with him. |
if by 'best' you actually mean 'worst', then yes. |
Not really. Think Finley's value is over-hyped here and on other Packer sites.
It's true he was a major weapon and a dominate player for about a season and a half prior to injury. But since? Rodgers did what Favre did and learned to make his reads across the entire field and find the open guy. Jennings was the forgotten man prior to Finley's injury. Go back and look up Jennings stats prior to Finley getting hurt and then afterwards. Same probably could be said for Nelson and Jones as well. And of course now we have an awesome weapon in Cobb who has made the leap.
I'm old school and as such will always lean towards taking a Go-To number 1 WR over a TE. And last year did the actual numbers and stats for an article on another Packer site.
In simple terms: No team has won the SB with a dominate TE w/o a Go-To WR. But many teams have won the SB with a Go-To WR and not having a dominate TE. So until some team wins the SB with a dominate TE and not having a Go-To WR on their team, will stick to the old school thinking. |
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Pugger
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Nobody is as good at getting open on this roster as Jennings is.
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| Pugger wrote: | | Nobody is as good at getting open on this roster as Jennings is. |
Uhhh Cobb is pretty good at it. And even when he's not open, Rodgers is able to throw him open.
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CentralFC
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| I Am Rodgers wrote: | | Pugger wrote: | | Nobody is as good at getting open on this roster as Jennings is. |
Uhhh Cobb is pretty good at it. And even when he's not open, Rodgers is able to throw him open. |
Cobb finds the soft spots in coverage far better than our other receivers.
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I Am Rodgers
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| CentralFC wrote: | | I Am Rodgers wrote: | | Pugger wrote: | | Nobody is as good at getting open on this roster as Jennings is. |
Uhhh Cobb is pretty good at it. And even when he's not open, Rodgers is able to throw him open. |
Cobb finds the soft spots in coverage far better than our other receivers. |
Yup. If Jones or Jordy can't get separation on their route, they never get it. Cobb is able to work away from his route and get open. Jones though has been phenomenal this year when going up for the ball in 1v1 situations.
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Dubyajay
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Dominate.
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snackattack
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralFC wrote: | | I Am Rodgers wrote: | | Pugger wrote: | | Nobody is as good at getting open on this roster as Jennings is. |
Uhhh Cobb is pretty good at it. And even when he's not open, Rodgers is able to throw him open. |
Cobb finds the soft spots in coverage far better than our other receivers. |
Cobb is certainly the man, but I think I'd give Jennings the nod as the "best at getting open" on our roster and the best overall receiver. He's not physically dominant in any particular area, but just seems like he understands how footwork and running routes certain ways can get him open more often than not. |
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justo
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Pugger
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I Am Rodgers wrote: | | Pugger wrote: | | Nobody is as good at getting open on this roster as Jennings is. |
Uhhh Cobb is pretty good at it. And even when he's not open, Rodgers is able to throw him open. |
Rodgers said as much about Greg on his radio show Thursday afternoon. 
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Pugger
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Double post! 
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mikemike778
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2% drops for James Jones
8% for Cobb, Finley, Nelson
23% Driver
Going to be skewed by type of drops though - receiver makes an incredible attempt at a 1 hander and doesn't make it then its a drop. Second receiver not good enough to lay a hand on it and its not a drop. |
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