FOXBOROUGH, Mass. _ Ben Watson isn't in the Patriots current plans, but it seems like that could change.
On Tuesday, Bill Belichick kept the door open for a Watson return after the team released the veteran on Monday.
?(I) like Ben. We just don't have a roster for him right now," Belichick said. "Maybe that will change, but for the moment, that's where it is."
Watson was serving a four-game suspension after failing a test for performance enhancing drugs. He was eligible to play last weekend in Washington, but the Patriots were able to keep him off the 53-man roster due to an NFL roster exemption, which lasted until Monday at 4 p.m.
The 38-year-old wants to keep playing, but it remains to be seen if he'll get another chance with some other team or perhaps, back with the Patriots at a later date. For now, Belichick will keep two tight ends on his roster with Matt LaCosse and Ryan Izzo. He said he likes both young tight ends.
"They're both younger players that are developing," Belichick said. "We feel like they have some upside, done a decent job for us. Have a ways to go, but have had enough production that we want to keep working with them."
