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Former Packers WR Calls His Season in Green Bay “A Nightmare” – Now His NFL Future Hangs by a Thread

Aug 2025

Sammy Watkins signed a one-year deal with the Green Bay Packers in April 2022 — joining a receiver group in transition after the departure of Davante Adams.
For Watkins, it was supposed to be a fresh chapter — a chance to revive a career once filled with promise as a former first-round pick — but instead, it became what he now calls “a nightmare I wish I could erase.”

He appeared in just 9 games, caught 13 passes for 206 yards, and spent more time battling injuries and fighting for snaps than making an impact on the field.
What frustrated Watkins most wasn’t just the stat line — it was the atmosphere in Green Bay, which he recently described as “cold, detached, and unforgiving for a player trying to prove he still belongs.”

“It was suffocating,” Watkins admitted in a rare candid moment. “I felt like every practice was an audition I was doomed to fail. That year took more out of me mentally than any injury ever did.”

After being released by the Packers in December 2022, Watkins bounced to the Baltimore Ravens in a midseason signing, hoping to make a playoff push. But the flashes of the old Watkins never returned.
This summer, he latched onto another roster in a desperate bid to extend his career — only to suffer a serious hamstring injury during training camp. Multiple league sources now expect he’ll miss the entire 2025 season, with some quietly wondering if this might be the end.

A close friend says Watkins has admitted the 2022 season still haunts him every time he laces up.
Fans in Green Bay, however, haven’t shown much sympathy — some posting on social media: “Maybe if he fought harder here, he wouldn’t be fighting for a job now.”

From a Super Bowl champion in Kansas City to a veteran WR scrambling for relevance, Sammy Watkins may have lost more than just another season — he may have lost the final page of his NFL story.
And in a cruel twist, the decline seems to trace back to that one turbulent year in the frozen heart of Titletown.

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