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Matt LaFleur confirms that Packers receiver Christian Watson tore his anterior cruciate ligament and will be out the rest of the season.

Watson sustained a torn ACL and additional damage in Week 18, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reports. While players regularly make Week 1 returns after late-season injuries, it is also not too uncommon for reserve/PUP list stays to commence. The additional damage the third-year wide receiver sustained may key such a move.

In the wake of Christian Watson's injury, the Green Bay Packers will need find another playmaker for the receiver room.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Jordan Love wasn’t the only player on the Green Bay Packers’ offense to dominate down the stretch in 2023. So did the receivers, which led to