Jordy Nelson injury update: Receiver takes shot to ribs (Video)

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson took a nasty shot to the ribs and would have to leave the game against the New York Giants.

With freezing temperatures, the conditions for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers playoff game have been absolutely brutal as expected. Each hit delivered on the field has left the players gasping for air and has already taken out a couple players. First, it was Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie with a thigh bruise and then it was Packers receiver Jordy Nelson that took perhaps the most terrifying hit of all.

As Nelson was going up to catch a pass in the cold, veteran Leon Hall came flying in to deliver a hit to break the pass up. He connected right with Nelson’s ribs and the receiver went down in pain on the sideline immediately.

Even without the temperatures present, this is a hit that likely would have done some damage either way. Nelson was tended to by trainers and personnel on the sideline immediately and would leave the game.

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Some of the more dangerous hits on wide receivers come when they leave their feet to go up and catch a pass. Unfortunately for Nelson, he was left exposed for the hit and ended up bearing the brunt of what was left.

Playoff football brings out the most devastating hits from defenders and Hall came in to try and fill the shoes that Rodgers-Cromartie had left earlier in the game. Without Nelson on the field, Aaron Rodgers is losing his favorite target and one that consistently dices opposing secondaries up.