Imagine if he'd been returning kicks all year.
That will undoubtedly be one of the biggest "what ifs" hanging over a disappointing 2022 campaign from the Green Bay Packers given the incredible job Keisean Nixon did once he was inserted into the role of kick and punt returner.
On Friday, Nixon was named a first team All-Pro for his explosive efforts as a kick returner. Nixon finished the season with a league-leading 1,009 yards on kickoff returns, despite not being asked to return kicks until the second half of the season.
Nixon's season featured a kickoff return of 105 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter of the Packers' 41-17 win over Minnesota, the first kickoff return TD by a Packer since Randall Cobb's in the 2011 opener vs.