On the primary recreation of Thanksgiving, the Inexperienced Bay Packers dialed in a deep move to Christian Watson. He made an acrobatic catch for a 53-yard acquire towards the Detroit Lions.
In case you informed somebody in August, it wouldn't be a shock. Watson was a well-liked working again early within the season, and fantasy soccer drafts mirrored that. He flashed loads of expertise as a rookie final season and was slated to be the Packers' No. 1 receiver.
That actually didn't work out this season. Watson's gradual begin is illustrated by this odd stat: He set a season-high in first-quarter catches towards the Lions. It's week 12.
Watson had 4 catches for 78 yards within the first 12 minutes of Thursday's recreation, which the Packers gained 29-22. He didn't have greater than three catches in a recreation all season. He had only one recreation of 37 or extra yards this season, a 91-yarder towards the Las Vegas Raiders, highlighted by a protracted catch that was notable as a result of the Raiders took a collar penalty relatively than let him rating.
On Thanksgiving, Watson confirmed up able to eat. So did the remainder of the Packers. Jordan Love continued his scorching streak with three touchdowns and a few spectacular throws. The Packers dominated a Lions workforce that was 8-2 and more likely to win the division. The Packers are 5-6 and whereas it's in all probability too late to make a playoff push, they're enjoying significantly better and it's nice to see stars like Love and Watson having implausible video games.
It began early.
Watson regarded nice within the first quarter, exhibiting the big-play potential he's lacked a lot of the season. After which within the third quarter, because the Lions clawed their approach again into the sport and lower Inexperienced Bay's result in 23-14, Watson had an enormous landing to push the lead again to fifteen factors.
The Packers bought underneath Watson and regarded nearly as good as that they had all season. Love threw two touchdowns. The protection picked up a Jared Goff fumble and scored. The Packers led 20-6 earlier than the primary quarter ended.
That is what the optimists thought the Packers could possibly be this season. It was good to see Inexperienced Bay and Watson make some spotlight performs, even when it didn't occur a lot till Thanksgiving.
