I thought about cutting him for a veteran WR on the waiver wire but I like what I saw despite the drop.
Rodgers obviously throw to him when he wants to stretch the field.
I don't see Watson being a guy that catches a lot of balls each week like previous WRs in Green Bay
If he catches that TD, it's like 3/100/TD, didn't see that kind of explosive ability from other positions o the field.
It's tempting to release him but he is my WR6 and I promise you he won't be able to get much higher than WR5 on my bench because I'm stacked but that's why I drafted him. I didn't think a possession WR would look very good behind Kupp-Adams-AJB-Kirk-E.Moore...Watson makes a sweet 6 at the end of the bench.
My plan is to play him in 4-5 weeks when Bye weeks start and every week for a month I have to start someone off the bench and I thought Watson by that point will have some time to adjust to the NFL. I don't think Lazard, Watson or Cobb can do anything I've seen Christian Watson do stretching the Defense.
The drop was terrible but also showed how explosive this kid can be.
I'm more interested in knowing which veteran WR you might cut him for than where he sits as WR-X on your roster. That will clue me in a little bit on what you think his value is.
Now where I think you and others are making a potential mistake, and something I am struggling with determining myself, is how to value his upside. I'm not sure there is another receiver with as much upside on most waiver wires. Potential giant delta. I don't think Lazard is a 1, the Packers may need to play from behind more than usual and throw a lot, Rodgers speaks highly of his talent (hard to assess how true this is), Watson appears to have game-breaking speed, I don't see massive competition from others, including Doubs, Watson hasn't had much field time with Aaron and he still was close to coming out as the top guy last week, Aaron is a HOF QB and NOT Trubisky (i.e., Pickens vs. Watson situation), etc.
I keep thinking the upside delta is giant here and given that, you want him on your roster now and particularly the week before he hits. You don't want to try to pay for him the week after. If he makes that catch last week, this thread has a very different tone. I know, he didn't make the catch...but that might be good fortune for some of us. He will make that catch this year at some point.
In his third game as a Packer, Greg Jennings caught 3 balls for 101 yards and a 75 yard TD. That looks a lot like what last week might have been. Jennings went on to 45 catches on 104 targets, 632 yards and 3 TDs in 14 games. Not bad, not great. Driver was the clear 1, Jennings the 2. I expect Watson will do better than that this year.