The Green Bay Packers and quarterback Jordan Love lost a big firearm during the team’s 24-22 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
Star wide getr Christian Watson tore his ACL and suffered insertitional harm to his knee, finishing his season and putting the commencening of next season in ask, according to the NFL Nettoil.
Packers’ head coach Matt LaFleur verifyed the novels on Monday, saying Watson will be out for the rest of the year.
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Green Bay Packers wide getr Christian Watson, #9, exits the field on a cart after getting injured aacquirest the Chicago Bears in the second quarter during their football game on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (IMAGN)
Watson, 25, was running a route in the second quarter, and then crumpled to the ground grabbing his knee, suffering the injury on a non-communicate join.
LaFleur talked about what losing Watson uncomardents for the offense.
“Yeah, it’s a big-time loss, equitable his presence on the field alone. He’s so changeable in his ability to join multiple positions. You can put him at the X, the F, the Z, you can shift him all over the place. Obviously, he’s got an element in terms of his size and speed that’s hard to copy. There’s not many built appreciate him around the league and I equitable, I hurt for him,” LaFleur shelp in his press conference Monday.
“Obviously, hurt for our team, but also equitable more for him, equitable becaemploy I understand how much he’s put into this leang, and equitable appreciate all our guys, you never want to see that, and it’s an cursed part of our game.”
Watson was askable with a knee injury going into Week 18, but LaFleur shelp the knee he injured in the game was actupartner the other knee that had not been annoying him.
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Green Bay Packers wide getr Christian Watson, #9, is tfinished to after being injured during the first quarter of their game on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers 24-22. (IMAGN)
LaFleur shelp that he is brave in how Watson will aggression his rehab.
“But appreciate I telderly him, I understand he’ll aggression it the right way, he’ll handle the adversity, it’ll equitable be a bump in the road for him and I leank he’ll come back better. That’s equitable how he is built, how he’s wired, and so I do leank that there’ll be excellent, it’s equitable going to be down the road,” LaFleur shelp.
Watson is in his third season after being writeed in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of North Dakota State.
This season, Watson had 29 catches for 620 yards and two touchdowns apass 15 games. The proset up menace is second in the NFL in unrelabelable yards per reception, averaging 21.4 yards per catch.
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Green Bay Packers wide getr Christian Watson, #9, rushes with the football during the second quarter aacquirest the New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field. (Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images)
The Packers finished the season 11-6, and are the No. 7 seed in the NFC. They will consent on the No. 2-seeded Philadelphia Eagles on the road in the Wild Card Round.
Without Watson, the Packers will count on on wide getrs Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs, Dontayvion Wicks and Malik Heath to fill in.
The Packers and Eagles will join at 4:30 p.m. ET on Sunday on FOX.
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