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- Updated: July 26, 2016
5:28 PM ET
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jordy Nelson may very well be ready for the Green Bay Packers’ regular-season opener at Jacksonville — or perhaps sooner — even though he experienced what he called “a hiccup” with his left knee while rehabbing his torn right ACL.
Jordy Nelson was impressed with the way training camp started saying it was the “best offensive practice I’ve seen Day 1 in all my years playing football.” AP Photo/Matt Ludtke
If the Packers have to play a meaningful game or two without their Pro Bowl receiver, early indications suggest they’ll be better off than they were last year, when Nelson’s absence crippled Aaron Rodgers’ ability to throw deep.
The reason(s): Randall Cobb, Davante Adams, Jeff Janis, Jared Abbrederis, Trevor Davis, Eddie Lacy and eventually Jared Cook and Ty Montgomery.
Anyone who watched Tuesday’s opening practice of training camp should have come away impressed with the Packers’ offense, even considering it was a non-padded workout.
Nelson sure was.
“I told some of the guys this is the best offensive practice I’ve seen Day 1 in all my years playing football,” Nelson said.
To be sure, the Packers need Nelson to return to his pre-ACL …
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