Christian Watson

Love the Packers set the tone from the opening kick after winning the coin toss, electing to receive the first half kick, and marching the field to score an opening possession touchdown on a one-yard plunge from running back Josh Jacobs. While Love was only asked to throw the football 27 times, he made numerous veteran plays including a long completion to Christian Watson when the Seahawks jumped offside, a long completion to Tucker Kraft with a free play due to too many men on the field, and a fourth quarter touchdown toss to Romeo Doubs with under five minutes remaining that went down as one of the highlights of the game. The Packers improve to 10-4 and control their playoff destiny with only three weeks left to play. Up next for Love and the Packers are the reeling Saints at home in Week 16.

Watson did the bulk of his damage on a 36-yard reception down the left sideline on a free play after quarterback Jordan Love got the Seahawks to jump offside. Watson's modest volume came on a night Love attempted only 27 passes due to the positive nature of the game script after the Packers scored on their opening possession and took a 20-3 lead into the break. It certainly appears as if Watson has worked his way back into a featured role after dealing with numerous injuries this season, playing the highest snap rate of the Green Bay wide receivers for the third consecutive game.

Doubs' first touchdown came at the end of the first quarter to extend the Green Bay lead to 14 points and his second touchdown bookended the scoring for the Packers on a highlight reel catch in the back of the end zone with just under five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. Doubs returned to the active roster after missing the previous two games with a concussion suffered in Week 12 and played the second most offensive snaps alongside Christian Watson. His next opportunity to return fantasy viability comes in Week 15 against the Saints.

Higgins has suffered at least seven recorded hamstring injuries in his playing career and is scheduled to hit free agency once the 2024 season wraps up, potentially providing extra motivation to deal with his nagging soft tissue issues. When speaking with reporters today, Higgins specifically brought up Christian Watson's successful 2024 offseason in which Watson spent time at the University of Wisconsin undergoing rigorous testing and creating a prophylactic training program to address his own recurring hamstring issues. Watson had strained his right hamstring four times in two seasons. He's missed one game thus far this season, due to a sprained ankle. Following Watson's lead could significantly pay off down the road for Higgins.

The 100-yard outing was Watson's second in four weeks. This one was difficult to see coming at halftime, as Watson was sitting on just one catch for 20 yards, one where he went airborne and lost a fumble. Watson smoothed things over by hooking up with Jordan Love for a pair of second half highlights, including a 59-yard catch on the second play of the third quarter. Not that it was all roses, as Watson also got a Josh Jacobs receiving score called back on an admittedly dubious OPI call. Watson is as volatile as ever, but it's been nice to see him finally mix some spiked weeks back in. Romeo Doubs' (concussion) health will be a Week 15 variable against the Seahawks.