The Inexperienced Bay Packers are on the rise, and lots of really feel they might have an opportunity of attending to the Tremendous Bowl this season.
Whereas some could have to faucet the brakes a bit on their Packers optimism, the group appears to have a authentic younger franchise quarterback in Jordan Love.
It additionally has 4 younger, rising extensive receivers in Romeo Doubs, Jayden Reed, Christian Watson and Dontayvion Wicks who all appear to be battling for the suitable to turn out to be Inexperienced Bay’s high choice within the passing sport.
ESPN insider Dan Graziano mentioned he feels the winner of that battle will finally be Doubs, who reportedly has achieved very properly in coaching camp.
“Multiple people at Packers camp told me Doubs is the guy who has had the most consistently good showing so far and has separated himself as Love’s go-to guy in any situation,” Graziano mentioned, by way of 32BeatWriters.
“If there’s a Packers receiver you want in fantasy, I think it’s Doubs. Multiple people at Packers camp told me Doubs is the guy who has had the most consistently good showing so far and has separated himself as Love’s go-to guy in any situation.”
— 32BeatWriters (@32BeatWriters) August 9, 2024
Doubs, who was a fourth-round draft select of the College of Nevada, is coming into his third NFL season.
Final yr, he made 59 catches for 674 receiving yards, which ranked second on the group behind Reed, and he was tied with the rookie for the group lead with eight receiving touchdowns.
When Inexperienced Bay thumped the Dallas Cowboys in final season’s wild-card spherical of the playoffs, it was Doubs who led the way in which with six catches, 151 receiving yards and one landing.
Maybe it isn’t time to pencil in Inexperienced Bay because the soon-to-be winners of the NFC North, at the very least not but, but when all goes properly, the Packers must be the kind of group nobody desires to face within the playoffs.
This previous January, they led the San Francisco 49ers within the divisional spherical for a lot of the third and fourth quarters till Christian McCaffrey scored the game-winning landing with simply over a minute left.
