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Christian Watson made it through first-team drills well.

Related players: Romeo Doubs

Head coach Matt LaFleur said: “You could definitely feel his speed and size out there.” It's a good sign for Watson who is finally back and getting reps after missing valuable time. Right now, it's the rookie Doubs who we have higher in the rankings, but as long as Watson stays healthy and continues to run with the first team, keep a look out for him to possibly make a run up the rankings.

Matt LaFleur calls Aaron Jones and A.J. Dillon running backs “1A and 1A.”

“They’re two of the premier backs in our league, in my opinion. They can do anything.”

Many are predicting this is the year of Dillon and it's possible this is more of a 50-50 split this season. Both backs are more than capable in the passing game as well. For what it's worth, we rank Jones as RB8 and Dillon as RB21. With the loss of Devante Adams, we think Jones gets the edge in the receiving game and we don't think it would be a big surprise for Jones to approach 70 receptions.

Romeo Doubs has seemingly passed every test the Packers have thrown at him.

Related players: Allen Lazard, Christian Watson, Randall Cobb, Sammy Watkins, Amari Rodgers

Demovsky said Doubs has passed tests in practice, the preseason opener and now joint practice vs. the Saints where he scored on a toe-tapping TD on an out from QB Aaron Rodgers. Given Doubs’ play in camp, he’s now the favorite to start in two- and three-receiver sets alongside Lazard. He is creeping up the rankings and is now worthy of a pick in the 12th or 13th round given the constant drumbeat of positive news.

The Packers got a number of important players back at practice, including; Christian Watson, Elgton Jenkins, and Tonyan.

Related Players: Josiah Deguara

This was the tight end's first time on a practice field since tearing his ACL in Week 8 last season. Tonyan is set to return for the beginning of the regular season and remains an interesting late-round target at a week position. He was tied for the lead league with his 10 touchdowns in 2020.

Josh McDaniels reiterated today that he is not exploring a trade to ship Jacobs out of Las Vegas.

Related Players: Kenyan Drake, Zamir White, Brandon Bolden

This is probably worse in fantasy land than if they simply found him a new home. It certainly raised some eyebrows when veteran Jacobs got some run in the Hall of Fame Game last week, a contest typically reserved for backups and players fighting for a spot on the roster, not RB1s. The Raiders already had Kenyan Drake in Jacobs' RB room before the team added Ameer Abdullah, Brandon Bolden, and fourth-round pick Zamir White. Jacobs is getting squeezed in every direction, but most discouraging, in the receiving game, where he doubled his career reception total in 2021 en route to his RB16 finish.

Matt LaFleur still doesn't have a timeline for when rookie WR Christian Watson will return from PUP.

The Packers are almost a week into camp and with a lot of questions at WR coming into the season, Watson needs to get back to work as soon as possible to develop chemistry with QB Aaron Rodgers. According to the tweet, LaFleur went on to say, "I told you, no more expectations." LaFleur added Watson, "is getting better" with his knee.

Rookie running back Zamir White has impressed after missing the first two days of camp with an undisclosed injury.

“He’s tough, has good contact balance, and you can see the growth in a new system,” running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu said.

Related players: Josh Jacobs

Jacobs finished RB16 last season with the 19th-highest per game production. He was RB9/RB13 the previous year. He was 13th in touches per game in 2021, so the workload was there despite so-so efficiency. He’s the RB22 off the board in early drafts, which makes some sense given the arrival of new HC Josh McDaniels, who ran an offense in New England that regularly featured multiple backs in various roles.

Sammy Watkins (knee) is ready to return to practice.

Related Players: Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson, Amari Rodgers

A full training camp would bode well for the oft-injured veteran as he attempts to carve out a role on his fifth professional organization. He is still worth a later-round flier for now, but not much more until we have a more clear view of the Green Bay wide receiver usage.

Packers beat reporter Matt Schneidman has observed Romeo Doubs stringing together impressive plays in the opening week of camp.

Related Players: Sammy Watkins, Christian Watson, Amari Rodgers

As Christian Watson and Sammy Watkins continue to nurse hamstring and knee injuries, it opens the door for the rest of the depth chart to rotate in, and it would seem that fourth-rounder Doubs is making the most of his time on the field. It's not farfetched to think that Doubs and fellow rookie Christian Watson could cut out a large role with —or ahead of— Allen Lazard and soon-to-be 32-year-old Randall Cobb. Aaron Rodgers' trust issues be damned.

Christian Watson on PUP will miss some time in camp.

Schroeder added in his tweet that something was noticed with Watson at OTAs, and they decided to address it now instead of waiting until after the season. Of course, no other information was available so it's something to keep an eye on. This is valuable time to miss for a rookie WR.