The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are within the thick of the playoff hunt and large receiver Chris Godwin is considered a key a part of the offense and purpose why the crew may nonetheless win the NFC South this season.
Nonetheless, questions have risen the previous few weeks over his targets. Godwin was focused solely thrice within the crew’s 21-18 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. He performed 84% of the snaps. The low whole got here after back-to-back weeks of seven targets and consecutive weeks of six targets earlier than that.
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Chris Godwin of the Buccaneers warms up earlier than the Carolina Panthers recreation at Raymond James Stadium on Dec. 3, 2023, in Tampa, Florida. (Mike Carlson/Getty Photographs)
Godwin’s spouse, Mariah, spoke up about Godwin’s targets on Wednesday after Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles talked earlier within the week concerning the large receiver’s utilization. Bowles stated the crew was “subbing him out a lot” as a result of he was “banged up more than most.”
“I’m not sure why we are just blatantly lying here,” Mariah Godwin wrote on her Instagram Tales in response to Bowles’ feedback. “No matter how banged up Chris is, he continues to work his a– off. Hasn’t missed a recreation. Continues to run nice routes & get open.
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Chris Godwin of the Buccaneers carries the ball against the Atlanta Falcons at Raymond James Stadium on Oct. 22, 2023, in Tampa. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
“I don’t know why issues are the way in which they’re, this isn’t my crew to educate. However this mendacity on Chris & implying negativity on his work ethic is infuriating. Let’s not act like he needed to be subbed out a lot greater than standard when the truth is he’s been taking part in simply the identical.”
She continued on subsequent Tales that Godwin’s accidents had been getting used as an excuse.
“Infuriating,” she said of a breakdown of Godwin’s time on the field from JoeBucsFan. “Cease mendacity on Chris. Cease utilizing the accidents (that he performs by!!) as an excuse for no matter you’ve gotten happening teaching smart.”
Godwin has been a key receiver since he entered the NFL in 2017. The one-time Pro Bowler has 53 catches for 606 yards and a touchdown. He’s second in receiving on the team behind Mike Evans, who crossed the 1,000-yard receiving mark for the 10th straight season.
Chris Godwin of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers strains up throughout the Buffalo Payments recreation at Highmark Stadium on Oct. 26, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York. (Cooper Neill/Getty Photographs)
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The Buccaneers play the Atlanta Falcons in a vital divisional matchup on Sunday.
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