UPDATE (Monday, Jan. 9 at 6:40 p.m. ET): NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport has the latest report on Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson’s injury, and it’s not good.
#Packers WR Jordy Nelson suffered at least two fractured ribs in the win over #Giants, sources say. Will take an incredible effort to play.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 9, 2017
ORIGINAL STORY: The Green Bay Packers will be without one of their best players for the remainder of Sunday’s NFC Wild Card game at Lambeau Field.
No. 1 wide receiver Jordy Nelson hurt his ribs during the first half, and the team later announced he would not return.
Jordy Nelson is being carted to the locker room #NYGvsGB
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) January 8, 2017
WR Jordy Nelson (ribs) is out for the game #NYGvsGB
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) January 8, 2017
Nelson, who missed all of last season with a torn ACL, did not tally a single catch Sunday before leaving the game.
Randall Cobb and Davante Adams will need to shoulder the load offensively from the wide receiver position in Nelson’s absence. Cobb caught a 42-yard touchdown on a Hail Mary pass to end the first half, and he caught another score in the third quarter.
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