Green Bay Packers: Jordy Nelson’s top 10 moments
By Evan Siegel
8. Game-tying score against Falcons (Week 12, 2010)
The Packers had just won their fourth straight game against the Minnesota Vikings before heading to Atlanta to face their eventual playoff foe. In a rough, back and forth game with countless penalties and mistakes by both teams, the Packers managed to drive down the field to the Atlanta 10-yard line where they faced a fourth-and-goal.
Having just been set back by a false start on rookie Bryan Bulaga, the Packers had to find the end zone to tie the game inside the final minute. Aaron Rodgers managed to find plenty of room to escape to his left, and eventually found Nelson racing across the back of the end zone with his hand raised. Rodgers fired a dart into the corner of the end zone, where Nelson snared the ball and somehow got both feet inbounds for the tying score.
The Packers lost the game to a game-winning field goal on the ensuing possession, but it was one of Nelson’s most clutch plays as a Packer.
7. Pirouette score against Chargers (Week 9, 2011)
During their undefeated campaign in 2011, the Packers had to overcome an awful showing by their defense on the road and put up 45 points to escape with a win. Seven of them came on a ridiculous grab by Nelson in the right corner of the end zone. Covered perfectly on the play, Aaron Rodgers somehow found a place to put the ball on Nelson’s back shoulder.
Nelson, running a straight go-route to the end zone, managed to locate the ball behind his opposite shoulder and spin entirely around in order to get his hands on it. As if making the 360-degree move to snag the ball wasn’t good enough, Nelson spun back in the opposite direction in one motion and extended the ball over the goal line for a key touchdown.