02-17-2023, 12:51 PM
Throwing it out there... but should the Bengals target Keisean Nixon of the Packers as a free agent upgrade?
The Packers picked him up off the scrap heap, gave him a tiny contract, and played Amari Rodgers over him for 4-6 weeks. Once Keisean finally got a chance and they cut Rodgers after a million fumbles.... Keisean became an absolute game changer for their team, and was a difference maker in their season turnaround.
If you saw any of the games once he started playing, he was absolutely ELECTRIC!!! Personally, had not seen anyone like him since Devin Hester.
Also... Snoop Doggs nephew.
Aaron Rodgers also acknowledged... he never had anything like Nixon his entire career, "He is the type of player I wish I had over the course of my career because you feel real good going to battle with a guy like that,” Rodgers said in a press conference after the Packers win over the Bears in Week 13.
Per ESPN on the Packers bringing him back: "What they need: To re-sign Nixon. He’s headed for a much bigger payday than his $965,000 minimum salary from last season, when he was named first-team All-Pro as a kick returner, but he’s worth it."
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Per PFF, "He regularly set the Packers up in great field position, and like all great returners, it felt like he could score anytime the ball was in his hands."
Nixon, who thrived for the Packers as a kickoff returner, tallied 35 kickoff returns for 1,009 yards and one touchdown that he returned 105 yards. His 1,009 kickoff return yards was the most in the NFL regular season.
For his performance as a kickoff returner, Nixon was named a first-team All-Pro as a kickoff returner by the Associated Press on Jan. 13. He also was named to the Pro Football Focus All-Pro team.
In addition to his stats as a kickoff returner, Nixon also saw time on the field on the Packers’ defense and he would total 23 tackles, force one fumble, intercept one pass and breakup two.
His best game statistically as a kickoff returner, other than returning the kickoff for a touchdown versus the Vikings in Week 17, would come in Week 12 against the Eagles when he tallied five kickoff returns for 172 yards. In the Packers’ loss to the Eagles, Nixon would also record three tackles including one tackle for loss.
The Packers picked him up off the scrap heap, gave him a tiny contract, and played Amari Rodgers over him for 4-6 weeks. Once Keisean finally got a chance and they cut Rodgers after a million fumbles.... Keisean became an absolute game changer for their team, and was a difference maker in their season turnaround.
If you saw any of the games once he started playing, he was absolutely ELECTRIC!!! Personally, had not seen anyone like him since Devin Hester.
Also... Snoop Doggs nephew.
Aaron Rodgers also acknowledged... he never had anything like Nixon his entire career, "He is the type of player I wish I had over the course of my career because you feel real good going to battle with a guy like that,” Rodgers said in a press conference after the Packers win over the Bears in Week 13.
Per ESPN on the Packers bringing him back: "What they need: To re-sign Nixon. He’s headed for a much bigger payday than his $965,000 minimum salary from last season, when he was named first-team All-Pro as a kick returner, but he’s worth it."
Per PFF, "He regularly set the Packers up in great field position, and like all great returners, it felt like he could score anytime the ball was in his hands."
Nixon, who thrived for the Packers as a kickoff returner, tallied 35 kickoff returns for 1,009 yards and one touchdown that he returned 105 yards. His 1,009 kickoff return yards was the most in the NFL regular season.
For his performance as a kickoff returner, Nixon was named a first-team All-Pro as a kickoff returner by the Associated Press on Jan. 13. He also was named to the Pro Football Focus All-Pro team.
In addition to his stats as a kickoff returner, Nixon also saw time on the field on the Packers’ defense and he would total 23 tackles, force one fumble, intercept one pass and breakup two.
His best game statistically as a kickoff returner, other than returning the kickoff for a touchdown versus the Vikings in Week 17, would come in Week 12 against the Eagles when he tallied five kickoff returns for 172 yards. In the Packers’ loss to the Eagles, Nixon would also record three tackles including one tackle for loss.
-- WHO DEY THINK GONNA BEAT DEM BENGALS!! --
