GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The list is literally called the “Will Not Dress” list. And when the 8½- by 11-inch sheets of paper were distributed Thursday night, Jordy Nelson's name was most definitely on it.
And yet, there was Nelson, all decked out in his Green Bay Packers uniform -- helmet, shoulder pads, the whole shebang -- taking part in the team’s pregame warm-ups before Thursday night’s preseason tilt against the Oakland Raiders.
Yes, in the NFL preseason, oftentimes the story is as much about who didn’t play as who did.