{"id":81647,"date":"2025-07-23T11:55:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=81647"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:51:57","slug":"bucs-take-a-chance-on-massive-rookie-as-training-camp-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/bucs-take-a-chance-on-massive-rookie-as-training-camp-begins\/81647\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucs take a chance on massive rookie as Training Camp begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-40\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"1f999a15-b30d-4a2c-973c-15906cba510e\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"336\">The Tampa Bay Buccaneers turned heads after the NFL Draft by signing Desmond Watson, a giant defensive tackle from the University of Florida, as an undrafted free agent. Watson wasn\u2019t picked during the draft, but his size alone made him impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"338\" data-end=\"585\">Before the draft, Watson was listed at 464 pounds, but now that he\u2019s officially joined the team, the Bucs say he measures 6-foot-6 and 449 pounds. That makes him the heaviest player in NFL history, a record no one expected to be broken.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"587\" data-end=\"939\">Watson is just getting started at Bucs training camp, where he\u2019s working to prove that he\u2019s more than just a big body. According to ESPN\u2019s Jenna Laine, the team isn\u2019t giving him a set role yet. Right now, the main goal is to help him drop some weight and get to a healthy size that he can maintain before they decide where he fits on the field.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"1119\">Though Watson didn\u2019t receive an invitation to the NFL Combine, he made a strong impression at Florida\u2019s Pro Day, showing surprising strength and agility for someone his size.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1121\" data-end=\"1342\">He\u2019ll now be training alongside Vita Vea, the Bucs\u2019 star defensive tackle, who weighs around 350 pounds and is one of the best at his position. Vea could become a valuable mentor as Watson learns the ropes of the NFL.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1534\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Watson\u2019s journey is only just beginning. There\u2019s still a long road ahead, but if he can stay focused, shed some pounds, and continue to develop, he might just carve out a spot in the league.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers turned heads after the NFL Draft by signing Desmond Watson, a giant defensive tackle from the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":81648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[30873,201,30872],"class_list":["post-81647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-football","tag-desmond-watson","tag-nfl","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}