Christian Justus Watson Week 13 Preview vs. the Lions

Christian Justus Watson will be up against the 15th-ranked passing defense in the league when his Green Bay Packers take on the Detroit Lions in Week 13, on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET.

Christian Watson has pulled down 17 passes (on 24 targets) for 283 yards (to average 56.6 per game). He has two receiving TDs on the season.

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Watson vs. the Lions

• Watson vs the Lions (since 2021): 2 GP / 75.5 REC YPG / 0 REC TD
• Detroit has allowed three opposing receivers to rack up 100 or more receiving yards in a game in the 2025 season.
• The Lions have surrendered a TD pass to 17 opposing players this year.
• Detroit has allowed two or more TD receptions to four opposing players on the season.
• The 210.5 passing yards the Lions give up per outing makes them the 15th-ranked pass defense in the NFL this season.
• The Lions have the No. 25 defense in the NFL in passing TDs allowed, conceding 21 this season (1.9 per game).

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Watson Receiving Insights

• Watson, in four of five games, has gone over on his receiving yards prop bet.
• Watson has 7.2% of his team's target share (24 targets on 334 passing attempts).
• He has been targeted 24 times this season, averaging 11.8 yards per target.
• Christian Justus Watson has had a touchdown catch in one of five games this year. On that occasion, he scored more than one TD.
• He has two total touchdowns this season (6.7% of his team's 30 offensive TDs).
• With two red zone targets, Watson has been on the receiving end of 4.1% of his team's 49 red zone pass attempts.

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Watson's Recent Performance