Something as deflating as tearing your anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is something even opposing rival players in the NFL don't wish on each other. The strenuous path to recovery and the onslaught of roadblocks that secure an athlete's ultimate goal to getting back on the field is not only disheartening for the player, but could leave his team reeling as well.
That's the exact fate that struck the Packers in 2015 when wide receiver Jordy Nelson went down in a preseason contest in Pittsburgh. Although many things went wrong for the Packers in the regular season and can't all be attributed to the loss of Nelson, that definitely was a paramount ingredient to the stew of weekly frustration the Packers faced on offense.