Christian Watson isn’t a particularly difficult player to understand. He’s big, he’s fast, and he actually has become a reliable catcher of the football after some rookie scuffles in that department. Metric after metric shows how important he has been, for years, in helping the Green Bay Packers beat man coverage. When he went out with an ACL injury against the Chicago Bears last January, it felt like that drew the curtains on any real playoff run Green Bay could have made. He’s so vital, particularly against the best teams, to what Green Bay wants to do down the field. But he’s also important in the more conservative parts of the playbook as well, which were on display on Sunday.
Let’s start with the simplest of them all. Tucker Kraft had an absolutely monstrous game on National Tight En

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