Packers' Christian Watson Sets Sights High After Locking In $110M Extension

Christian Watson appreciated the faith the Green Bay Packers showed in him even when he believed he didn’t necessarily deserve it.

Now that they’ve given him a contract extension, Watson wants to reward them by staying healthy and producing the best season of his career.

"I try not to look into the number stuff too much," Watson said Tuesday while speaking to reporters for the first time since signing his four-year extension last week. "I take it week by week. But if I’m really searching and I want to set personal goals, I definitely want to have double-digit touchdowns and I want to have over 1,100 yards."

Watson, 27, has never accumulated more than 41 catches or 620 yards receiving in any of his four seasons, but he showed last year that he’s capable of doing much more if he can avoid injuries.

After tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament in Green Bay’s 2024 regular-season finale, Watson missed the Packers’ first six contests last year but returned to catch 35 passes for 611 yards and six touchdowns in 10 games.

Now he has a $31 million signing bonus as part of a four-year extension that’s worth up to $110.5 when incentives are included, though the contract’s base value is about $92 million.

"They gave me countless amounts of chances when it seemed like I shouldn’t have had those chances anymore," Watson said. "Not to say that I’m paying them back for it or anything – I think we both won on the deal – and I’ve got an opportunity to still earn those dollars, guaranteed or not. I feel like I’m in a good spot."

Indeed, Watson has gone through plenty of highs and lows since the Packers selected him out of North Dakota State in the second round of the 2022 draft.

He opened his career by getting wide open deep but