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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’

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