{"id":104756,"date":"2025-10-08T12:16:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=104756"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:16:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:16:33","slug":"packers-watson-returns-to-practice-for-1st-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=104756","title":{"rendered":"Packers\u2019 Watson returns to practice for 1st time"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article_content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com\/www.miningjournal.net\/images\/2025\/10\/07160228\/10-8-1b-packers-1100x745.jpg\" alt=\"Packers\u2019 Watson returns to practice for 1st time\" width=\"1100\" height=\"745\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption\">Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson signs autographs before a game against the Browns on Sept. 21 in Cleveland. (AP file photo)<\/p>\n<p>GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) \u2014 Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson has returned to practice as he moves a step closer to playing again after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament nine months ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got to knock a little bit of rust off, obviously,\u201d Watson said after Monday\u2019s practice. \u201cBeen a while since I was able to go out there and play football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson tore his right ACL on Jan. 5 during the Packers\u2019 24-22 loss to Chicago that closed their 2024 regular season. The Packers placed him on the physically unable to perform list before this season.<\/p>\n<p>His return to practice starts a 21-day window before the Packers must activate him in order for him to play this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t really taken a day off since my surgery,\u201d Watson said. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s just been a long road. I\u2019ve just trusted in my doctors and my team back home and trusting in the training room as well and just getting after it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson, a 2022 second-round pick from North Dakota State, has 98 career catches for 1,653 yards and 14 touchdowns. He also has two career touchdown runs.<\/p>\n<p>He had 29 receptions for 620 yards and two touchdowns last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Watson expressed confidence Monday about the condition of his knee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy trust and confidence in the knee is honestly 100%,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve tried to remove any doubt or negative thoughts about it, just trusting the work that I put in and understand the things that I did today, I\u2019ve done them thousands of times at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Packers (2-1-1) return from a bye week to host the Cincinnati Bengals (2-3) on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com\/www.miningjournal.net\/images\/2025\/10\/07160228\/10-8-1b-packers-738x500.jpg\" alt=\"Packers\u2019 Watson returns to practice for 1st time\" width=\"738\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREEN BAY, Wis. 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