Packers Coach Reveals Harm Replace On Christian Watson

The Inexperienced Bay Packers have loads of younger expertise at huge receiver.

Nevertheless, they arguably don’t have a clear-cut WR1.

For years, they hoped Christian Watson would seize that distinction, however despite the fact that he confirmed some indicators, accidents have prevented him from taking on the function.

That occurred once more final season when he tore his ACL late within the marketing campaign.

With the Packers including Matthew Golden within the first spherical of the 2025 NFL Draft, some thought the workforce may be prepared to maneuver on from Watson.

Nevertheless, head coach Matt LaFleur lately sounded fairly optimistic about Watson’s restoration.

“Christian is doing excellent,” LaFleur mentioned. “I might say he’s forward of schedule, however I’m not a health care provider. I’m not medical employees. So we’ll see the place he’s at.”

ACL accidents are all the time tough, and a few gamers by no means return to their former stage.

There’s not even a well-defined timeline, and although there are projections, each case is exclusive.

Watson was injured within the regular-season finale towards the Chicago Bears, that means he may very well be able to return in October.

However given his historical past of accidents, the Packers will probably take issues slowly and err on the facet of warning.

Within the meantime, Golden may emerge as their major pass-catcher.

Jordan Love could have no scarcity of choices within the passing sport, with Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks, Mecole Hardman and Tucker Kraft among the many choices.

Hopefully, it received’t be lengthy earlier than Watson is again on the sphere and, extra importantly, will go away his harm woes behind him.

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