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The team did not divulge terms of the deal, but
ESPN reported it was one-year contract worth up to $4 million.
Watkins visited the Packers earlier in the day and was
scheduled to take a
physical before the team made the move official.
"Im officially a cheesehead can't wait to be apart or something
special,"
Watkins wrote on Twitter.
The Packers are looking to boost their depth at wide receiver
after two-time
All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl selection Davante Adams was
traded to the Las Vegas Raiders on March 18. Backup wideout
Marquez Valdes-Scantling left in free agency to join the Kansas
City Chiefs.
Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb are the top two remaining targets
for star
quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Watkins, 28, will bid to rebound after a difficult season with
the Baltimore
Ravens in 2021. He posted career lows in catches (27),
receiving yards (394) and touchdowns (one).
Watkins has 348 catches for 5,059 yards and 34 touchdowns in 99
career games with the Buffalo Bills (2014-16), Los Angeles Rams
(2017), Chiefs (2018-20) and Ravens. He was selected by the
Bills with the fourth overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft.
--Field Level Media
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