After the Green Bay Packers suspended wide receiver Romeo Doubs for their Week 5 game against the Los Angeles Rams for conduct detrimental to the team, fellow wideout and 2022 draft pick Christian Watson was asked about putting individual goals aside, especially with a potential contract extension approaching this offseason.
Doubs skipped two practices preceding Green Bay’s trip to Los Angeles, reportedly because he was unhappy with his role in the offense, hence the question to Watson.
“I wouldn’t say it’s easy at all, to be honest,” said Watson, who had a meager eight targets in four games played to that point. “Everyone’s a different person. Everyone has their own views on everything. How I look at it is if I just keep on doing what I do and keep on striving to be the player that I’m going to be, at some point, whether it’s tomorrow or five years from now, I’m gonna get what I deserve.
“One way or another, whether it’s $1 million or $50 million, it is what it is. I think everyone has their own views on it. It’s definitely tough because it’s a business at the end of the day. Everyone’s their own corporation. Everyone’s trying to provide for their families and whatnot. It’s tough to go by when it seems like it’s never going your way, but I don’t really think that’s been the case here for a lot of us. I think we’ve gotten opportunities. All of us would love to get more, but I think that the team goal will come first and you gripe about the individual goals later.”
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