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Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed the defensive tackle Desmond Watson and added him to the training team as the team is preparing to take on the Philadelphia Eagles in week 4.
Watson, the 464-Pound Rookie defense Lineman out of Florida, could not make the 53-man list during the forecast. He was forced to the sidelines as he did not meet the conditioning requirements to take the field. He was considered the heaviest player in the NFL story.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defensive Lineman Desmond Watson (56) warms up under Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rookie Mini Camp Workout on May 9, 2025 at the Adventhealth Training Center in Tampa, Florida. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Buccane’s main coach Todd Bowles said Monday that Watson had a “good training when the team brought him last week.
Buccaneers seems to be trying to find a way to stop Eagles’ tush -push, which has come under the limelight for the past few weeks when it looked like some players had jumped before the ball was snapped to Jalen Hurts.
Bowles said Watson wasn’t just brought in as the answer to Tush -push.
“We’ll never bring him in just to stop a tush -push. If we have to bring a guy in to stop a game, and tush -push never comes up, you wasting your time,” Bowles said. “If we bring him in, we think he can play, not just for a Philadelphia thing.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defensive Tackle Desmond Watson keeps an eye on the sidelines during exercise in NFL Football Camp, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Tampa, FLA. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
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“It is very unlikely that he would be ready to play when we first bring him in, for Philadelphia right now. It’s just a matter of creating space and seeing if we have a place for him and then what we see for him in the future.”
The 6-foot-6 defensive tackle worked with a nutrition physiologist in the summer. The team did not say what an ideal weight for him would be.
Watson talked about his weight gain to journalists earlier this year. He said he would consistently stop to get food while he was in Florida.
“Stop while driving,” Watson said when asked about bad habits he has tried to throw on his pro day. “My biggest thing is to continue, get to the place I need to get. There are stores and a lot of temptations. It has helped me tremendously.
Tampa Bay Buccane’s nose tackle Desmond Watson (56) runs an exercise under the NFL football team’s rookie mini stamp on Friday, May 9, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
“Don’t go into the gas station. Pay at the pump. Because inside it is snacks and all types of things like that. Don’t pull over. If you’re on the highway, stay on the highway until you come where you have to go.”
