When the Green Bay Packers face the Atlanta Falcons it appears they will do so without No. 1 receiver Jordy Nelson.
Nelson has been given a chance to play in the NFC Championship game, but it is only a slight chance, according to Rob Demovsky.
The source reiterated what ESPN reported last week that Nelson did not sustain any major internal injuries but added that it would still be difficult for Nelson to play just two weeks after he broke ribs. In fact, the source said that most players would have little or no chance to play that soon after such an injury but that “Nelson is different than most players.”
Nelson was initially supposed to practice last Saturday and if he made it through that, he would have been given a chance to play on Sunday. Instead, the Packers ended up ruling Nelson out on Friday.
In the end, it didn’t much matter. The Packers’ offense still managed to put up 34 points and Aaron Rodgers still managed to throw for 356 yards.
And sure, we’d love to have Jordy Nelson back this week, but the Packers can still function without him. Hopefully, there will be one more game this year and Nelson will return for that one.