BREAKING NEWS----PACKERS SIGN FORMER 1st ROUND DRAFT PICK WR

[Bretsky]

NOT A FAN OF THIS SIGNING, rather have waited for a better option hopefully if something pops up they can shed this contract without a financial hit this year

I gotta believe Julio wants a lot more money and will always injured fuller does as well. This is a good cost effective low risk signing. And we could still sign another er if the asking prices come down

[RashanGary]

It is strange that his first two years were 1,000 yards and then the drop off. I wonder what happened??

[cheesner]

Why not?

Was hoping for Fuller, but I am pulling for Watkins to be the 2022 Campbell Award winner for guys who had early promise in their careers, hit some bad years, then came to the Packers and played great.

[Joemailman]

It is strange that his first two years were 1,000 yards and then the drop off. I wonder what happened??

Injuries happened. He's missed 27 games over the past 6 years. And you can bet he was less than 100% in a lot of the games he did play in.The Packers will be his 4th team in 6 years. Bouncing aroind from team to team probably hasn't helped him either.

[Joemailman]

Watkins has been through a lot, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Pretty incredible interview with Tyler Dunne. It's long, haven't finished it yet. Unlike anything I've read before. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...tkins-believes

[RashanGary]

Watkins has been through a lot, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Pretty incredible interview with Tyler Dunne. It's long, haven't finished it yet. Unlike anything I've read before. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...tkins-believes

Him going for 1,000 yards and then dropping off is making so much sense.

Guy had a tough up bringing. He might not be able to really put it together. He had the talent. Just sort of pissed it away. Rodgers is a deep thinker though. Those two might hit it off.

[texaspackerbacker]

Dang some of my post cutoff. Our failure to get a 2 has already hurt us but it makes the loss of adams sting way way more

That has happened to me at least twice. Just backspace and copy and paste your whole post in as an edit. At least that's what worked for me.

[texaspackerbacker]

I'm pleased with this Watkins signing. He's 28 years old, originally ran a 4.34 forty, and hasn't ever had a serious injury even though he has had minor injuries most years of his career. He's played both for LaFleur and Jason Vrable, the WR coach. We're paying him about $4 million for one year - fairly cheap.

I expected this - a FA signed in addition to one or more WR s drafted. He's sort of a "tweener" - possible deep threat, but also a good possession receiver, so we still could draft either of those - I'd suggest a deep threat - Watson or Olave. The Watkins signing maybe makes Burks less likely.

[run pMc]

Curious about the financial details, it's an ok signing. Good for depth and competition and all that, and he can probably still run some deep routes. He can't stay healthy.

He's relatively inexpensive and can be productive at times, but I don't know that it moves the needle a lot. He's probably a 40-600-4 receiver for GB, so they still need capable talent at receiver (both WR and TE).

I don't see a lot of downside unless they are guaranteeing a lot of the money.

[RashanGary]

Tex, he ran a 4.43 not 4.34

[Upnorth]

Watkins has been through a lot, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Pretty incredible interview with Tyler Dunne. It's long, haven't finished it yet. Unlike anything I've read before. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...tkins-believes

Holy shit, he reminds me of a stripper I used to know.

[Freak Out]

Crazy story. Hope he does well of course.

[texaspackerbacker]

Tex, he ran a 4.43 not 4.34

I was gonna prove you wrong, but upon rereading, you're right. I must be getting lysdexic in my old age.

[Fritz]

Him going for 1,000 yards and then dropping off is making so much sense.

Guy had a tough up bringing. He might not be able to really put it together. He had the talent. Just sort of pissed it away. Rodgers is a deep thinker though. Those two might hit it off.

I'll be looking for a State Farm commercial.

[Bretsky]

Sounds like the deal is "up to 4MIL/year" with incentives. We needed one vet for sure; hell Sammy is probably out most talented WR now.

If we don't stock up in the draft we can always look at Fuller and Julio later when their price has went down. Odds are both are looking for more money than they are worth and maybe they'll end up with more $$ on a shitty team.

Any WR thinking he can have a great year would be smart to call GB on a one year prove it deal.