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Does Justin Watson Need To Step It Up?

When the Bucs lost Adam Humphries to free agency and traded away Desean Jackson, most figured that Justin Watson would help make up for the attrition.

The second-year receiver appeared to be on the right track during the early stages of training camp, but hasn’t really taken the next step over the past few weeks.

Bruce Arians was asked whether or not Watson had the fourth receiver spot locked up during Sunday’s media availability and he didn’t mince words with his response.

“No, I would not say that,” Arians said bluntly.