Packers wide receiver Christian Watson.
The Green Bay Packers may have dodged a bullet with starting wide receiver Christian Watson and the chest injury that sent him to a local hospital in the aftermath of their 34-26 road loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 15.
Watson suffered his injury in the third quarter against the Broncos when he tried to secure a deep ball from quarterback Jordan Love and wound up landing hard on his left shoulder after cornerback Pat Surtain II cut him off and made a leaping interception.
Afterward, Watson remained down on the field, writhing in pain and clutching his left shoulder. The Packers initially ruled him questionable to return with a chest injury, but they downgraded him to out roughly 15 minutes after issuing their first update on him.
Things only grew more concerning when Watson took an ambulance to a local hospital in the postgame for further examination of his injury. Encouragingly, though, ESPN’s Rob Demovsky later reported on X that Watson would fly home with his teammates.
Watson’s father also took to social media to reassure fans — and disappoint “haters” — about his son’s chest injury, indicating it was not as bad as it seemed in the game.
“You haters aren’t going to get what you want tonight,” he wrote on X. “#9 is fine!”
You haters aren’t going to get what you want tonight… #9 is fine!
Jordan J. Wilson is a sports reporter who covers the NFL and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. He has previously covered all levels of sports — high school, college and pro — for a variety of publications including The Indianapolis Star, The News-Gazette, Springfield State-Journal Register and Peoria Journal Star. More about Jordan J. Wilson
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