GREEN BAY, Wis. – Green Bay Packers receiver Christian Watson’s 63-yard touchdown on Sunday night at Philadelphia looked a bit like Usain Bolt’s record-setting 100-meter dashes.
In the fourth quarter, Watson got free on a short post route, caught the ball at about the Green Bay 48 and turned on the afterburners. Reed Blankenship and Marcus Epps would have tackled almost every other receiver long before he reached the goal line. They couldn’t lay a finger on Watson.
Blankenship and Epps both ran their 40s in 4.55 seconds at their pro days. Just like Olympic sprinters who couldn’t keep up with the legendary Bolt, the Eagles’ safeties couldn’t keep up with Watson.