Tus Txais Dav Dav Starved Green Bay Packers Ntxiv Sammy Watkins rau Kev Sib Tw

Sammy Watkins yog qhov thib plaub xaiv tag nrho hauv 2014 NFL Draft. Davante Adams mus xaiv No. 53.

Adams tau dhau los ua lub hnub qub hauv Green Bay, ncav cuag Pro Bowl txhua ntawm tsib lub caij dhau los thiab tau txais All-Pro honors ob zaug. Watkins, lub sijhawm no, yeej tsis nyob ntawm qhov hype thiab bounced ntawm plaub pawg.

Niaj hnub no, Adams tab tom ua si rau Las Vegas. Thiab nyob rau hnub Thursday, cov Packers tau kos npe rau Watkins los pab ua qhov khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob khoob.

Watkins tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus ib xyoos nrog Packers muaj nqis txog $ 4 lab. Cov xov xwm tau tshaj tawm thawj zaug los ntawm NFL Network.

"Nws tsis ua li cas, tab sis nws tsis muaj dab tsi zoo li tus txiv neej uas nws tau tawm ntawm Clemson," tus kws tshawb fawb AFC tau xa ntawv rau kuv tom qab kos npe. “Nws yuav zoo tshaj yog tias nws yog koj tus lej 3 (receiver) tam sim no. Koj tsis xav kom nws ua koj li (No.) 2.

Watkins, thawj tus neeg tau txais txiaj ntsig hauv xyoo 2014, yeej tsis tau ua raws li qhov kev xav tau ntawm qhov kev xaiv siab. Thiab tam sim no, nrog Watkins teem kom muaj hnub nyoog 29 thaum Lub Rau Hli thiab nkag mus rau nws lub caij cuaj, nws zoo li tsis zoo li nws yuav muaj ntau dua li tus neeg ua si.

Thaum nws thawj yim lub caij, Watkins nruab nrab 43.5 catches, 632 yards thiab 4 TDs ib xyoo. Nyob rau sab ntxeev, Adams nruab nrab 84 txais tos, 1,015 yards thiab cuaj touchdowns hauv nws thawj yim lub caij.

Watkins tau siv nws thawj peb xyoos hauv Buffalo, ua si ib lub caij nrog Los Angeles Rams, peb ntxiv hauv Kansas City thiab 2021 kev sib tw nrog Baltimore Ravens.

Watkins tsuas muaj 27 qhov kev txais tos rau 394 yards (14.6 nruab nrab) thiab ib qho touchdown ib xyoos dhau los hauv Baltimore. Xyoo 2020, Watkins ntes tau 37 kis rau 421 yards (11.4 nruab nrab) thiab ob TDs nrog Cov Thawj Coj.

"Nws nyob ntawm downside," tus kws tshawb fawb hais. "Tsis muaj qhov tsis ntseeg txog nws."

Watkins kuj tau ua si nrog Rams hauv 2017 thaum tam sim no Packers 'tus kws qhia tus thawj coj Matt LaFleur yog tus thawj coj ua phem. Lub caij ntawd, Watkins muaj 39 kev txais tos rau 593 yards thiab yim touchdowns, tab sis tau ntxhov siab rau nws lub luag haujlwm hauv kev ua txhaum uas suav nrog Robert Woods, Cooper Kupp, Tavon Austin thiab Todd Gurley.

"Raws li ib tug neeg ua si, tau kawg koj yuav ntxhov siab," Watkins hais rau lub caij ntawd. "Kuv tsis paub tus neeg uas ua ntawv, tus neeg txais khoom dav, uas tsis ntxhov siab thoob plaws hauv qhov kev ua si yog tias koj tsis tau txais pob."

Green Bay tau dhau los ua kev xav tau rau cov neeg tau txais kev pab dav dav tom qab kev lag luam Adams rau Las Vegas Raiders lub hli tas los rau qhov kev xaiv thawj- thiab thib ob. Yog tsis muaj Adams, Green Bay tau sab laug nrog kev sib cav qhov kev sau tsis zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov neeg txais hauv kev ncaws pob.

Allen Lazard tsis tau tsim tawm los ntawm Iowa State vim tsis muaj qhov tawg - qee yam uas yeej tsis tau hloov pauv. Randall Cobb, teem caij nkag mus rau nws 12^th Lub caij, tsis tau ua si ib xyoo tas los txij li xyoo 2015. Thiab Amari Rodgers tau txaus ntshai ua tus neeg tshiab hauv 2021.

