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Christian Watson

Green Bay Packers#94 yrs expNorth Dakota State76 · 215 lb
90Form
79Established
Elite creator#22 of 145 wide receiversBreakout: 11 above his last three seasons
Games17last 17
Targets935.5 a game
Catches5458% caught
Yards103661 a game
TDs9
Skill profile · last 17 games · vs 145 wide receivers

Elite depth, weak separation

Each axis is a percentile against every qualified wide receiver over the same window. The dashed white shape is the position average; the gold ring marks elite (90th percentile).

Volume: 72th percentileDepth: 97th percentileSeparation: 2th percentileAfter the catch: 89th percentileHands: 55th percentileEfficiency: 80th percentileVolume72ndDepth97thSeparation2ndAfter the catch89thHands55thEfficiency80th
WatsonPosition averageElite, 90th
VolumeAbove avgshare of team targets
20.2%72nd pct
DepthEliteavg depth of target
16.3 yd97th pct
SeparationBelow avgyards of separation at the catch
2.06 yd2nd pct
After the catchAbove avgYAC over expected per catch
+1.5 yd89th pct
Handsdrop rate
4.3% drops55th pct
EfficiencyAbove avgEPA per target
+0.4080th pct
F&D score · current form, last 17 games

90: elite creator

One number for how well Watson has actually played lately, not a talent rating. 70% is the skill profile, weighted towards efficiency; the rest is how steady his games are and whether he still produces against the better defences. Ranked against every qualified wide receiver; 99 is the best. Over the last three seasons he scores 79 (#41 of 121).

Contributionthe skill profile, efficiency-weighted
68
Consistencyhow steady game to game
74
Holds up vs good Doutput against the tougher half
37
Trend, last 6 gamesSteady
Schedule facedTough

Trend and schedule are shown for context but kept out of the number: over a handful of games they're mostly noise.

Top wide receivers · F&D form now
Props · this week

This week's lines against his last 17

Each bar is a game; green cleared the line. "Market says" is the bookmaker's price with the margin taken out. Our own prop model is switched off until it passes a public audit, so this is history and the market, not a tip.

This week · draftkings

Receiving yards over 65.5

Cleared7/17
Market says50%
Price1.88
line 65.56711456008558454649808929171131474117 games agolatest
This week · draftkings

Receptions over 4.5

Cleared3/17
Market says54%
Price1.75
line 4.52430042245443256417 games agolatest
The matchup · week 3 · ATL at GB

Where Watson can hurt the Falcons

How he gets his production, set against how the Falcons have held up in their last 17 games. Ranks are of 32.

Christian Watson · against ATL

Best way in: intermediate throws

Profile

Where his targets come from

Share of his targets. The white tick is the league average.

Short (under 10)
40%
Intermediate
32%
Deep (20+)
28%
Left side
33%
Middle
27%
Right side
40%

How ATL defend it

Ranked of 32, last 17 games. Green is a weakness to attack.

Short (under 10)
16th
Intermediate
23rd
Deep (20+)
9th
Left side
13th
Middle
25th
Right side
12th
Yards after catch allowed
11th
Sack rate forced
4th
The read
  1. Atlanta rank 23rd against intermediate throws, which make up 32% of Watson's targets.
  2. Don't force short throws: they've been Watson's worst return (-0.20 EPA a target), and Atlanta are 16th there.
  3. Work the middle: 27% of his targets go that way and Atlanta rank 25th defending throws there.
  4. Contested catches aren't his edge this week: he's 2nd percentile for separation and 55th for hands, and DeAundre Alford, AJ Terrell and C.J. Henderson all allow fewer yards per target than the average corner (7.4).
  5. Free data doesn't show who covers whom on each snap, so this is the defence's profile, not a confirmed one-on-one.

ATL's corners, last 17 games

Who is likely to see him. Free data doesn't say who covers whom on each snap, so this is the group, not a confirmed matchup.

CornerTargetsYds / targetCatch %Depth facedRating
Mike Hughes767.657%13.992
DeAundre Alford757.268%8.583
AJ Terrell636.451%11.581
C.J. Henderson206.360%11.4102

The average corner allows 7.4 yards per target. Red is tighter than average, green is looser.

Full game preview
Floor and ceiling

How his games are spread

0–9 yds: 2 games010–19 yds: 1 games20–29 yds: 1 games2030–39 yds: 0 games40–49 yds: 4 games4050–59 yds: 2 games60–69 yds: 1 games6070–79 yds: 0 games80–89 yds: 3 games8090–99 yds: 0 games100–109 yds: 0 games100110–119 yds: 2 games120–129 yds: 0 games120130–139 yds: 0 games140–149 yds: 1 games140
13/17games with 40+ yds
7/17games with 60+ yds
6/17games with 80+ yds
3/17games with 100+ yds
Role

Game by game

avg 5.5 targets24 wk 13: 424 wk 14: 724 wk 15: 624 wk 16: 124 wk 18: 125 wk 8: 425 wk 9: 425 wk 10: 425 wk 11: 525 wk 12: 725 wk 13: 1025 wk 14: 425 wk 15: 525 wk 16: 625 wk 17: 626 wk 1: 826 wk 2: 1124 wk 1326 wk 2
Game log · last 17

Every game

GameOpponentTgtRecYdsTDAir ydsEPAOver 65.5
26 wk 2NYJ11441186-3.8No
26 wk 1MIN861472127+6.9Yes
25 wk 17BAL65113193+8.2Yes
25 wk 16CHI6217050-4.7No
25 wk 15DEN53290133-2.0No
25 wk 14CHI4489243+9.6Yes
25 wk 13DET104801186+3.4Yes
25 wk 12MIN7549087+4.3No
25 wk 11NYG5446274+5.9No
25 wk 10PHI42450126+1.8No
25 wk 9CAR42580112-0.8No
25 wk 8PIT4485073+6.5Yes
24 wk 18CHI10004-0.8No
24 wk 16NO100040-1.4No
24 wk 15SEA6356094-0.3No
24 wk 14DET74114089-0.2Yes
24 wk 13MIA4267098+4.5Yes