Daily News | ‘My time is still to come’: Quez Watkins’ patience is finally being rewarded with the Eagles
“You have to understand Quez — this is how he is,” Terrance Williams said recently. “He felt like the pressure was on. He’s got somebody with the big hype — A.J. Then you got [quarterback Jalen] Hurts there and they [are] calling each other best friends. He felt like it was going to be one of those situations that it’s going to be“It bothered him mentally for a minute to think about it, not knowing how the season was going to go.
And when the football started going Watkins’ way — as they did last Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, when he— his father couldn’t be faulted for harping on his consistent message with a postgame text. But that isn’t quite what happened. Watkins was a distant fourth with 11 targets compared with Brown’s 63, Smith’s 51, and Goedert’s 41 through the first seven games. And he caught only six for 88 yards and a touchdown.
It wasn’t until his freshman year at Southern Miss that he wasn’t the unquestioned No. 1 at his position. But that didn’t last long, and by his junior year,On the field, Watkins faced little adversity, but off of it, he was forced to leave school and enroll in a junior college after he got behind academically. He would eventually return — and serve the suspension — but he hindered his predraft value and wasn’t selected until the sixth round.
And when Reagor and other competitors trailed off, Watkins exploded. Sirianni was suggesting the following offseason that the Eagles already had a candidate in-house who could complement Smith. But acquiring Brown offered the chance to upgrade. Watkins said that he noticed the scene, but that he was more concerned about his role once the season started.
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