GREEN BAY — Christian Watson didn’t catch a single pass during Wednesday’s first open-to-the-media organized team activity practice.
Well, he did catch the same ball over and over again on the Ray Nitschke Field sideline, throwing it above his head repeatedly while his Green Bay Packers teammates practiced for real — or at least as real as an offseason practice can be in helmets and shorts.
And yet, while the Packers big, fast fourth-year wide receiver didn’t do much beyond stretching, jogging and observing, it was almost impossible to leave the field without being encouraged about his chances of coming back early from the torn ACL he suffered in his right knee in the team’s regular-season finale against the Chicago Bears on Jan.