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Packers Total Access: Christian Watson Just Shut Up ALL Of The Critics!
For years the knock on Christian Watson has been durability and consistency, with a torn ACL and a boom-or-bust label hanging over a player with elite speed. Thursday night he went a long way toward answering both. Watson broke a rib on a 53-yard catch, spit up blood, was taken to the hospital by ambulance, cleared a CT scan, and came back in the third quarter with extra padding to finish with eight catches for 113 yards in the Packers’ 27-19 win over the Panthers. He now has 42 catches for 708 yards and six touchdowns through eight games, and the first two numbers are career highs. We break down the night and what it says about his season.
In this complete breakdown, we dive into:
- The Hospital Trip And The Return: Watson hurt his ribs after a 53-yard catch in the second quarter when Panthers cornerback Will Lee III landed on him, and Lee left on a cart with a hamstring injury. Watson said “I couldn’t breathe on the field,” and the medical staff sent him to the hospital after seeing him spit up blood. He spent about 45 minutes to an hour there, a CT scan showed no internal bleeding but a broken rib, and he was cleared to play with extra padding. He returned in the third quarter, and he told ESPN, “I felt like I was watching WWE SmackDown vs. Raw or something.”
- The Night Itself: He had six catches for 100 yards before the injury, and he finished eight catches on 10 targets for 113 yards. His 7-yard catch on third-and-2 with about 2:30 left helped seal the win after Carolina cut it to 27-19. Xavier McKinney said, “I think it shows resiliency, I think it shows toughness and I think it just shows the love that he has for this team.”
- The Season Numbers: Through eight games, Watson has 42 catches for 708 yards, both career highs, and six touchdowns, tied for second in the NFL. His 16.9 yards per reception ranks third, and he is seventh in receiving yards. He passed his previous career high of 620 yards in just seven games, and he has been healthy for the 17 games since coming back from his ACL tear.
- The Hot Streak: Against the Bears he had six catches for 143 yards and two touchdowns, in Week 1 he had six for 147 and two touchdowns, and he has been a top option for Love all year. The 53-yard play Thursday was his latest chunk play in an offense that relies on them.
- The Critics, Honestly: The durability question never fully goes away for a player who has been hurt in the past, and playing through a broken rib is not an argument that injuries won’t happen. What it does show is toughness, production, and commitment to the team. If you want the critic angle on air, the fair framing is that the boom-or-bust label doesn’t fit this season.
- What’s Next: The Packers play the Patriots on Nov. 8 after 10 days of rest, and CBS’s tracker lists Watson as questionable for Week 9 with the rib. He should have time to heal.
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