Desmond Watson’s quest to make the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will get a late begin.
Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles stated the heaviest participant in NFL historical past is everyday after beginning camp on non-football harm checklist resulting from his weight.
“It’s nearly attempting to get him higher, to be a more healthy participant and getting him on the sphere a bit extra,” Bowles stated Wednesday. “That’s type of the place I’m at proper now. He’s working at it and we’re working with him and that’s all you possibly can ask proper now.”
Watson, who performed at Florida, was signed after going undrafted in April. He weighed 464lb on the faculty’s professional day and misplaced 25 to 30lb earlier than the draft.
“I don’t have a timetable on what we are able to get him all the way down to or when that comes,” Bowles stated. “He’s from Armwood, he went to Florida, so he’s used to the warmth. That’s not an enormous think about it. We’ve simply acquired to see what occurs.”
The 6ft 6in defensive deal with has been working with a crew nutritionist and the crew hasn’t stated what can be a great enjoying weight for him.
