GREEN BAY — Christian Watson was certain on Monday that, if the Green Bay Packers were playing on Sunday for a berth in Super Bowl LX, he would be on the field.

“I mean, I feel like if it was the NFC Championship Game tomorrow, I would be able to go out there and feel confident — for sure,” the Packers fourth-year wide receiver said in his first comments since signing a one-year contract extension last week. “But at the end of the day, I’ve got to be as smart as I can.”

That’s the thing about Watson’s lot in life at the moment. Last week, he signed a one-year extension that includes $11 million in new money for 2026, including a guaranteed $6 million signing bonus.

On the one hand, the goal of the deal was to ease the pressure Watson was feeling to get back on the field during a contrac

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