NYT-1201: STATE OF THE ART A Thermostat That's Clever, Not ...
NYT-1201: STATE OF THE ART A Thermostat That's Clever, Not ...
NYT-1201: STATE OF THE ART A Thermostat That's Clever, Not ...
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Sneaking Up on Defenses, Until He's Past Them ... B<br />
y PAT BORZI<br />
Two weeks ago, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers o<br />
ffered a theory on why receiver Jordy Nelson wasn'<br />
t drawing double coverage: because Nelson is white.<br />
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GREEN BAY — Eleven games into his breakout season,<br />
Green Bay Packers receiver Jordy Nelson did not n<br />
eed a calculator or even his fingers to count the<br />
number of times that he had faced double coverage<br />
this year.<br />
"I would say never," he said this week. "<strong>Not</strong> that I<br />
know of."<br />
It seems improbable. Nelson, remember, had nine ca<br />
tches for 140 yards and a touchdown in Green Bay’s<br />
Super Bowl victory last season. His 21 postseason<br />
catches earned him a share of the franchise recor<br />
d with Greg Jennings. This season, Nelson has deve<br />
loped into a serious threat for the undefeated Pac<br />
kers, with more receiving touchdowns (nine) than i<br />
n his previous three seasons combined (six). Two h<br />
ave gone for more than 80 yards.<br />
So why are opposing defenses not focusing on him mo<br />
re?<br />
Two weeks ago, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers o<br />
ffered a frank theory on his Tuesday afternoon rad<br />
io show: because Nelson is white.<br />
Rodgers recounted a conversation he had with Packe<br />
rs cornerback Charles Woodson, who is black, after<br />
Nelson’s two touchdown catches in a 45-7 win over<br />
Minnesota on Nov. 14.<br />
"I was talking to Wood in the fourth quarter and h<br />
e said: ‘When you see Jordy out there, you think,<br />
oh well, he’s a white wide receiver. He won’t be v<br />
ery athletic,’ " Rodgers said on his radio show. "<br />
But Jordy sort of breaks all those stereotypes. I’