{"id":4501,"date":"2013-08-06T14:42:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=4501"},"modified":"2013-08-06T14:53:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T18:53:47","slug":"jordy-nelson-has-knee-surgery-out-4-6-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/08\/06\/jordy-nelson-has-knee-surgery-out-4-6-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordy Nelson has knee surgery, out 4-6 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/08\/20130806-143834.jpg\" alt=\"20130806-143834.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><br \/>\nThe Week 1 status of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson is in doubt. On Monday Nelson underwent knee surgery and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the surgery was done in an attempt to correct an old nerve issue which has plagued Nelson since college.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers are expecting Nelson to be ready for their Week 1 game against the Saints.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Jordy Nelson underwent knee surgery Monday. Expected to be sidelined 4-to-6 weeks but doctors expect him to be ready for opener.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/statuses\/364789576209932290\">August 6, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last year Nelson missed four full games and was limited in others while dealing with hamstring and ankle issues.<\/p>\n<p>The news is obviously not good for the Packers who already have lost left tackle Bryan Bulaga to a torn ACL.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson, 28, has 117 catches for 2,008 yards and 22 touchdowns over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Week 1 status of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson is in doubt. On Monday Nelson underwent knee surgery and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. Reports indicate that the surgery was done in an attempt to correct an old nerve issue which has plagued Nelson since college. The Packers are expecting Nelson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[153,349],"coauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-jordy-nelson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4501"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}