“I think if you look, there’s two guys — now three (with Gbaja-Biamilia) — saying it, compared to the hundreds that are saying the opposite. It doesn’t make sense,” said Nelson, who said this week that he plans to play in 2019 and finish out the two-year contract he signed with the Raiders after the Packers released him last March. “I think it’s comical when I read those comments.”

Nelson found Finley’s remarks particularly curious.

“When you actually read the comments and what they say, it makes absolutely no sense,” Nelson said. “A quarterback expects you to practice well and do what you’re supposed to do on the practice field in order to be successful in a game? That’s pretty well what’s expected.

“I don’t want to have to be on the phone and defend Aaron. He’s a great leader, we all believe that and believed that and still do. He’s hard on people, he demands a lot, but he demands a lot from himself. And I think any great quarterback out there does the same thing.

“They all have different expectations. If the expectations are to go out on Sunday and have fun and then go home, then you’re not with the right quarterback. (Rodgers’) expectations are to go out there and be successful, make plays, win ballgames and win championships. That’s the level he’s going to hold you to. If you don’t want to be held to that level, then play your couple years there and move on to another team.”

Jason Wilde covers the Packers for ESPN Wisconsin. Listen to him with former Packers and Badgers offensive lineman Mark Tauscher weekdays from 9-11 on “Wilde & Tausch” on your local ESPN station.

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