Will Carter Bowl

Oct. 5, 2009

The night before a huge matchup with Aaron, Conor completed more trades than he may have ever made since. In desperate need of a WR for his Sunday lineup, he traded off Oakland’s Michael Bush, a solid RB and great handcuff for his team, to Will for Indianapolis’ Pierre Garcon, who was listed as questionable. The move was dangerous with Garcon’s condition, but Conor felt like the risk was worth it. Unfortunately, it did not work out for him. When Conor awoke Sunday morning, Garcon was listed as out.

Now completely desperate, Conor needed to make something happen. He checked the free agency pool, but nothing got him too excited. At one point, he even contemplated just leaving his third WR spot blank and holding his roster where it was, a move only the trigger-shy Conor could consider. But he finally came to and saw that action had to be taken. Deciding he needed to make a move in order to win his matchup, Conor gave up on keeping Garcon for future weeks and traded him to Jim, who gave him Green Bay’s Jordy Nelson in return, who had a Monday Night matchup with Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings.

Conor was not known for doing well on Mondays, and when he was down by a little more than six points entering the final night, he wasn’t feeling too good about his chances. And for 56 minutes of game time, Nelson had only 14 yards. Conor sat with his head in his hands, knowing there was not much time left.

But by St. Patrick, you should never give up on the luck of the Irish. With just under four minutes of game left, Rodgers took the snap from the Minnesota 33, hit Nelson on the 19 yard line, and the Kansas St. alum weaved his way to the two yard line, where he stretched the ball across the plain of the endzone as he was being brought down. Conor, who’s reaction was delayed by both shock and the fact that he didn’t know Nelson was the white receiver on the Packers, had pulled off the comeback and defeated Aaron.

Conor took to the message boards. In a post titled “JORDY NELSON” Conor explained his feelings:

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A love affair between Conor Clarke and Jordy Nelson blossomed that day; a love so strong, Conor devoted his team picture to Nelson for the rest of the year.