In the event that Brandon Bostick's 23-yard get and run in the second quarter of the Green Bay Packers' Saturday preseason opener at the Tennessee Titans looked natural, there's a reason.
Move feature from last season's Week 2 diversion against the Washington Redskins, and you'll see the same course out of the same establishment for practically the indistinguishable come about on an early second from last quarter play.
But that it was not Bostick on that September day.
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Finley lined up tight to the line of practice on the left, compete to the take and spun his head around to take Aaron Rodgers' short pass simply a yard off the line of scrimmage. He broke one tackle and afterward a second and a third before the Redskins got him to the ground 27 yards later down the left sideline.
So there was Bostick on Saturday against the Titans, lined up in the same spot. Much the same as Finley did, Bostick took a short pass in the level - this one from Matt Flynn - turned up the field and broke no less than two handles before the Titans cut him down.
"I'm attempting to at any rate copy or provide for them in any event some of what Jermichael did," Bostick said. "I'm not attempting to be Jermichael 2.0, yet in the meantime make the plays that Jermichael did."
Bostick may be the Packers' closest close estimation to Finley, whose profession stays in limbo while he trusts for restorative freedom - and an agreement offer - to come back from the neck damage that finished his 2013 season. While the Packers are high on newbie third-round pick Richard Rodgers furthermore re-marked a year ago's fill-in starter Andrew Quarless, Bostick may be an instant swap for a percentage of the element plays Finley made.
"He's super skilled," Packers reinforcement quarterback Scott Tolzien said of Bostick. "He's an enormous body that can likewise move truly well, so he makes a jumble."
Maybe it was Bostick's get and run against the Titans that prompted an expanded part in Monday's practice, for it was the third-year genius who got the call amid the two-moment period with the No. 1 offense. What's more he saw the ball three times in the initial five plays, getting passes for increases of 7, 8 and 5 yards.
"Jermichael was a remarkable player," Tolzien said. "I think Bo's en route. He's still youthful and even now adapting, however he's kept on improing and improve. I think he needs to be an incredible player."
What he needs to be similar to is Finley.
When he went to the Packers as a tryout player in their youngster camp in 2012, he took a prompt getting a kick out of the chance to Finley's amusement. Bostick, a previous little school collector at minimal known Newberry in South Carolina, used his first season on the practice squad figuring out how to play tight terminate. That offseason, he fall in Finley for workouts and made the Packers' lists leaving camp a year ago. He played sparingly, yet arrived at the midpoint of more than 17 yards for every get on seven gatherings, before his season finished on account of a softened foot up December. Bostick did a reversal to Minneapolis to get together with Finley this past July, using around a month working out with him before preparing camp.
Despite the fact that he is recorded at 250 pounds, Bostick said he built up to 260 for this season to a limited extent to enhance his in-line blocking. Bostick still has room to develop as a blocker. Against the Titans, he was required a holding punishment that wiped out a 19-yard run by Dujuan Harris.
The precise next snap was the Finley imitation play.
"On the off chance that I look like Jermichael out there," Bostick said. "I figure that is a decent thing."
Loot Demovsky
ESPN Green Bay Packers correspondent
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Move feature from last season's Week 2 diversion against the Washington Redskins, and you'll see the same course out of the same establishment for practically the indistinguishable come about on an early second from last quarter play.
But that it was not Bostick on that September day.
Packers Preseason Live
Take after news person Rob Demovsky's live upgrades from preparing camp in Green Bay.
Finley lined up tight to the line of practice on the left, compete to the take and spun his head around to take Aaron Rodgers' short pass simply a yard off the line of scrimmage. He broke one tackle and afterward a second and a third before the Redskins got him to the ground 27 yards later down the left sideline.
So there was Bostick on Saturday against the Titans, lined up in the same spot. Much the same as Finley did, Bostick took a short pass in the level - this one from Matt Flynn - turned up the field and broke no less than two handles before the Titans cut him down.
"I'm attempting to at any rate copy or provide for them in any event some of what Jermichael did," Bostick said. "I'm not attempting to be Jermichael 2.0, yet in the meantime make the plays that Jermichael did."
Bostick may be the Packers' closest close estimation to Finley, whose profession stays in limbo while he trusts for restorative freedom - and an agreement offer - to come back from the neck damage that finished his 2013 season. While the Packers are high on newbie third-round pick Richard Rodgers furthermore re-marked a year ago's fill-in starter Andrew Quarless, Bostick may be an instant swap for a percentage of the element plays Finley made.
"He's super skilled," Packers reinforcement quarterback Scott Tolzien said of Bostick. "He's an enormous body that can likewise move truly well, so he makes a jumble."
Maybe it was Bostick's get and run against the Titans that prompted an expanded part in Monday's practice, for it was the third-year genius who got the call amid the two-moment period with the No. 1 offense. What's more he saw the ball three times in the initial five plays, getting passes for increases of 7, 8 and 5 yards.
"Jermichael was a remarkable player," Tolzien said. "I think Bo's en route. He's still youthful and even now adapting, however he's kept on improing and improve. I think he needs to be an incredible player."
What he needs to be similar to is Finley.
When he went to the Packers as a tryout player in their youngster camp in 2012, he took a prompt getting a kick out of the chance to Finley's amusement. Bostick, a previous little school collector at minimal known Newberry in South Carolina, used his first season on the practice squad figuring out how to play tight terminate. That offseason, he fall in Finley for workouts and made the Packers' lists leaving camp a year ago. He played sparingly, yet arrived at the midpoint of more than 17 yards for every get on seven gatherings, before his season finished on account of a softened foot up December. Bostick did a reversal to Minneapolis to get together with Finley this past July, using around a month working out with him before preparing camp.
Despite the fact that he is recorded at 250 pounds, Bostick said he built up to 260 for this season to a limited extent to enhance his in-line blocking. Bostick still has room to develop as a blocker. Against the Titans, he was required a holding punishment that wiped out a 19-yard run by Dujuan Harris.
The precise next snap was the Finley imitation play.
"On the off chance that I look like Jermichael out there," Bostick said. "I figure that is a decent thing."
Loot Demovsky
ESPN Green Bay Packers correspondent
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