The Green Bay Packers have had an incredible amount of talented wide receivers come through their organization. Somewhere on that list is Jordy Nelson. Nelson was with Green Bay from 2008-2017 (played with the Oakland Raiders in 2018).
Throughout his career he accumulated more than 600 receptions, 8,500 yards, and 72 touchdowns. His career was highlighted by the Packers’ Super Bowl XLV Victory during the 2010-2011 season.
Now Jordy is talking about the 2024 season.
Former Green Bay Packers Wide Receiver Makes Announcement Prior To The 2024 Season
According to Garrett Podell of CBS Sports:
Nelson, a Packers team Hall of Famer who ranks fourth in team history in catches (550) and third in receiving touchdowns (69), admires what McCarthy’s successor, Matt LaFleur, and Rodgers’ successor, Jordan Love, are putting together on offense in Green Bay.
Love’s 32 touchdown passes ranked second in the NFL behind only McCarthy’s Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Dak Prescott, in Love’s first year in place of Rodgers as the Packers full-time starting quarterback.
The 25-year-old quarterback broke Green Bay’s single-game playoff records for passer rating (157.2) and yards per pass attempt (13) in the Packers’ 48-32 NFC wild-card round win at McCarthy’s Cowboys this past season.
“It’s been fun to watch,” Nelson said on Cheesehead TV on Tuesday when asked about the new era of the Packers with head coach Matt LaFleur and quarterback Jordan Love. “I think it will continue to be fun to watch the development of these young players that they have gathered over the last, I’ll say handful of years if you will, and the confidence and consistency that they’re starting to play with.”
“I think that’s [confidence and consistency] really where you can separate yourself as a good player and a great player if you’re able to do it week in and week out,” Nelson said. “I’ve seen it throughout the league when I played and since: I think everyone can have a 350-yard passing game with four touchdowns.
Everyone can have that flash in the pan. A receiver can go for 150 and two touchdowns, but are you able to consistently do it week in and week out and string it together year in and year out? I think that’s where you start separating yourself.”
🧀Spoken like a true Vet: Former #Packers WR Jordy Nelson thinks it’s great what the new-era Packers are doing–
but he wants to see them do it consistently before giving them their flowers. pic.twitter.com/GpFoVyjPwO
— CheeseheadTV 🧀 (@cheeseheadtv) June 25, 2024
The Super Bowl XLV champion has been retired for five seasons of now, but in 2024 he looks forward to watching the Packers on Sundays even more. Nelson plans to be in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in Week 1 of the upcoming season to see the Packers play the Philadelphia Eagles.
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