Before the start of last season, Jordy Nelson discussed a potential Packers return with Aaron Rodgers (via Jason Wilde of the Wisconsin State Journal). However, with the 2020 season on the horizon, the wide receiver insists he’s happy in retirement. 
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“We’re not coming back,” Nelson recently told Jason Wilde of the Wisconsin State Journal. “There’s no doubt about that. We’re done.”
Nelson, 35 in May, was released in March of 2018. After that, he hooked on with the Raiders, where he had 63 catches for 739 yards in his lone season in silver and black. The Raiders dropped Nelson last March and, two weeks later, he announced his retirement. Somewhere in that timeframe, Rodgers and Nelson chatted about un-retirement, but it sounds like the Packers front office wasn’t on board.
“I don’t know how serious they got, just because there’s only so much control that we had over it. There’s other people in the organization who make those decisions.” Nelson said. “So I wasn’t going to dive into a hardcore conversation unless I knew there was a chance to come back. I think [Rodgers] knew deep down that if there was an opportunity right after Oakland, I probably would have [returned]. But obviously it’s not up to us.”
Over the course of his career, Nelson snagged 8,500 receiving yards, 72 touchdowns, and a Super Bowl ring. He wasn’t in top form with Oakland, but he still managed 12.2 yards per catch, up from his career-low 9.1 average in his final Packers season.
Nelson admits that he had the itch to play football over golf last year, but he says he’s sticking with retirement.
Chicken soup?
Definitely. Cream of Mushroom soup is also nice.
Little bit of lemon juice in my chicken soup makes a big difference. I throw some jalepenos in there as well.
But yeah,
Cream of mushroom is a must have in any pantry. Especially during those early winter nights.
No matter what soup you choose to go with, it must included a heaping dose of Tapatio sauce.
Packers not getting Rodgers weapons and boxing a Jordy Nelson is painful to watch.
Watching people believe Rodgers is even close to what he was five years ago is more painful.
We realize he’s not as good as he was 5 years ago you nitwit. Thats why so many of us were clamoring for the team to get him some weapons the last couple years.
But hes still better than michelle Trubisky.
How does Nelson only have one pro-bowl nomination? Was nabbing 15 and 14 touchdowns in 2011 and 2016 not good enough? What a joke…
He was always unrated had 4 years topping 1200 yards and would of had a couple more if not for those two nasty injuries
He’s always been one of my favorite receivers. He reminds me of Hines Ward. Not a particularly flashy athlete, but a hard-nosed grinder with a penchant for reaching the endzone
I’ll tell you what, he dropped off in a heart-beat. I was shocked when the Packers released him.