In March, Jordy Nelson retired from the NFL. However, he could be talked out of it if Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers asks him to return to the field.
“It would probably be hard to say no,” Nelson told NBC Sports’ Dan Patrick when asked about the hypothetical scenario.
As far as we know, Rodgers has not asked Nelson if he would be interested in coming back to football to play for the Packers once again. It’s also not clear if the Packers would have interest in Nelson, though they have a need at the position after losing Randall Cobb to the Cowboys in free agency.
Nelson, 34 in May, spent his entire career with the Packers until he was released by the club in March of 2018. After that, he hooked on with the Raiders, where he had 63 catches for 739 yards in his lone season in silver and black.
For his career, Nelson has more than 8,500 receiving yards, 72 touchdowns, and a Super Bowl ring to his credit. If the Packers would be interested in having him back, he could add to those totals in 2019.
lol
Sounding like gronk
Come join the Chiefs and catch passes from Patrick Mahomes; it would be great to have you in KC!
Wouldn’t fit in. He doesn’t hit women nor does he hit kids.
Well yeah. Hes white.
Wow?!?!
I don’t understand all the posturing. Obviously Nelson still has the itch to play and made it clear he wants to return to the Packers. Packers should offer him a contract to fill the void left by Cobb. The only hold up could be the $ and pride associated with taking a serious pay cut. At the end of the day, I see a deal getting done and Nelson riding off into the sunset with a slightly above league average year.
LOL, GB made the correct call not bringing him back in 2018 because he is done. why would they offer him anything? he retired because not one of the 32 teams were interested
I believe there were at least 3 teams who were quite interested in him, the Patriots being one of them. Despite his age, his advanced route running helps mitigate some of his drop-offs elsewhere (speed, for example). He was still fairly productive last year and could help quite a few teams.
maybe think a bit before you retire…
type b4 u think?
hope he comes back and show the g.m. it was stupid to let him go by catching 1,000 yard, again. and people say you had a down year? nobody throws like aaron!
Somewhere Brett Favre is thinking “Hey wait a minute, I throw like Aaron….maybe I should come out of retirement too!”
Favre was great but not as accurate as rodgers is.
Come to the Ravens and block downfield for Lamar and Ingram while they scamper about.