GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Green Bay Packers receiver Jordy Nelson can speak comfortably and fluidly about most topics.

Ask him about quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and he'll go on and on about his arm strength, play-making ability and even their friendship.

Ask him about running back Eddie Lacy, and he'll marvel at his ability to break tackles.

Ask him about the Packers' history, and he'll recite championship seasons and players from the past.

But as everyone saw Sunday, after he caught nine passes for a career-high 209 yards in the win over the New York Jets, Nelson's tone tends to change when it comes time to talk about himself. That was evident when he stepped to the podium in the Lambeau Field auditorium for the first time in his seven-year career and said: "I'm going to hate this, so go ahead [with questions]."

If Nelson keeps catching passes and piling up yards at a league-leading rate, he had better get used to the attention. Nelson leads the NFL in receiving yards (292), 45 ahead of Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson, and is tied with New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham for the league lead in catches (18).

"It's just awkward being up there," Nelson said Wednesday back in the friendly surroundings of the Packers' locker room. "It singles you out."

The only person Nelson wants to do that is his quarterback.

"You do care about your quarterback and what he thinks," Nelson said. "It's taken a lot of years to get to that point, a lot of reps, a lot of meetings, a lot of conversations. And the biggest thing there to take is that he has confidence in me and trust in me."

According to ESPN Stats & Information, no NFL receiver has been targeted on a higher percentage of their routes through two games than Nelson, who has seen the ball 42.3 percent of the time he has gone out for a pass. For his part, Nelson does not think he will continue to be targeted at this pace, an average of 15 times per game. Rodgers, however, might have other ideas.

"I think we've found ourselves targeting him more and realizing that there's a lot of good things happen when the ball's thrown his way," Rodgers said this week on his ESPN Milwaukee radio show.

That, perhaps more than anything else, has caught the attention of others.

"You better know where he is," said Lions coach Jim Caldwell, whose team is preparing to face Nelson on Sunday. "He's no different than a couple guys that we have on our team. I would assume that you better know where Calvin Johnson is, because without question he's a great talent. So we know where he is, and we're certainly looking at all of our options."

Despite signing a four-year, $39 million contract extension in July that made him one of the league's top-10 highest-paid receivers, Nelson has remained relatively anonymous. He's never made All-Pro or a Pro Bowl, accolades he said he has never given a second thought.

If you don't believe him, you should hear him try to pronounce the word accolades.

"You'll take wins and playoff wins and Super Bowls over that any day," Nelson said. "All the accolations will come at the end. Again, we are two games into this. We are a long ways away from any of that."

Accolations?

"Whatever that word is," Nelson said. "Just make sure you type it correctly when you write it."