Packers’ Christian Watson suffers torn ACL, out for playoffs
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Packers’ Christian Watson suffers torn ACL, out for playoffs

New York Times  

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson will miss the playoffs after suffering a torn ACL, coach Matt LaFleur said Monday. GO DEEPER How the Packers must compensate without Christian Watson against Eagles The third-year wide receiver finished the year with 620 yards and two touchdowns on 29 receptions. With Watson out, Green Bay will need a healthy Romeo Doubs — as well as Bo Melton or Dontayvion Wicks — to step up alongside Jayden Reed as quarterback Jordan Love’s primary options at wide receiver. Green Bay will take on Philadelphia in the wild-card round on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 4:30 p.m. How the injury impacts Watson, Packers Watson’s injury comes at quite the inopportune time for both him and the Packers.

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Browns QB Deshaun Watson reinjures Achilles, has surgery and will miss ‘significant’ time in 2025
2 months, 1 week ago

Browns QB Deshaun Watson reinjures Achilles, has surgery and will miss ‘significant’ time in 2025

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson’s already unstable future with the Browns is even shakier. Watson may miss the entire 2025 season after Cleveland’s polarizing quarterback ruptured his Achilles tendon for the second time in three months and underwent another operation that could put his career in jeopardy. The setback could end Watson’s unsteady stay with the Browns, who believed they had …

Packers’ Christian Watson out for season with torn ACL in right knee
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Packers’ Christian Watson out for season with torn ACL in right knee

Associated Press  

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson has torn his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and he won’t be available for any of the postseason. Packers coach Matt LaFleur confirmed the severity of Watson’s injury Monday, one day after the 2022 second-round pick from North Dakota State was carted into the locker room in the second quarter of …

Love and Watson leave Packers’ loss to Bears with injuries
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Love and Watson leave Packers’ loss to Bears with injuries

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love says he lost feeling in his throwing hand before leaving Sunday’s regular-season finale, but he added that his injury shouldn′t impact his availability for the playoffs. Love said after Green Bay’s 24-22 loss to Chicago that he was told it shouldn′t be a lingering issue and that it should go …

Packers’ Christian Watson flashes No. 1 receiver promise in breakout vs. Bears
4 months ago

Packers’ Christian Watson flashes No. 1 receiver promise in breakout vs. Bears

New York Times  

CHICAGO — The biggest talking point of the preseason in Green Bay centered on the Packers’ lack of a true No. If it’s opportunities elsewhere, in the run game or whatnot, I’m going to make those plays, too.” Watson’s deep connection with quarterback Jordan Love hasn’t always been there, dating to last season. It was just able to be put …

MRI confirms Deshaun Watson suffered season-ending Achilles rupture in Browns loss
5 months ago

MRI confirms Deshaun Watson suffered season-ending Achilles rupture in Browns loss

New York Times  

By Zac Jackson, Larry Holder and RJ Kraft An MRI confirmed Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon rupture in the team’s Week 7 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the team announced Monday. Coach Kevin Stefanski and members of the team’s medical staff were out to see Watson almost immediately and the entire Browns team surrounded Watson …

Browns QB Deshaun Watson believed to have torn Achilles: Source
5 months ago

Browns QB Deshaun Watson believed to have torn Achilles: Source

New York Times  

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is believed to have suffered a torn Achilles tendon, according to a league source. https://t.co/2aNRLDYo1c — Jeff Howe October 20, 2024 Following the Browns’ 21-14 loss to the Bengals, coach Kevin Stefanski said regarding Watson’s injury being season ending: “Let’s get the tests first, but that’s what it looks like.” Watson was carted off the …

Packers wide receiver Christian Watson leaves game against Vikings with ankle injury
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Packers wide receiver Christian Watson leaves game against Vikings with ankle injury

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson was carted into the locker room after injuring his ankle late in the first quarter of his team’s game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Watson was hurt on a play that resulted in Kamu Grugier-Hill intercepting Jordan Love. After limping to the sideline, Watson went into the injury …

Deshaun Watson has rough return in first game since surgery as Browns thumped 33-17 by Cowboys
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Deshaun Watson has rough return in first game since surgery as Browns thumped 33-17 by Cowboys

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — Lying face down in the grass, Deshaun Watson couldn’t see another of his passes sail out of bounds. Watson didn’t look comfortable from the start in his first game since breaking a bone in his right shoulder in November as the Cleveland Browns were blasted 33-17 in their season opener by the Dallas Cowboys. Watson spent much of …

Improved health has Packers receiver Christian Watson feeling more confident going into the season
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Improved health has Packers receiver Christian Watson feeling more confident going into the season

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay’s Christian Watson has shown he’s capable of being one of the NFL’s most potent deep threats when his hamstrings aren’t bothering him. “In my mind, if I’m able to be out there, I’m going to find a way to make plays,” Watson said. I’m right where I want to be.” It’s certainly a change …

Browns’ Deshaun Watson sitting out preseason opener as he continues recovery from shoulder surgery
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Browns’ Deshaun Watson sitting out preseason opener as he continues recovery from shoulder surgery

