{"id":913566,"date":"2026-06-08T18:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/913566\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:57:19","slug":"inside-why-packers-chose-christian-watson-over-romeo-doubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/913566\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside why Packers chose Christian Watson over Romeo Doubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wisportsheroics.com\/nfl\/packers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Packers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Packers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Packers<\/a> recently made Christian Watson one of the highest-paid wide receivers in the sport, while allowing Green Bay\u2019s leading receiver in 2025 to depart via free agency and sign with the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>Packers all-in on Christian Watson<img alt=\"Green Bay Packers, Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f8f275a6a8539239ed2d5e7ec4195814.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Oct 13, 2024; Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; Green Bay Packers wide receiver Romeo Doubs (87) celebrates with wide receivers Christian Watson (9) and Jayden Reed (11) after scoring a touchdown during the third quarter against the Arizona Cardinals at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>From here on out, Watson and Doubs\u2019 career trajectories are bound to be compared by fans and media alike, but there is a simple reason why the Packers chose to commit $110.5 million to Watson over the next four years, while shaking Doubs\u2019 hand and wishing him well elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re asking whether I\u2019d rather have Doubs at $17M per or Watson at $24M per,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/news\/inbox-that-s-built-into-the-final-cost-june-8-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Insider Mike Spofford writes for the team\u2019s official website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Insider Mike Spofford writes for the team\u2019s official website&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> Insider Mike Spofford writes for the team\u2019s official website<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019d take Watson in a heartbeat. The career yards per catch of 12.0 vs. 17.0 says a lot. I appreciate everything Doubs did in his four years here. He was productive and mostly reliable. But he doesn\u2019t tilt the field. Watson does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If nothing else, Watson is a field stretcher, and the kind of player who could be an ideal complement to former first-round pick Matthew Golden.<\/p>\n<p>After catching 133 passes for 2,264 yards with 20 touchdowns through his first four seasons, Green Bay is banking on Watson not just staying healthy, but leveling up in his ability to impact the outcome of games.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Christian Watson, Green Bay Packers, Packers news\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"921\" height=\"600\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/064745a8a4fea48fed4ce85c7e648773.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson (9) makes a 60-yard reception during the fourth quarter of their game Sunday, November 17, 2024, at Solider Field in Chicago, Illinois. The Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 20-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Packers recently made Christian Watson one of the highest-paid wide receivers in the sport, while allowing Green&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[390,692,391,1501,7,41,345,2514,2513,763,3310,249,6,428,3995],"class_list":["post-913566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-green-bay-packers","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bears","tag-christian-watson","tag-football","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-greenbay","tag-greenbaypackers","tag-jayden-reed","tag-matthew","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-packers","tag-romeo-doubs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116716021170710620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}