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So I'm starting to think about Nelson as a WR3/Flex. He has 5 touch downs, but his yards are WR3/Flex numbers. Rodgers has not been playing great. Possibly receivers consistently not getting open? Take out the Detroit game and he's pedestrian. Particularly with how Green Bay is having success this game with Ty Montgomery and to a limited degree Randall Cobb. Without Lacy and if they continue their play style to rotate WRs and RBs in the backfield Nelson's numbers will continue to be mediocre. Am I wrong?

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full disclosure: i own nelson in 3 of my 4 leagues so i may be trying to talk myself into this, but...

 

even though the packers have had a fairly easy schedule thus far, if you look at the defensive matchups, they haven't been favorable to nelson:

 

-tracy porter's been keyed in on him tonight and i haven't seen much safety help on the other side of the field

 

-dallas defense does this to #1 WRs every game, kinda like the pats. look at the stats of odell, djax/garcon, alshon, and aj green when they played dallas

 

-janoris jenkins shadowed nelson week 5 iirc

 

-darius slay week 3

 

-vikings week 2 of course

 

-and the jags, maybe there's no good argument here but 1 out of 5, whatever

 

i think teams have gameplanned to stop nelson because adams and cobb were so awful last year, so they think, as long as we stop nelson, we'll stop this offense. and the packers recognize this and just don't bother throwing to him because adams is so wide open. at least he's on the field, if there were actually an issue with him i don't think they'd keep him on the field.

 

if they continue to prove they can win games with adams and cobb, eventually teams will stop putting extra resources on nelson, and then that'll open up more targets for him.

 

any other amateur analysts agree?

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