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson might be ready to play. Watson will sit out Cleveland’s exhibition opener on Saturday against the Green Bay Packers as the team continues to take a cautious approach after the quarterback underwent right shoulder surgery in November. Earlier in camp, Watson said he’s feeling healthy and is aiming this season to “block out noise.” The Browns …

Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson are among several NFL stars with something to prove this season
8 months ago

Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson are among several NFL stars with something to prove this season

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Aaron Rodgers knows all eyes are on him. Pittsburgh’s Russell Wilson, San Francisco’s Christian McCaffrey, Cleveland’s Deshaun Watson, Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence and Philadelphia’s Saquon Barkley are among a handful of NFL stars with something to prove because of injuries, mediocre play or needing to justify big contracts. Aaron Rodgers, QB, Jets Rodgers’ much-hyped arrival in the Big …

Packers’ Christian Watson believes he’s found answers for recurring hamstring woes
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Packers’ Christian Watson believes he’s found answers for recurring hamstring woes

New York Times  

GREEN BAY — The Packers don’t have a wide receiver who has established himself as a bonafide No. I just gotta continue to build on that and continue to get that strength up … I definitely feel like I’m at 100 percent in terms of what I’m able to do on the football field right now.” Christian Watson grabs his …

Packers must follow up a surprising season by dealing with heightened expectations
1 year, 2 months ago

Packers must follow up a surprising season by dealing with heightened expectations

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur began the offseason with a message for a team that overcame inexperience to reach the divisional round of the playoffs. “Just because we got to a certain spot doesn’t mean that’s guaranteed moving forward,” LaFleur said Monday at his season-ending news conference. And the expectation is that when they come …

Browns QB Deshaun Watson says right shoulder rehab on track following season-ending surgery
1 year, 2 months ago

Browns QB Deshaun Watson says right shoulder rehab on track following season-ending surgery

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson’s season ended last month. “But I’m very supportive, and the guys got to keep rolling because they’re on fire right now.” Watson got hurt in the first half of a Nov. 12 game at Baltimore. Until then, I’m just going to follow every rules and every precaution they want me to follow.” After the surgery, Watson …

Injuries creating plenty of uncertainty for Packers’ receivers on short week
1 year, 3 months ago

Injuries creating plenty of uncertainty for Packers’ receivers on short week

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jayden Reed passed a concussion evaluation after Monday night’s game, but is dealing with an ankle injury on a short week. Christian Watson has a hamstring injury that caused him to miss Green Bay’s 24-22 loss to the New York Giants on Monday night, while Dontayvion Wicks and Reed both have …

Browns QB Deshaun Watson has shoulder surgery. Team expects full recovery before start of ’24 season
1 year, 4 months ago

Browns QB Deshaun Watson has shoulder surgery. Team expects full recovery before start of ’24 season

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson had surgery Tuesday in Los Angeles to repair a fracture in his right shoulder, an injury that ended his second season in Cleveland after just nine games. The Browns said shoulder specialist Dr. Neal ElAttrache performed the surgery to fix the displaced fracture of Watson’s right glenoid. The 28-year-old will begin rehab later this …

Packers’ Watson believes he still has time to step up his production during frustrating season
1 year, 4 months ago

Packers’ Watson believes he still has time to step up his production during frustrating season

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson remains confident he can turn his disappointing season around. I’m just focused on this next one.” Watson dealt with injuries and inconsistency as a rookie last year before breaking out in mid-November, when he started a four-game stretch in which he scored eight touchdowns. If guys are going to …

Packers’ Jordan Love-Christian Watson connection continues to disappoint
1 year, 4 months ago

Packers’ Jordan Love-Christian Watson connection continues to disappoint

New York Times  

PITTSBURGH — In a four-game span from weeks 10 to 13 last season, Christian Watson caught 15 passes for 313 yards and seven touchdowns. According to ESPN Stats & Info, half of quarterback Jordan Love’s 10 interceptions through nine games have come targeting Watson, including two in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 23-19 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. “There’s people …

Browns’ Deshaun Watson out Sunday, P.J. Walker to start vs. Seahawks: Why it’s a good move for Cleveland
1 year, 4 months ago

Browns’ Deshaun Watson out Sunday, P.J. Walker to start vs. Seahawks: Why it’s a good move for Cleveland

New York Times  

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is out for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks with a shoulder injury, and backup quarterback P.J. — Zac Jackson, Browns beat writer Resting Watson shouldn’t come as a surprise Watson clearly is injured, and he never looked close to comfortable in two series in Indianapolis. Stefanski said the hit that Watson took last week …

Browns QB Deshaun Watson practices after missing 2 games with a shoulder injury; could face Colts
1 year, 5 months ago

Browns QB Deshaun Watson practices after missing 2 games with a shoulder injury; could face Colts

Associated Press  

BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson was limited in practice Thursday. Simply his return to the field was welcomed by the Browns, who have spent the past few weeks in a sometimes awkward limbo as they waited for him to return from an injury Watson described as “tricky.” Watson explained he has some small tears in his rotator cuff and said …

Browns QB Deshaun Watson still out with right shoulder injury, can’t put timeline on return to field
1 year, 5 months ago

