Jordy Nelson would stand on the field and catch footballs. No running. Absolutely no cutting. Just pitch and catch with the backup quarterback.
It was his pregame routine down the stretch this season. Nelson, out with a torn ACL, started traveling to road games when the Green Bay Packers visited the Minnesota Vikings in late November. On their next road trip, Scott Tolzien asked if he could toss Nelson a few “spot” throws.
“He would tell me what route he wanted,” Nelson said, “and I would go stand where that route would end. So I wasn’t trying to do anything crazy. I didn’t even run out there, even though I could. Just playing catch, pretty much. He was more going through his reads, and I would just be where I would end up on a route.”
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