quarterback Aaron Rodgers recently http://www.packerslockerroom.com/authentic-ray-nitschke-jersey , but one former teammate is coming to Rodgers’ defense.Jordy Nelson, who spent a decade with Rodgers in Green Bay, took issue with former teammates Greg Jennings and Jermichael Finley criticizing Rodgers, as well as with ex-Packer Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila saying that Rodgers changed as a person when he became famous.“I think if you look, there’s two guys — now three [with Gbaja-Biamilia] — saying it, compared to the hundreds that are saying the opposite. It doesn’t make sense,” Nelson told ESPN Wisconsin. “I think it’s comical when I read those comments.”Nelson suggested that the former teammates want to get attention for themselves by bad-mouthing Rodgers.“Everyone knows negativity sells,” he said. “People don’t want to hear [the good]. People feel better about themselves when they hear bad things about other people. And that’s why that gets more pub. I mean Womens Lane Taylor Jersey , no one wants to hear that Aaron’s not only obviously a great quarterback but a great leader and does everything right. All right, there’s your story. What fun is that? So whenever they can, they go back to the well and get the same people to say the same stuff.”Nelson and Rodgers were close during their time in Green Bay, and it’s unsurprising that Nelson is sticking up for Rodgers now. The Packers legend is officially hanging up the cleats, calling it a career after 11 stellar years in the NFL.The Hoodie keeps breaking news about his former teammates. James Jones, the former Green Bay Packers receiver, was the first to have details of Aaron Rodgers’ new contract extension last summer. Now he is breaking news about another old teammate, Jordy Nelson.The Packers released Nelson last offseason due to a large scheduled salary cap hit in 2018. Like Jones did after leaving Green Bay a few seasons before http://www.packerslockerroom.com/authentic-clay-matthews-jersey , Nelson then signed a two-year contract with the Oakland Raiders, but only played there for one season before being released by his new team.However, unlike Jones — who returned to the Packers in 2015 before calling it a career, Nelson is apparently hanging up his cleats. Here’s Jones breaking the news:Nelson did reportedly draw some interest in recent weeks from a few teams and even took a free agent visit to talk with the Seattle Seahawks. However, it seems that he is ready to move on to the next phase of his life and focus on family and his off-the-field pursuits.We at Acme Packing Company thank Jordy for a stellar career, one which will undoubtedly land him in the Packers Hall of Fame in short order. Nelson caught 550 passes for 7,848 yards and 69 touchdowns in his ten-year Packers career. Those numbers put him fifth all-time in Packers history for yardage, third in receptions Geronimo Allison Jersey , and second to Don Hutson in receiving touchdowns. In addition, a 93-yard touchdown he caught in 2011 against the St. Louis Rams made him one of just nine Packers to ever have a play from scrimmage of 90 yards or more.Congratulations, Jordy, and may your endeavors after football be even more successful than your career in Green Bay was.