GREEN BAY – Jordy Nelson wanted nothing more than to be on the practice field Tuesday, cutting and running routes like the rest of the Packers’ healthy receivers.
Instead, his workout was mostly limited to stretching and running “routes on air” independently in lieu of on-field action during the first public practice of organized team activities.
While Nelson’s surgically repaired knee feels good to go, he understands the team’s reluctance to push him out of the recovery nest. They don’t hand out Lombardi trophies in May. It’s about making sure he’s 100 percent when it counts.