Jordy Nelson‘s free agent tour is underway. The former Raiders and Packers receiver is set to visit the Seahawks on Tuesday, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets.
Aside from the Seahawks, Nelson has also drawn interest from the Patriots, Titans, and Chiefs, according to Schefter. The Raiders, who released Nelson last week, may also have interest in bringing him back on a lesser deal.
Nelson, 34 in May, wasn’t in top form last season, but he did show that he can still play. Last year, he averaged 12.2 yards per reception while catching balls from Derek Carr. That was a step up from 2017, when he averaged a career-low 9.1 yards per reception when he was mostly catching passes from quarterbacks that were not named Aaron Rodgers. All in all, Nelson had 63 grabs for 739 yards and three touchdowns last season.
The former second-round pick and Super Bowl hero caught 97 passes for 1,257 yards and 14 TDs during his last full season with Rodgers.
Patriots or Green Bay
Clearly not going to GB
Pats make a lot of sense, but he might price himself outta going to what looks like the super bowl fav for the AFC with Pitt dealing brown, KC losing hunt and now hill. Plenty of sleepers out there but not much experience.
The Patriots already have the leagues oldest roster so unless they plan to become a remake of George Allen’s “over the hill gang” adding a 34 yr old WR makes little sense at all.
Or you could instead say: “the Patriots already have the oldest roster so what’s the downside of adding another 34 yr old WR if he can contribute?”
I think most GMs are aware of the downside of getting older and slower which is why they prefer to go in the opposite direction.
The Chiefs didn’t get rid of Hill because Hill isn’t in trouble. Hill wasn’t named in the police report.