GREEN BAY – During the two joint practices with the Saints on Tuesday and Wednesday, Packers receiver Sammy Watkins commanded his biggest presence to date in training camp.
He hauled in a deep ball from Aaron Rodgers on a free play in the first workout, snagged a 25-yard dart over the middle amongst multiple New Orleans defenders in the final two-minute drill of the second one, and made a handful of other productive plays in between.
But the veteran free agent will be the last person to say he's got his latest transition all figured out.
"I feel like I have stacked good days on top of good days, but at the same time, I'm not there," Watkins said. "I can't get complacent. I've still got to be humble, I've still got to understand that I'm not there mentally.
"Yeah, I can go out there and catch a ton of balls, but it's not about that. It's about doing the little things, the details the right way to where if a critical situation comes up, I'm going to do it right and make that play."
For what it's worth, Watkins felt he had an "outstanding" day Tuesday but then wasn't at his best Wednesday despite a few more impressive catches. He admitted he's being intentionally hard on himself, pushing to reach a more consistent level on a daily basis.
For him, that's only going to happen when he feels he has everything down pat – the playbook, the checks and adjustments, the way Rodgers wants things done – so he's no longer thinking about anything on the field, only reacting naturally to all that's engrained in his brain.
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