According to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter<\/a>, the deal is a four-year extension that is worth $110 million in new money, a $27.5 million average, and comes with a $31 million signing bonus. These numbers come in just shy of the deal that Alec Pierce signed with the Indianapolis Colts in the offseason (4 years\/$114 million), which APC projected as a comparable deal for Watson when it was signed.<\/p>\nUnlike Pierce\u2019s contract, however, Watson still had a year remaining on his current deal, which was set to earn him $5.75 million in cash for the 2026 season. Adding the new deal onto his existing 2026 compensation effectively makes this worth $115.75 million over five years, or $23.15 million per year.<\/p>\n
When healthy, Watson has been a tremendous deep threat for the Packers, having averaged 17.0 yards per reception for his career. He took a step forward in 2025, setting career highs in yards per game (61.1) and receptions per game (3.5), both top marks among the Packers\u2019 wide receivers. (Notably, tight end Tucker Kraft matched Watson\u2019s YPG exactly and averaged 4 catches per game.)<\/p>\n
The Packers also signed Jayden Reed to a new contract extension earlier this offseason, locking him in through the 2029 season. With last year\u2019s first-round draft pick, Matthew Golden, also under team control through 2029 (three years left on his rookie contract, plus a potential 5th-year option), the Watson extension solidifies the team\u2019s wide receiver group for the next several years as the Packers look to break through the NFC field and make a Super Bowl run.<\/p>\n
Kraft remains the biggest remaining priority for the Packers in terms of extension candidates, as the superstar tight end heads into the final year of his rookie contract. Watson returned from a torn ACL in week 7 last year, and in the only full game that both he and Kraft played \u2014 a 35-25 win over the Steelers in week 7 \u2014 Watson caught 4 passes for 85 yards while Kraft had 7 catches for 143 and two scores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s official \u2014 the Green Bay Packers plan to have Christian Watson as their number one wide receiver…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[18811,349,99],"class_list":["post-684300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-green-bay-packers-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}