Why Christian Watson is a Must-Have Fantasy Draft Pick

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00:00There's a deep dive on a player that if you miss out on the receivers that you really

00:08want, maybe you went running back heavy.

00:09If you find this player landing at your lap, I would even reach around ahead for him.

00:13But that's basically because they sit with you each and every week.

00:16Take it from here.

00:17Look, you absolutely should.

00:19Even two rounds is okay, depending on what the board looks like and who's on it and what

00:23those players are remaining because you want guys that can win you a league.

00:27And I think Christian Watson is one of those guys that can win you a league.

00:30Look at what he did in his rookie season, right?

00:31He only played in 14 games.

00:32He only had 41 receptions, right?

00:34But he had seven touchdowns in those 41 receptions.

00:37Seven.

00:38Okay.

00:39Now, I was playing with Aaron Rodgers.

00:40Okay, fine.

00:41Whatever.

00:42It's two years ago in the past.

00:43But even last year, if you look at some of the stats for him when he was on the field,

00:46and that was the whole question is the when he was on the field, he scored four touchdowns

00:50averaging 17 points per game.

00:53He is a high ceiling player.

00:55The problem is the hamstring issues.

00:58Apparently, he has an imbalance with his hamstrings in terms of the size.

01:02So he had been working with doctors all offseason to make sure that these things are even.

01:07That's why things kept pulling because when you have that physical imbalance, I guess

01:12you are just more prone to those issues.

01:14Deepak, who's our doctor resident fellow over on fantasy pros, we got into a deep conversation

01:19about this and he feels like he's got this situation behind him.

01:23Christian Watson could be an absolute stunning player.

01:26And I love about Deepak's work is that he gives you that whole, you know, in week one,

01:30it should be this percentage of how good he'll be in terms of full strength.

01:34He gives you the outlook, not just like, oh, yeah, he's playing.

01:36Oh, yeah, he's playing is not good enough.

01:38I wonder how effective he's going to be.

01:40And he feels like Christian Watson can be not only effective, but like a game changing

01:43kind of a guy.

01:45And Jaden Reed stepped up last year and a lot of touchdowns, a lot of key moments, really

01:49nice rookie season.

01:51You have Romeo Dobbs continue to be a steady Eddie Dantavian.

01:54Wicks is a fun, explosive splash player.

01:57But if you're looking for a guy that can win you a league who could finish as a wide receiver,

02:00one who's being drafted as a four, those guys don't grow on trees.

02:04But Christian Watson, I think, is the fruit hanging from that tree that you should be

02:07plucking right now.

02:08It's the low hanging fruit.

02:10And you should go out there and you should put that fruit in your pocket and then make

02:14a beautiful fantasy football pie and serve it up to the rest of your league mates.

02:18Because Christian Watson is that guy.

02:20He is an explosive playmaker.

02:22He's got speed.

02:23He's got separation.

02:24He's got hands.

02:25He's got everything that you want.

02:27The only thing he hasn't been able to give you is games played.

02:29But this is his third year in the league.

02:31And sometimes it just takes guys a little bit longer.

02:33You want to talk about post type sleepers.

02:35You want to talk about guys who came into the draft with a lot of hype, but haven't

02:38quite realized their potential.

02:39I present to you Christian Watson.

02:41So Matt, there you go.

02:43There is my deep dive, pounding the table for Christian Watson.

02:48Do you think I've sold everybody enough on taking this Packers water?

02:53At the end of the day, lead a horse to water.

02:55All they can do is drink.

02:56I mean, you're giving people an option that they may not know and that they may not see.

03:01Now a lot of people know all the names and people don't have the bandwidth or the time.

03:05I understand.

03:06Look, it's your job, right?

03:08It's your job to know these names.

03:09It's your job to know these things.

03:11This is how you feed yourself and your family.

03:13There are people out there that don't have that luxury.

03:15So they turn to you.

03:16Have you convinced them?

03:18You should.

03:19They should be able to take sound advice.

03:20But what I want to do to further prove the point is that Joe doesn't love all things

03:24in this Green Bay ecosystem, do you?

03:26You're not big on Josh Jacobs this year, are you?

03:29So there you go.

03:30So talk about that.

03:31Well, I think that also helps too, because if Josh Jacobs misses time, you have to pivot

03:35to Marshawn Lloyd.

03:36You already have A.J. Dillon out for the year, not that he was going to be a thing.

03:39I think the stock of Marshawn Lloyd takes a big bump because of that injury for sure.

03:43He was one of my two favorite running backs coming out of this college class.

03:46So you have Lloyd, you have Benson.

03:48Those are two guys there besides a healthy Jonathan Brooks, which you don't have quite

03:51yet.

03:52So, yeah, you could see a very similar attack to last year, which is, again, incredibly

03:57pass heavy.

03:58And I think that's what the Green Bay Packers are going to be.

04:01And the NFC, I think, is a conference that's very winnable for them.

04:04They should be in the thick of this.

04:05They should be a top three team in the NFC.

04:07They're a young team.

04:08They were the youngest team in the NFL last year.

04:11So that's a good thing in terms of, you know, you just don't know you're not supposed to

04:14be there.

04:15Right.

04:16They went to Dallas.

04:17They weren't intimidated in the playoffs.

04:18Where are they?

04:19They put a whooping, historic whooping on the Dallas Cowboys last year in their building

04:23in the playoffs.

04:24Right.

04:25So now expectations.

04:26Can you live up to them?

04:27I think the answer is yes.

04:28And people were laughing.

04:29People were mocking when they drafted Jordan Love, if you recall.

04:32Why are they doing this?

04:33They have Aaron Rodgers.

04:34The Packers continue to be playing chess while everybody else is playing checkers at the

04:39quarterback position.

04:40So they're seeing the next guy in the best spot they can and then moving on from the

04:44older quarterback.

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