GREEN BAY, Wis. – It was nearly a year ago when Jeff Janis became a household name after an unlikely playoff performance. Since then, he has slipped off most people's radar.
A year later, however, could the Green Bay Packers backup receiver do something equally remarkable again?
Star receiver Jordy Nelson will miss Sunday’s NFC divisional-playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys because of the rib injury he sustained Sunday against the Giants. So someone in the Packers’ wide receiver room may have to do something out of the ordinary, as Janis did at Arizona in the divisional-round game last year, when the seldom-used receiver caught seven passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns, including a 41-yard Hail Mary to force overtime.