Keisean Nixon tau dhau los ua ib qho ntawm Green Bay's Packers' Cov Dab Neeg Cinderella loj tshaj plaws hauv xyoo

Desmond Howard NW nyuam qhuav ua Green Bay Packers '53-txiv neej roster nyob rau hauv 1996. Tsib lub hlis tom qab, nws tau raug hu ua MVP ntawm Super Bowl XXXI.

Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila ua si hauv tsib qhov kev ua si ua tus neeg tshiab hauv xyoo 2000 thiab pom ob peb lub cim ntawm kev ua tus thawj coj hla dhau. Ib xyoos tom qab, KGB ua tiav plaub hauv NFL nrog 13.5 sacks.

Hauv 2007, khiav rov qab Ryan Grant tau faus rau ntawm lub rooj ntev zaum thawj ob lub hlis ntawm lub caij. Tom qab ntawd hauv qhov kawg cuaj qhov kev ua si, nws tau khiav rau 929 yards thiab yim touchdowns thiab pab txhawb nqa Packers rau NFC Championship Game.

Thiab nyob rau hauv 2021, Rasul Douglas tau zaum ntawm Arizona pab tub rog xyaum ib hlis rau lub caij. Amazingly, Douglas ua tiav lub xyoo nrog tsib kev cuam tshuam rau Green Bay, coj ob qho ntawm lawv rov qab rau kev sib tw thiab tau raug hu ua Pro Bowl hloov.

Lub quartet ntawd nyob rau ntawm Packers 'zoo tshaj plaws Cinderella dab neeg ntawm lub quarter dhau los. Thiab tam sim no lawv muaj tuam txhab.

Nyob rau hauv ib qho kev txav uas nyuam qhuav tau ua ib qho blip ntawm NFL lub caij nyoog radar screen, Packers tau kos npe rau lub kaum sab xis Keisean Nixon thaum Lub Peb Hlis 26, 2022. Nixon tau siv peb lub caij nyoog uas tsis tau piav qhia ntau nrog Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders, qhov uas nws tau pib ob zaug thiab muaj 38 txoj haujlwm sib tw - suav nrog 18 ntawm pab pawg tshwj xeeb.

Niaj hnub no, Nixon yog qhov txaus ntshai tshaj plaws ncaws tawm rov qab hauv NFL. Thiab nws tau ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev tig Green Bay cov pab pawg tshwj xeeb los ntawm cov pab koomtes thoob plaws lub luag haujlwm rau ib chav uas muaj peev xwm pab Packers yeej kev ncaws pob.

"Txhua yam koj tsis suav rau: Keisean Nixon," Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers tau hais. "Kuv paub tias nws muaj peev xwm, tab sis tej zaum tsis pom game-breaker."

Tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb ntawm Nixon.

Qhov piv txwv zaum kawg no tuaj thaum Packers '41-17 kev puas tsuaj ntawm Minnesota hnub Sunday tav su. Nrog Green Bay taug qab, 3-0, thaum ntxov, Nixon rov qab ncaws tawm 105 yards rau kev sib tw.

Nws yog Packers thawj zaug rov qab mus rau TD txij li Lub Ob Hlis 1, 2011, thaum Randall Cobb muaj 108-yard rov qab los rau qhov qhab nia tawm tsam New Orleans. Thiab nws tau hloov pauv tag nrho hauv qhov yuav tsum-yeej kev ua si rau Green Bay.

"Txhua lub sijhawm uas koj muaj tus neeg rov qab los uas muaj peev xwm nqa nws mus rau hauv tsev, uas ua rau cov neeg tuaj yeem cuam tshuam rau nws," Green Bay tus kws qhia Matt LaFleur tau hais. "Cov txiv neej no tau ua txoj 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 ib tus neeg yuav tsum ncaws tawm rau peb."

Tub, ua lawv puas tau.

Nixon muaj qhov rov qab ntau dua li txhua tus neeg ncaws pob hauv kev ncaws pob nrog 930. Nws yog qhov nruab nrab NFL-zoo tshaj 30.0 yards ib qho rov qab.

Nixon coj cov pab koomtes nrog tsib kickoff rov qab ntawm 50-ntxiv yards - thiab tsis muaj lwm tus neeg uas ua ntawv muaj ntau tshaj ob. Qhov ntawd kuj yog qhov feem ntau 50-yard rov qab los ntawm Packer txij li Allen Rossum hauv 2000 thiab feem ntau los ntawm NFL player txij li New York Jets wideout Andre Roberts hauv 2018 (rau).

