After suffering a late-season ACL tear, Green Bay Packers WR Christian Watson is not expected to start the 2025 season on the active roster.
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson is not expected to start the 2025 season on the active roster due to his torn ACL suffered at the end of the 2024 season.
Watson has suffered a variety of soft tissue injuries throughout his career, but the ACL tear may be the most devastating to date. Watson set career highs in receiving yards and yards per target in 2024, but only scored two touchdowns and finished with his fewest fantasy points of his career.
The Packers may look to free agency or the draft to address the schematic hole left by Watson’s anticipated long-term absence. Wicks, Reed, and Doubs should continue to see looks, but Watson’s unique skill set is unreplicated by WRs currently on the roster.
Even if Watson returns during the 2025 season, it is unlikely that he makes a significant Fantasy impact. Watson finished as a top 15 wide receiver just once in 2024..
Author: Bradley Stalder (@FFStalder)
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Green Bay Packers WR Christian Watson has dealt with hamstring injuries in his short career.
In two season WR Christian Watson of the Green Bay Packers has missed 11 games due to lingering hamstring injuries. So, this offseason he spent time to find a way to get over the issue. He visited University of Wisconsin to seek answers, and what he came up with is “Symmetry.” He discovered that he has muscle imbalance. Watson has been building muscle and making both hamstrings symmetrical instead of having imbalance and putting more stress on the other leg.
If this fixes his hamstring injuries, he can look to become the Packers WR 1. He has some of the most upside in the NFL if he can stay healthy. Watson is a big explosive receiver with big body frame at 6’4″ and 205-pounds that runs a 4.36 40-yard dash. He can be great for best ball leagues in the teen rounds.
The Green Bay Packers may face the Chicago Bears on Sunday without Christian Watson.
The Green Bay Packers will have to face the Chicago Bears on Sunday without one of their top wide receivers, Christian Watson, who has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.
The Packers will also have to monitor the status of another receiver, Romeo Doubs, who is also dealing with a hamstring injury.
