It's hard to believe it has only been 274 days.
Let that sink in. Two hundred seventy-four days. That's how long it took Christian Watson to return to practice after tearing his ACL in the Green Bay Packers' regular-season finale in January.
Green Bay opened his three-week practice window, the clearest sign yet that Watson's lightning-speed recovery has him close to returning. And Watson provided even more reason to be excited while speaking to reporters after practice.
"I just want to feel 100 percent confident that I'm the player that I know I'm capable of being," said Watson.