What Packers' Christian Watson extension means for ACL return

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Christian Watson knows he potentially left money on the table by accepting the one-year, $11 million contract extension he signed with the Green Bay Packers last week, but he did so in part so he doesn't have to worry about it whenever he's cleared to return from his ACL surgery.

As for that return, he expects it to be at the earliest possible date -- at least when it comes to being able to practice.

Watson must remain on the physically unable to perform list for two more weeks but can begin practicing as soon as that four-week stay on the PUP list is complete. That would be almost exactly nine months from the time of his right knee injury in the…