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Green Bay Packers 100: Fifth best receiver in franchise history

5. Antonio Freeman

Choosing the top-five wide receivers in Green Bay Packers history is a bit like sorting out the top-five bikini models in a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue in that there’s so much to choose from among a deep pool of very worthy candidates.

Settling on the fifth member of this prestigious group came down to choosing between current star wideout Jordy Nelson and another Packer fan-favorite from the recent past, Antonio Freeman.

One can argue that Nelson is the more physically-talented athlete whose season-long absence in 2015 proved to be even more disastrous than first anticipated in the immediate aftermath of his pre-season mishap.