Fresh off leading Green Bay in every major receiving category, the veteran receiver sat out of the Sunday’s thrilling 34-31 win over the No. 1 seed Cowboys due to the rib injury he sustained a week earlier against the New York Giants.
It was a helpless feeling Nelson was all too familiar with when he missed the entire 2015 campaign after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.
“Unfortunately I’ve experienced it too much in the last year, so I kind of know how to deal with it, but it was hard,” Nelson said.
“It was a great game, loved watching those guys play and the way they performed, different guys stepping up at different times and just making plays across the board.