Tsis yog Qhov Tshwj Xeeb? Green Bay Packers Nqa Rov Qab Rov Qab Ace Keisean Nixon

Xyoo 1996, Desmond Howard tau los ua ib tus txiv neej rov qab zoo tshaj plaws hauv Green Bay keeb kwm thiab pab Packers yeej Super Bowl XXXI. Tom qab ntawd thaum lub koom haum fere ntaus, Howard bolted rau Oakland Raiders.

Cov Packers tau ua kom qhov qub tsis tshwm sim nrog rov qab ace Keisean Nixon lub caij so no.

Raws li ntau daim ntawv tshaj tawm, Nixon thiab Packers tau pom zoo rau daim ntawv cog lus ib xyoos muaj nqis txog $ 6 lab.

Ntawm cov neeg ua si nrog tsawg kawg 20 kickoff rov qab rau lub caij dhau los, Nixon yog thawj zaug hauv pab koomtes nrog qhov nruab nrab ntawm 28.8 yards ib zaug rov qab los. Nws kuj tau coj cov pab koomtes hauv kev ncaws pob rov qab ntawm 50-ntxiv yards (tsib) thiab 30-ntxiv yards (11), thiab muaj cov pab koomtes-ua 1,009 yards ntawm kickoff rov qab.

Nixon tau raug hu ua Associated Press 'All-Pro kick returner, thawj tus neeg ua si Packer tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawd.

"Txhua lub sijhawm koj muaj tus neeg rov qab los uas muaj peev xwm nqa mus rau hauv tsev, uas ua rau muaj zog rau cov txiv neej thaiv rau nws," Green Bay tus kws qhia Matt LaFleur tau hais lig rau xyoo 2022. "Cov txiv neej no tau ua haujlwm zoo heev thiab kuv xav tias tam sim no, nws tau ntev los lawm, tab sis peb muaj kev hem thawj raug cai txhua lub sijhawm qee tus neeg yuav tsum ncaws tawm rau peb."

Qhov sib ntxiv ntawm Nixon pab Green Bay dhia ntawm 32^nd rau 22^nd nyob rau hauv Rick Gosselin cov pab pawg tshwj xeeb txhua xyoo. Amazingly, Nixon tsis tau muaj lub sijhawm los pib rov qab ncaws pob kom txog thaum Lub Limtiam 6 thaum Packers thaum kawg tau tso tseg rau qhov kev xaiv thib peb ntawm Amari Rodgers.

Nixon tom qab ntawd ua qhov feem ntau ntawm nws cov cib fim, qhia txog 105-yard touchdown rov qab los tawm tsam Minnesota thiab 93-yarder tawm tsam Miami.

"Lub sijhawm ntev ntawm no, thiab kuv tsis txhais hais tias qhov no yog kev saib tsis taus, tab sis nws tsuas yog qhov tseeb xwb, ntev ntev thaum lub pob ntawd nce saum huab cua ntawm kev ncaws pob, kuv xav tias, 'Nyob hauv. Nyob hauv. Tsis txhob coj nws tawm,' ” quarterback Aaron Rodgers tau hais lig rau lub caij 2022. “Vim tias tsis muaj ntau yam zoo tshwm sim. Tab sis kuv ib txwm qhia (Nixon) thaum nws tab tom yuav tawm mus, 'Cia li tawm mus. Nqa qhov ntawd tawm.'

"Tsuas yog vim nws nqa cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo ntxiv rau peb pab pawg ncaws pob thiab koj tuaj yeem (yeej) nrog cov txiv neej zoo li ntawd, cov txiv neej uas mob siab rau nws, cov txiv neej tawv thiab cov txiv neej uas ua si loj. Nws yog hom neeg ua si uas kuv xav tias kuv xav tau dhau ntawm kuv txoj haujlwm vim tias koj xav tias zoo tiag tiag mus sib ntaus sib tua nrog tus txiv neej zoo li ntawd. "

Nixon qhov tshwm sim yog qhov kev xav tsis thoob loj tshaj plaws hauv Green Bay qhov kev poob siab 2022 kev sib tw.

Nixon tau muaj ob peb qhov kev ncaws pob rov qab thaum ua si ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab hauv Arizona Western Community College. Tab sis txawm hais tias nws 4.42 ceev hauv 40-yard khiav ceev, Nixon tsis ua ib qho rov qab los ntawm nws ob lub caij sib tw zaum kawg ntawm South Carolina.

Nixon rov qab rau kev ncaws pob thaum nws thawj ob xyoos nrog Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders, tab sis qhov nruab nrab tsuas yog 14.0 yards ib qho rov qab los. Thaum Green Bay ntiav pab pawg tshwj xeeb tus neeg saib xyuas Rich Bissacia hauv 2022 lub caij so, nws tau hais kom ntxiv Nixon rau hauv daim ntawv teev npe - tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov loj los pab txhim kho Green Bay cov kev pab them nqi kho mob.

Hloov chaw, Nixon yog cov khoom muaj nqis zais uas tau hloov pauv Green Bay txoj hauv kev mus rau pab pawg tshwj xeeb.

"Yog lawm, zoo siab heev rau txoj kev uas nws ... yeej teb rau cov cib fim muab rau nws," Packers tus thawj tswj hwm Brian Gutekunst tau hais txog Nixon. "Zoo meej tsis muaj ib tus ntawm peb paub tias tus neeg rov qab los yuav zoo li cas thiab qhov ntawd yog ib qho kev xav tsis thoob thiab dua, thaum lub sijhawm los, nws tsuas yog txaus siab rau qhov nws tau tawm tsam nws."

Tam sim no, nws tseem yuav tawm tsam nws hauv Green Bay khaub ncaws rau tsawg kawg ib lub caij ntxiv.