GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – New York Jets coach Rex Ryan paid the Packers’ Jordy Nelson perhaps the highest compliment that a wideout can receive.
It’s hard to top the career-high 209 yards receiving that Nelson amassed against the Jets.
Nelson’s 80-yard touchdown catch put his team up for good late in the third quarter and New York’s last foray into Packers territory fizzled in the fourth in Green Bay’s 31-24 win Sunday that completed a comeback from an 18-point deficit.
“They deserved the game. They made the plays when it counted,” Jets coach Rex Ryan said. “That one kid was (Hall of Fame receiver) Jerry Rice out there today.”
Not even the return of New York’s top cornerback, Dee Milliner, could help Ryan’s secondary. Nelson beat Milliner with a double move on an out-and-up route for his long score.