NAPA – Jordy Nelson has lost a step. He must’ve, if the Green Bay Packers let him go. That’s the assumption, anyway. It’s also the easy thing to say, impossible to know without seeing him in action.
The 33-year old Raiders receiver doesn’t sweat that stuff, nor does he waste breath responding to it. Nelson’s as even keel as they come, sublimely insulated from outside chatter.
Derek Carr has heard the talk, and begs to differ.
“The thing that you hear about that he can’t run anymore, that’s false,” the franchise quarterback said. “I can tell you, he’s one of the fastest skill guys that we have still.