โ Green Bay Packers (@packers) January 1, 2023 He was out of practice all week with a groin injury, so it was questionable if he would play.
Nixon had a 93-yard kick return against the Dolphins, but couldn't score. The Packers haven't had a return for a touchdown on a kick return in years. It was the third-longest kick return touchdown in Packers' history, after Al Carmichael's 106-yarder in 1956 and Randall Cobb's108-yarder in 2011.
Nixon took over as the kick returner in the middle of the year. He had more return yards than any other player since the beginning of the year.
After Nixon's big play, the Packers had another return for a touchdown.
Within five minutes of the start of the second quarter, the safety picked up a ball tipped by the defensive back and ran 75 yards for a touchdown.
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It's the first time since October that the Packers have had a return for a touchdown and an intercept return for a touchdown in the same game.
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