The young wide receiver class of the Green Bay Packers is excellent. Entering the 2023 season, general manager Brian Gutekunst and the team took a major gamble by surrounding first-year starter Jordan Love with a wide receiver group that consisted solely of rookies and second-year players. They also flanked Love with Josiah Deguara and three rookie tight ends.
The combination of Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, and Dontayvion Wicks has given Packers fans a lot to look forward to, even though it hasn’t always been flawless or entirely healthy. Before his most recent injury, Watson was playing at a very high level, Wicks is being compared to Davante Adams, Reed is having a historic season, and Doubs leads the team in TD receptions.
Regretfully, it has been uncommon to witness all four wide receivers playing simultaneously and in full health. Fans frequently play the “what if” game on social media due to the uncertainty, even if it is hoped that they will remain a fantastic core for years to come. In a recent post, Jordy Nelson, Donald Driver, and Sterling Sharpe were listed as the three people you may choose to return (in their prime).
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.
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