While the Detroit Lions star commiserates with the situation of the Green Bay Packers receiver, Quin believes that it was in Jordy Nelson’s fate to incur an injury this NFL season – regardless of the time, place and occasion.
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It’s just going to be a little different without Nelson, who was lost for the season with the right knee injury after jumping for a pass on the first series of the 24-19 loss to the Steelers on Sunday.
Green Bay’s Jordy Nelson caught 14 passes for 154 yards in two games against Seattle past year.
The knee injury Jordy Nelson suffered Sunday at Pittsburgh is season-ending, the Packers announced Monday afternoon.
If Tuitt’s injury would linger on and he would miss a couple of regular season games, the Steelers would be forced to turn to Thomas and they would be I trouble.
Nelson is also undoubtedly one of Rodgers favorite targets as he has averaged 10 touchdowns and 1,200 yards the last four seasons.
According to a report from ESPN staff reporter Dianna Marie Russini, the Packers are about to reach out to free agent wide receiver Reggie Wayne if an MRI findings confirms Jordy Nelson’s ACL tear.
Randall Cobb is expected to step into the number one receiver role.
This will be a critical week for less-experienced players to develop the rapport and earn the trust that Rodgers had with Nelson, who was going into his eighth year in the league.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – The shock of being out of the year has already worn off for Jordy Nelson.
The Packers have not said exactly what the injury is.
The Packers can certainly win games with Rodgers as a pocket quarterback, but they’re much more unsafe when Rodgers has full mobility. His replacement, Don Barclay, struggled against Pittsburgh as he comes back from his ACL tear that he suffered a year ago.
Winston limped off the field, done for the night, two plays after appearing to tweak his right ankle when he was sacked by Geno Atkins and Wallace Gilberry early in the second quarter. The Packers may contemplate those options, but the reality is Adams proved himself enough during his rookie season to give the organization confidence he can get the job done.
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And Glover Quin, the Lions’ NFLPA rep, said he could go either way, though his argument for shortening the preseason isn’t necessarily related to Nelson’s injury. “I don’t think you need four of them, but I think you definitely need games to see how people perform under the lights”.
