Football fans remember Christian Watson’s dropped pass against the Vikings in the season opener. AlbertBreer on Watson’s growing pains since and his three-touchdown day against the Cowboys on Sunday
Christian Watson and the other Packers rookie receivers, Romeo Doubs and Samori Toure, have heard plenty from Aaron Rodgers over the six months or so since they were drafted.“Shoot, he told everybody just how proud he is of all of us,” Watson said over the phone from the bowels of Lambeau Field after Green Bay’s 31–28 win over the Cowboys in overtime. “And that just going forward, we’re going to look like a different football team.
What might be even more meaningful is when those scores came—all three with the Packers trailing in the game, including two in the fourth quarter. And if you listen to Watson describe them, you can hear how he’s adapting to playing in the NFL. “That was a play that we called a few times throughout the game,” Watson said. “We really liked that route specifically, with the way they were playing with their one-high look, their man looks. We knew if we were going to get matched with that one-high, all I had to do was break a flat and get open. It was obviously the look we wanted, and I had to kind of adjust a little bit off the release.
“With 12, I really think it’s just come down to him just letting me be me and then doing his part, putting the ball in the right spot,” Watson said. “I think that for me, it’s just being able to go out there and play as fast as I can and play as free as I can. Obviously just hearing from him and everybody around me, it’s just going out there and playing fast. That’s been huge for me, because obviously it’s a high-level game playing in the National Football League.
Hey, even in our own individual rooms, how are we going to respond with all the adversity that we’ve been facing? Our backs are against the wall. How are the“The coaches, they’ll put together a plan, but without the players, you can’t execute the plan. It was on us. So everybody just came in on Wednesday, practiced with that mindset.
“The guys did a great job of holding blocks, and keeping everyone in their gaps,” Taylor said. “We did a great job of cutting it backside. And then after that, they always leave one [defender] for the back, so it was just on me to make sure that I juked my guy.”Next came Matt Ryan’s reemergence. Two plays later, Ryan made a more conventional play, dumping it to Parris Campbell on a crosser, and letting Campbell turn on the jets for a 35-yard touchdown to put the Colts on top for good. “He made an explosive play,” Taylor said. “That’s what Parris Campbell does.”Now the hope would be that things settle down a little, Saturday continues to empower the players and coaches as he did his first week, and the players then get to see where they can take the team.
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