GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jordan Love’s first foray because the Inexperienced Bay Packers’ full-time initiation quarterback will rush park with out a minimum of one among his top-two receivers.

Speedster Christian Watson used to be dominated for Sunday’s regular-season opener on the Chicago Bears because of a hamstring shock, lecturer Matt LaFleur introduced on Friday.

Fellow receiver Romeo Doubs, additionally coping with a hamstring, used to be indexed as questionable, however LaFleur indicated it used to be trending towards Doubs being to be had on Sunday.

Watson popped up at the shock document this while then making it via coaching camp with out lacking a unmarried observe. He even took section in each classes utmost while following the preseason opener, so it’s non-transperant when he sustained the shock.

LaFleur labeled Watson’s shock as “hopefully just week to week,” that means injured stock may not be vital. Watson must leave out a minimum of 4 video games if he went on IR.

Endmost season, Watson overlooked 3 video games (Weeks 3, 6 and seven) on account of a hamstring shock. It’s now not identified whether or not this shock is to the similar leg as utmost yr. He additionally overlooked maximum of his rookie coaching camp on account of a knee shock.

In 14 video games utmost season, Watson stuck 41 passes for 611 yards and 7 touchdowns. Two of the ones had been 50-plus backyard ratings. He additionally had a couple of speeding touchdowns. Maximum of that got here in the second one part of the season. He had seven catches for 52 yards within the first seven video games of the season.

The Packers already had some of the youngest receiver teams within the league, with Doubs and Watson as essentially the most skilled in spite of being in most effective their moment NFL seasons. Now, the receivers can be Doubs (if to be had), second-year professional Samori Toure (who had simply 5 catches utmost season), rookie second-round pick out Jayden Reed, rookie fifth-round pick out Dontayvion Wicks and undrafted rookie Malik Heath and a perhaps elevation from the observe squad in Bo Melton and/or Serve DuBose.