Jordy Nelson is the most dangerous deep threat?

[B.BERSIN]

As per SI.

[Mol3m4n]

What makes him?

Two words:

Aaron Rodgers

[gettlemanjack]

What makes him?

Two words:

Aaron Rodgers

Chicken and the egg. Jordy Nelson is an All-Pro Top 4 WR in his own right. Dude is the real deal. That is why he is rightfully on the cover of SI

[gettlemanjack]

from that SI article:

"Big, strong and fast, he's perhaps the NFL's best deep threat and undoubtedly one of the league's best receivers, even though he hasn't always been recognized as such.

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says Vikings receiver Greg Jennings, who played alongside Nelson in Green Bay from 2008 through '12: "His physical skill set is second to none"

Fox Sports this week:

"Dynamic duo: Cobb, Nelson..."I wouldn't want any other guys than the guys we've got," Rodgers said... Of course Aaron Rodgers isn't going to say he'd rather have a different wide receiver duo than the one he has in Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb . But..the sincerity in his voice was that of a quarterback who truly meant it. ..."Those guys are premier players," Rodgers said.

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"I don't think we've done anything different this year than we have any other years," Nelson said.

"We've gotten more, definitely myself, gotten more targets. Target-wise is up, so that makes a huge difference." Nelson is on pace for more than 150 targets this season, significantly more than his previous career-high (from 2013) of 126 targets. Before last season, the most passes ever thrown Nelson's way in his first five years in Green Bay was 96. Cobb is on his way to nearly 117 targets this season, which would be more than his current career-high of 104 from 2012."

ESPN this week:

"(Packers WR Davante) Adams said: "Jordy is one of the best receivers in the game"...Few teams have gone the way of matching one cornerback on Nelson or Cobb all game long. This season, only the Miami Dolphins did it with Brent Grimes on Nelson, who still caught nine passes for 107 yards and a touchdown in the Week 6 victory."

New England Sports Network this week:

"Former NFL linebacker Brady Poppinga said Jordy Nelson of the Green Bay Packers is the best in the business, which might be surprising to those fixated on the likes of Calvin Johnson, A.J. Green and Demaryius Thomas.

Nelson isn’t just a product of the Packers’ system or Aaron Rodgers’ stellar quarterback play, according to Poppinga. The 29-year-old receiver does everything extremely well ... Poppinga recently broke down what makes Nelson the best in this video for FootballByFootball.com:"

http://www.footballbyfootball.com/column/fbf-breakdown-jordy-nelson

[gettlemanjack]

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Packers CB Sam Shields said (of Jordy): "He's right along with him (Calvin "Megatron" Johnson). Jordy can make the explosive plays. He'll catch it and go the long yard with it. It's no different."

The key for Nelson, he continues, is recognizing coverages instantly. He'll "convert" his route before the cornerback blinks.

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Safety/cornerback Micah Hyde puts Nelson "at the top" of his list. (Calvin) Johnson is much larger. Yet to Hyde, both are "nearly impossible to shut down."

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Tim Brown calls Nelson one of the NFL's greatest "actors." He'll fool corners, play to play, into thinking he's going deep. He won't bat his eyes — let alone flip his head around — until the last split-second. The back-shoulder throw from 10-12 yards may be defendable. Not at 18-20 yards, Brown said. "Any time you get a DB running that hard," Brown said, "he's thinking one thing and one thing only — 'this brother's taking me deep.'

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Many wideouts go vertical but can't make sharp left- and right-hand turns. They're not taking the 5-yarder into 19 yards, Brown said, not taking the 20-yarder 60 yards.

Nelson makes these turns; (Calvin) Johnson doesn't.

"And to be honest with you," Brown said, "I don't believe he can. That's not a knock on him. That's a physical inability. When you're wearing size 16 shoes, there's only so many turns you can make."

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"When you have a healthy Jordy and a healthy Aaron," Brown said, "it's a tough day at the office, a real tough day at the office."

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Nelson was a state champ in the 100, 200 and 400 meters. Yet Nelson is, well, Caucasian. ... "There aren't a lot of African-Americans with that size or speed (that Jordy has)," James Lofton said. "There just aren't a lot of players that have that size, are that fast and then can accentuate and move their body. It's one thing to have straight-line speed. That's nice. But to be able to contort your body, move it, is different."

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"That corner is kind of judging and waiting," Lofton said, "Jordy Nelson, you don't know if he's going to put the brakes on because he can legitimately run by you."

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in Lofton's heyday, the route tree was 0 through 9. When he last coached the Chargers in 2007, he had 57 routes. Who knows what Green Bay's total is?

