Green Bay Packers: Donald Driver Has Massive Praise for 1 Former Wide Receiver on Social Media

The Green Bay Packers have a stellar group of young wide receivers. General manager Brian Gutekunst and the organization took a huge risk going into the 2023 season, opting to surround first-year starter Jordan Love with a wide receiver room compiled of just rookies and second-year players. Additionally, they surrounded Love with three rookie tight ends and Josiah Deguara.

While it has not always been perfect or completely healthy, the group of Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, and Dontayvion Wicks have given Packers fans a great deal to look forward to. Reed is having an historic season, Wicks is drawing comparisons to Davante Adams, Watson was playing on an extremely high level before his latest injury, and Doubs leads the team in touchdown receptions.

Unfortunately, it has been rare to see all four wide receivers 100% healthy and on the field all at the same time. While the hope is that they will be a great core for years to come, the uncertainty has fans playing the “what if” game often on social media. A recent post posed the question, “You can only pick one to come back (in their prime)” and gave the options of Jordy Nelson, Donald Driver, or Sterling Sharpe.

The idea, of course, is that either one of these players would give a major boost to the banged-up young core. Each player holds multiple top-10 rankings in various franchise receiving categories, but Driver himself identified the one who would help the most, and it was not himself.

Donald Driver Picks Sterling Sharpe as the One Who Would Help the Green Bay Packers the Most Now

Many of the comments and re-posts had fans choosing Sharpe as the one they would bring back if they could. As it turns out, so would Driver:

Driver was drafted by the Packers in 1999 and, therefore, never played with Sharpe. However, he and Nelson played together for five seasons and were on the team that won Super Bowl XLV. His choosing of Sharpe is truly a testament to Driver’s humility, but also to how great and respected Sharpe still is, nearly 30 years after his career ended.

Jordy Nelson Career Numbers and Rankings with the Green Bay Packers

• Nine seasons
• One Pro Bowl
• One Second-Team All-Pro
• 2016 NFL Comeback Player of the Year
• 550 receptions (fourth)
• 7,848 yards (sixth)
• 69 touchdowns (third)

Donald Driver Career Numbers and Rankings with the Green Bay Packers

• 14 seasons
• Three Pro Bowls
• 743 receptions (first)
• 10,137 yards (first)
• 61 touchdowns (fifth)

Sterling Sharpe Career Numbers and Rankings with the Green Bay Packers

• Seven seasons
• Five Pro Bowls
• Three First-Team All-Pro’s
• Two top-10 in MVP voting
• 595 receptions (third)
• 8,134 yards (third)
• 65 touchdowns (fourth)

As demonstrated, Sharpe had the shortest career of the three (thanks to a career-ending neck injury), but still ranks in the top five of each major receiving category in team history. Had he never gotten hurt, the debate may not be whether or not he is best wide receiver in Packers history, but rather if he was the best wide receiver in the history of the entire NFL.