Overview

• Todd Bowles said the staff will meet in the next two days to outline longer-range plans for Watson, with further discussions expected by week’s end.
• Watson remains barred from drills and pads until he hits team benchmarks, continuing conditioning work and meeting with a nutritionist.
• The undrafted Florida defensive tackle weighed 464 pounds at his Pro Day and is reported near 449–450 pounds, which the team still views as insufficient for practice clearance.
• Sporting News reports there is essentially no chance he makes the Aug. 26 cutdown to 53, with reserve-NFI viewed as a way to keep him without using an active-roster spot.
• Per SI analysis, a future attempt to activate from NFI would trigger a 21-day practice window before the team must either move him to the roster or release him.