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“I’ve got to knock a little bit of rust off, obviously,” Watson
said after Monday’s practice. “Been a while since I was able to
go out there and play football.”
Watson tore his right ACL on Jan. 5 during the Packers’ 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.
His return to practice starts a 21-day window before the Packers
must activate him in order for him to play this year.
“I haven’t really taken a day off since my surgery,” Watson
said. “I mean, it’s just been a long road. I’ve just trusted in
my doctors and my team back home and trusting in the training
room as well and just getting after it.”
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.
He had 29 receptions for 620 yards and two touchdowns last
season.
The 26-year-old Watson expressed confidence Monday about the
condition of his knee.
“My trust and confidence in the knee is honestly 100%," he said.
"I’ve 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’ve done them thousands of times at this
point.”
The Packers (2-1-1) return from a bye week to host the
Cincinnati Bengals (2-3) on Sunday.
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