"It's like a grocery store," Lofton said. "You'd go into the store to buy cereal and you'd buy Wheaties, Cheerios or Raisin Bran. You go in the cereal aisle now and you start staring at it and say, 'What are all these choices here?'"

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In Nelson's first three seasons, he averaged 3.33 targets per game. Since then, he's seeing 7.07 per game.

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As the Packers GM, Ted Thompson has never drafted a wide receiver above 6 feet 3 inches tall

“Everybody talks about the strongest arm, the guy who can throw the ball 75 yards in the air and the guys who run the fastest in the combine in a straight-line at the 40-yard dash,” Savage said. “There’s always so much more to the quarterback position and the wide receiver position."

[gettlemanjack]

SI Monday Morning QB, 11 days ago:

"When it comes to wide receiver royalty, you know the names. Calvin Johnson, Dez Bryant, Demaryius Thomas, A.J. Green. This season, Antonio Brown of the Steelers very much vaulted himself into that company. Make room for another name: Jordy Nelson. If I were filling out an All-Pro ballot right now, Brown and Nelson would get the nod (as the top 2 WRs in the NFL)

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Nelson has developed into a Larry Fitzgerald-esque player

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There may not be a better receiver in the NFL when it comes to reading coverages, adjusting and running routes precisely ... That game-within-a-game is how a player like Nelson creates the kind of space that more physically gifted receivers can struggle to get consistently.

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That’s the genius of his play: making the ridiculous mundane. Other players might be bigger and faster, possess longer arms and a bigger vertical leap, but no one is better at creating the room needed to make a play and then executing it

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Nelson served notice in 2011 when he had 1,263 yards and 15 touchdowns on 68 catches. He built on that with 1,314 yards and eight touchdowns on 85 catches in ’13. This season, with a possible showdown against Darrelle Revis of the Patriots in two weeks, Nelson is on pace for 96 catches for 1,597 yards and 14 touchdowns... It’s time to recognize Nelson as one of the elite."

[gettlemanjack]

Sporting News, 9 days ago

"Charles Woodson said, "When you see Jordy out there, you think, 'Oh well, he's a white wide receiver. He won’t be very athletic. But Jordy breaks all those stereotypes."

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here we are in 2014 and many are amazed Nelson, who's been a burner since elementary school, continues to dust defensive backs

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he was a national champion in the 400 meters for AAU as a 10-year-old. ... A four-time state champion in track his senior year in high school, Nelson set Kansas state records in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and he just missed state records in the 400 and the long jump.

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Nelson is really fast — just like he was three years ago; just like he has been his entire life. Don't let him sneak up on you."

[gettlemanjack]

NJ.com:

"somehow, when it comes to Green Bay Packers receiver Jordy Nelson, his name is rarely on the tip of the tongue for NFL fans when it comes to the best at his position. Something that is hard for Eagles ' cornerbacks to believe.

"I have no idea why," cornerback Bradley Fletcher said this week. "He's a total receiver."

[gettlemanjack]

Whatever that means!

Always trying to measure up like the little train that could.

speaking of measuring up, I'm surprised at how big Jordy Nelson is: same size as Larry Fitzgerald and bigger than Richard Sherman

6-4/207 - AJ Green

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6-3/230 - Andre Johnson

6-3/229 - Demaryius Thomas

6-3/225 - Josh Gordon

6-3/220 - Julio Jones

6-3/218 - Larry Fitzgerald

6-3/217 - Jordy Nelson <---------------

6-3/195 - Richard Sherman

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6-2/220 - Dez Bryant

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6-1/219 - Patrick Peterson

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5-11/198 - Darrelle Revis

5-11/195 - Joe Haden

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5-10/186 - Antonio Brown

[Hammerin'Cameron34]

Jordy Nelson without ARod is like Eric Decker without Peyton lol

[BuffaloBills62]

[t96]

Put Nelson on the Jets, Browns or Raiders or some other crap team and he gets less than 1000 yards. Put AJ Green, Julio, Megatron, Dez, Antonio Brown, Josh Gordon, prime Fitz, Brandon Marshall, prime Smitty, prime Andre, etc. and they'd go for 1300 plus no problem. If Jordy Nelson were to leave Rodgers he'd end up just like Greg Jennings. Because neither of them are very good.

[TheRed]

I don't think I would say "most dangerous deep threat", but you cannot deny the guys talent. Look at his numbers the last four seasons.

[TheRumGone]

Jordy Nelson without ARod is like Eric Decker without Peyton lol

 

not at all.

 

i dont think people realize how athletic jordy is because he's white. same with kuechly. all people talk about are his smarts but the dude was #1 overall linebacker in all tests at the combine. he is a freak.