Jermichael Finley Flying Under the Radar as Best Free Agent Still on the Market

April 26, 2014   ·   Zach Kruse   ·   Jump to comments

A career-threatening neck injury has kept tight end Jermichael Finley in the shadows of free agency, where the uncertainty of his recovery timeline has left him without as much as an offer from one of the 32 NFL teams.  
Yet when healthy and finally cleared, Finley should immediately become the best free agent still available on the market. And for teams that don't find a suitable tight end in May's draft, a healthy Finley might be the rare late addition—a player capable of taking over as a starter and producing difference-making numbers.
Getting cleared is the first hurdle. Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported in late March that Finley was still "two months away and maybe several months more" from getting the necessary clearance. Teams don't need to wait for a clean bill of health to sign him, but it seems unlikely any club would give him competing money without knowing his bruised spinal cord and fusion surgery has shown significant progress...

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