Thiab tej zaum qhov craziest ib feem ntawm Nixon zaj dab neeg rags-rau-nplua nuj yog nws tsis muaj sijhawm los qhia nws cov txuj ci teeb tsa kom txog rau thaum Lub Limtiam 7.

Green Bay tau muab 2021 qhov thib peb qhov kev xaiv xaiv Amari Rodgers txhua lub sijhawm los ua nws tus txiv neej rov qab rau lub caij no. Tab sis thaum tus neeg taug kev Rodgers ua tsis tau zoo - thiab thaum kawg tau tso tawm thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 15 tom qab fumbling tsib zaug - Packers tig mus rau Nixon ntawm kev ncaws pob.

Niaj hnub no, Packer Nation yog npau taws heev nws tau siv sijhawm ntev.

Nixon coj cov pab koomtes nrog 10 kickoff rov qab ntawm 30-ntxiv yards, uas yog feem ntau los ntawm Packer txij li xyoo 2000. Ob lub lis piam dhau los ib leeg, Nixon muaj 105-yard rov qab rau touchdown thiab 93-yard rov qab (vs. Miami).

Thiab Nixon tau coj kev txhoj puab heev, tawm tsam rau ib chav tsev uas tsuas yog sim ua kom tsis muaj kev lav phib xaub rau ntau xyoo tam sim no.

"Koj yeej tsis paub dab tsi tshwm sim rau cov neeg ua haujlwm, cov khoom zoo li ntawd," Nixon hais tias yog vim li cas nws thiaj li siv sijhawm ib nrab lub caij ua ntej nws tau txais lub sijhawm rov qab ncaws. “Kuv tsuas yog tos kuv lub sijhawm. Nws yog kuv lub sijhawm. "

Tiag tiag, tsis muaj dab tsi los ntawm Nixon yav dhau los los qhia tias nws tuaj yeem yog tus txiv neej rov qab los no.

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 Raiders, tab sis qhov nruab nrab tsuas yog 14.0 yards ib zaug rov qab los. Thaum Green Bay ntiav pab pawg tshwj xeeb tus neeg saib xyuas Rich Bissacia lub caij nyoog kawg, nws tau hais kom ntxiv Nixon rau hauv daim ntawv teev npe - tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov tseem ceeb los pab txhim kho Green Bay cov kev pab them nqi kho mob.

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

"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. Don 'tsis coj nws tawm,' ”Rodgers hais. “Vim tias tsis muaj ntau yam zoo tshwm sim. Tab sis kuv ib txwm hais rau Kei 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. "

Cov Packers tsis xav tias lawv yuav muaj Nixon rau lawv kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog Minnesota.

Nixon raug mob pob txha tawm tsam Miami hauv Lub Limtiam 16, thiab tom qab hnub Friday qhov kev coj ua, nws tsis zoo li Nixon yuav raug tshem tawm mus ntsib Vikings.

Tab sis tom qab so txhua hnub Saturday, Nixon zoo siab rau hnub Sunday thaum sawv ntxov thiab tau xa nws cov kws qhia, "Kuv zoo li Ferrari."

Thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov zoo li Nixon zoo li ntawm nws qhov ntev touchdown rov qab los.

Green Bay qhov thaiv ntawm Nixon lub touchdown yog qhov zoo. Nixon tua nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub teb, ua rau kicker Greg Joseph nco, ces outran tag nrho cov Vikings mus rau qhov kawg.

Nixon tau hais tias "Kuv tsis tau ua dab tsi tab sis ua rau tus neeg ncaws pob nco," Nixon tau hais. “Kuv nyuam qhuav khiav ncaj thiab cov txiv neej thaiv lawv lub nroog Yeiuxalees. Paub qhov kuv hais. Tsuas yog tau muab nqi zog rau lawv. "

Nixon yeej tau muab nqi zog rau Packers ob lub hlis tas los no.

Thiab nyob rau hauv tus txheej txheem, nws tau dhau los ua ib qho ntawm Green Bay qhov zoo tshaj plaws Cinderella dab neeg ntawm 25 xyoo dhau los.