Christian Watson made the Bears pay in Green Bay’s 31-7 Week 5 win, and he wasn’t shy about pointing out the little break that helped turn his 53-yard touchdown into a highlight.
Watson put up 143 receiving yards and scored twice, but the third-quarter play was the one everyone will remember. As Chicago safety Dillon Thieneman closed in, Watson went up for the deep ball, reached over the defender, took the hit and still managed to slide into the back of the end zone with the ball secured. It looked like the kind of catch that belongs on loop all week - and Watson later suggested the Bears should have made the stop.
“Honestly, I was kind of joking around with some of the guys after, that's just one of those ones that you watch it back on tape, and you're like, ‘The DB should've broken it up or it should've been incomplete,’” Watson said with a smile. “Sometimes, you just find a way.”
Watson said he wasn’t trying to overcomplicate anything on the play.
“I wasn't thinking too much. Just go get it and came down with it,” he added.
The strike was part of a big downfield day for Green Bay, with Watson and Matthew Golden combining for 266 receiving yards against Chicago. It also fit into a stretch that has the Packers sitting at 3-2 through five weeks of the 2026 NFL season after bouncing back from losses to Minnesota and Atlanta with consecutive wins over Tampa Bay and Chicago.
For Matt LaFleur’s group, the rivalry win came at a useful time. The team has been working through injuries and personnel uncertainty, and Watson’s surge gives Green Bay another weapon as the passing game keeps stretching defenses. If opposing cornerbacks and safeties can’t finish plays like that one, the Packers are going to be a lot harder to slow down.
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