Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy is “looking for good news tomorrow” when wide receiver Jordy Nelson undergoes tests on his knee.
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Two steps later, Inexperienced Bay’s Professional Bowl vast receiver was on the turf, his left knee injured and his season very a lot unsure.
Nelson appeared poised for another huge season with the explosive Packers offense, a year after he set career-highs with 98 catches and 1,519 yards (4th in the NFL) to go along with 13 touchdowns to earn his first trip to the Pro Bowl.
“He got rolled up on but he walked it off”, Steelers right tackler Marcus Gilbert said. “They may be a good team but we were giving them some stuff”. Jones too had a sack, beating former WVU and Seneca Valley product Donny Barclay badly.
A cart was brought the sideline to take Pouncey to the locker room. It took the Packers just 10 plays, and an easy two-point conversion, to cover 80 yards and put the Steelers behind 8-0. You just hate to see it in the preseason because it doesn’t count for anything.
Pittsburgh are still shielding their starters for a majority of games at this point, so expect quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and others featuring in their offensive line to only play for limited minutes today. Upon catching a pass from Aaron Rodgers, Nelson came down to the ground awkwardly after not receiving any contact from the defender. Do the Packers have the depth to replace him without a drop in production? If he’s unable to play in the regular season Thursday night opener against the New England Patriots, Cam Thomas might be the player who starts in his place.
Green Bay second-string quarterback Scott Tolzien completed 11 of 19 passes for 102 yards and a 21-yard score to Richard Rodgers late in the first half. The third-round draft pick out of Stanford has impressed during training camp. The stars remain every bit as fantasy valuable as they were yesterday. He had 91 catches for 1287 yards and 12 touchdowns last season.
Guard TJ Lang suffered a possible concussion in the game and rookie DB Damarious Randall got nicked up but came back in the game. Landry Jones fired touchdown passes of 22 yards to Tyler Murphy and 20 yards to Shakim Phillips in the 4th quarter to lead the Pittsburgh comeback at home. With Cobb now the senior member of a suddenly green wide receiver corps.
Stephon Tuitt also left with an ankle injury, but it looks like he might have escaped with a more minor one.
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“It’s one of those things where, it’s early enough in the year where you can maybe try to reformulate some plans and make some adjustments”, veteran fullback John Kuhn said of the possible loss of Nelson.