Browns QB Deshaun Watson still out with right shoulder injury, can’t put timeline on return to field

Associated Press  

BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson’s return is either imminent, a day or two away or not happening for another few weeks. Dealing with a “tricky” injury he described as a strain — and not a bruise as previously reported by the team — to the rotator cuff in his right shoulder, Watson, who has already missed two games, said Wednesday …

Hamstring injury makes WR Christian Watson unavailable for Packers’ season opener with Bears
1 year, 6 months ago

Hamstring injury makes WR Christian Watson unavailable for Packers’ season opener with Bears

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson won’t play in Sunday’s season opener at Chicago while he deals with a hamstring injury. The Packers’ injury report Friday ruled Watson out for the Bears game and listed wide receiver Romeo Doubs as questionable. Watson’s absence means Green Bay won’t have its top returning receiver when Jordan Love …

Watson’s emergence gives Packers reason for hope in future
2 years, 3 months ago

Watson’s emergence gives Packers reason for hope in future

Associated Press  

During a season in which not much else has gone right for them, the Green Bay Packers at least appear to have found their next go-to receiver. Christian Watson continued the second-half surge to his rookie season Sunday by scoring on a 14-yard catch and a 46-yard run in Green Bay’s 28-19 victory at Chicago, which enabled the Packers to …

Packers’ Watson eager to flip script on his rookie season
2 years, 4 months ago

Packers’ Watson eager to flip script on his rookie season

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson’s decision to celebrate his first career touchdown catch with a backflip may have seemed unusual considering the injuries he already has suffered during his rookie season. “It’s definitely something that I enjoy doing.” Watson will try to build on the momentum from that performance when Green Bay hosts the …

McCarthy back at Lambeau as Cowboys visit desperate Packers
2 years, 4 months ago

McCarthy back at Lambeau as Cowboys visit desperate Packers

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Circumstances surrounding Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy’s return to Lambeau Field to face his former team are quite a bit different from expected. “Trust me, I’m the last person that wants to create any type of distraction or questions for somebody else because we’re at the point in the year now, starting the third quarter of …

Rodgers doesn’t practice, still expects to play against Jets
2 years, 5 months ago

Rodgers doesn’t practice, still expects to play against Jets

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers didn’t practice Wednesday. But I’ll try and get back out there and practice tomorrow and see how it feels and be fine by Sunday, I’m sure.” The Packers host the New York Jets on Sunday. “In the moment, you’ve still kind of got the adrenaline going,” Rodgers said. But it’s …

Packers’ Jenkins, Tonyan, Watson coming off PUP list
2 years, 7 months ago

Packers’ Jenkins, Tonyan, Watson coming off PUP list

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers received some good news on their collection of players coming back from knee injuries. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Sunday that offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins, tight end Robert Tonyan and rookie wide receiver Christian Watson are coming off the physically unable to perform list. “Going out there today in pads, with helmets …

Packers fourth-round pick impresses Aaron Rodgers at training camp
2 years, 7 months ago

Packers fourth-round pick impresses Aaron Rodgers at training camp

Daily Mail  

A turbulent offseason for the Green Bay Packers wide-receiver corps has opened up spots within the roster. Romeo Doubs has impressed coaches - and QB Aaron Rodgers - in his rookie training camp Packers wide-receivers last year and this year Position 2021 2022 WR1 Davante Adams Allen Lazard WR2 Allen Lazard Randall Cobb WR3 Marquez Valdes-Scantling Sammy Watkins WR4 Randall …

Packers’ rookie review: Doubs stands out while Watson waits
2 years, 7 months ago

Packers’ rookie review: Doubs stands out while Watson waits

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — This was supposed to be the training camp in which Christian Watson showcased why the Green Bay Packers traded up in the second round to take the wide receiver from North Dakota State. Watson underwent knee surgery earlier this summer and hasn’t been available for any of the Packers’ training camp workouts thus far. “And that’s …

Where does NFL’s Deshaun Watson appeal leave Browns? Reality and the Jimmy Garoppolo question
2 years, 7 months ago

Where does NFL’s Deshaun Watson appeal leave Browns? Reality and the Jimmy Garoppolo question

New York Times  

Two days after the Cleveland Browns were informed that quarterback Deshaun Watson would serve a six-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, the NFL appealed the decision made by independent arbitrator and former federal judge Sue L. Robinson. The Browns at this point must brace for Watson to miss all — or at least much — of the …

Fields hurts rib, Packers’ Jenkins leaves with knee injury
3 years, 4 months ago

Fields hurts rib, Packers’ Jenkins leaves with knee injury

Associated Press  

Chicago Bears rookie quarterback Justin Fields was knocked out of a loss to Baltimore with a rib injury on Sunday, and the Green Bay Packers might have suffered a huge blow when left tackle Elgton Jenkins went out with a left knee injury in a loss to NFC North rival Minnesota. The Packers’ Jenkins, a Pro Bowl selection at left …

Anthony Watson to get ‘world-leading’ treatment in recovery from ACL injury
3 years, 5 months ago

Anthony Watson to get ‘world-leading’ treatment in recovery from ACL injury

The Independent  

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