Green Bay - uas muaj ob qhov thawj- thiab ob qhov kev xaiv thib ob nyob rau hauv cov qauv uas pib rau lub Plaub Hlis 28 - yuav luag tseem yuav ntxiv ib lossis ob tus neeg txais thoob plaws thaum ntxov. Tab sis qhov sib ntxiv ntawm Watkins txhais tau hais tias Packers cov txuj ci thiab qhov tob ntawm txoj haujlwm yog me ntsis zoo dua li nws tau ua.

Tawm ntawm Clemson, 6-ko taw-1, 211-phaus Watkins khiav 40-yard khiav ceev hauv 4.43 vib nas this. Scouts poob rau hauv kev hlub nrog nws qhov kev ua si nrawm, nws cov thav duab zoo nkauj, nws lub peev xwm khiav tom qab-tus-catch thiab nws txhais tes zoo kawg li.

Cov Bills tau ntxim nyiam heev nrog Watkins lawv tau tso lawv lub 2014 thawj puag ncig xaiv (No. 9 tag nrho) thiab thawj- thiab plaub rounder hauv 2015 kom dhia mus txog tsib qhov chaw thiab xaiv Watkins.

"Peb xav tias nws yog qhov kev pheej hmoo uas suav nrog thiab muaj kev pheej hmoo uas peb txaus siab ua," tus thawj coj ntawm Bills Doug Whaley tau hais. "Tus nqi siab ntawm kev tsis ua qhov playoffs yog ib yam uas peb hnyav thiab peb xav tias tus txiv neej no yuav coj peb mus rau playoffs."

Tab sis txhua yam yeej tsis tau nyem rau Watkins hauv Buffalo - lossis ib qho ntawm nws plaub qhov chaw nres tsheb dhau los.

Watkins 'lub caij zoo tshaj plaws yog nws thawj ob hauv Buffalo thaum ua si nrog hodge-podge quarterback pab pawg ntawm Tyrod Taylor (13 pib), Kyle Orton (12), EJ Manuel (6) thiab Matt Cassel (1). Watkins nruab nrab 62.5 txais tos, 1,010 tau txais yards thiab 7.5 touchdowns nyob rau hauv ob lub caij thiab nws tshwm sim stardom nyob rau hauv nws lub neej yav tom ntej.

Watkins tsuas yog ua si yim ua si hauv 2016, txawm li cas los xij, vim yog pob txha tawg hauv nws ko taw. Thiab tom qab kev taug kev 2016 kev sib tw, Watkins tau pauv mus rau Los Angeles Rams thaum Lub Yim Hli, 2017.

Tom qab nws ib lub caij hauv Los Angeles, Watkins tau kos npe rau peb xyoos, $ 48 lab tus neeg sawv cev pub dawb nrog Kansas City.

Watkins tau qhab nia peb qhov kev sib tw thaum nws thawj qhov kev ua si nrog Cov Thawj Coj hauv 2018. Tab sis nws tsuas muaj peb lub TDs ntxiv thaum lub sijhawm nws nyob peb xyoos hauv Kansas City thiab tsuas yog ib qho hauv Baltimore xyoo tas los.

Watkins tau hais tias "Kuv muaj kuv lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau ntawd, thiab kuv nyiam kuv lub sijhawm," Watkins hais tom qab tawm hauv Thawj Tswj Hwm. “Kuv xav tias kuv lub sijhawm dhau mus. Kuv tsuas yog xav ua qhov txawv. "

Baltimore yeej tsis yog panacea Watkins vam tias nws yuav yog. Qhov tseeb, ob lub caij dhau los tau ua phem tshaj plaws ntawm Watkins txoj haujlwm, txawm tias ua si nrog MVP quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes thiab Lamar Jackson.

Watkins kuj tau plam 29 ntawm qhov ua tau 128 txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm vim raug mob (22.7%) thiab tsis tau ua si tag nrho lub caij txij li nws lub xyoo tshiab hauv 2014.

Tab sis cov Packers tau txiav txim siab tias Watkins yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov qoob loo uas tsis muaj txiaj ntsig ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm pub dawb uas tseem tshuav. Thiab tam sim no, lawv yuav hla lawv cov ntiv tes uas nws tuaj yeem ntxiv qee cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo rau ib qho ntawm NFL cov neeg taug kev feem ntau tau txais corps.