Green Bay Packers receiver Christian Watson is a game-changing player. However, the numbers show the risk outweighed the reward far too often.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers must walk a fine line with Christian Watson, who has a No. 1 receiver skill-set but hasn’t proven to be a No. 1 receiver.
And that’s OK. The Chiefs won the Super Bowl with a great quarterback throwing to an aging legend at tight end and a rookie receiver. For the Packers, there are enough passing-game weapons to overwhelm most secondaries so long as Love focuses on finding the open receiver rather than a specific receiver.
Which brings us back to last year’s stats and the interceptions on passes directed to Watson. When the Packers got rolling down the stretch, it was because Love threw 18 touchdown passes and only one interception during the final eight regular-season games. Watson missed the last five of those games.
With his ability to score on any play from any spot on the field, Watson is a field-tilting weapon. More than any player on the offensive side of the ball, he’s the one that will create gray hair for every defensive coordinator.
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