Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur confirmed that wide receiver Christian Watson will avoid landing on injured reserve after suffering a frightening-looking ankle injury during Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
The Packers feel fortunate the prognosis wasn’t worse on Watson’s injury.
“Just talking to him today, we got lucky. We dodged a real bullet there. Because that looked pretty ugly,” LaFleur said Wednesday. “He’s definitely in good spirits and he’s going to do whatever he can to get back as soon as he can.”
On Monday, LaFleur said Watson will miss “a week or so,” and avoiding injured reserve suggests the team thinks he’ll be back within the four-week window.