
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are within the thick of the playoff hunt and huge receiver Chris Godwin is considered a key a part of the offense and cause why the workforce might nonetheless win the NFC South this season.
Nonetheless, questions have risen the previous couple of weeks over his targets. Godwin was focused solely thrice within the workforce’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 Photos)
Godwin’s spouse, Mariah, spoke up about Godwin’s targets on Wednesday after Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles talked earlier within the week in regards to the huge receiver’s utilization. Bowles mentioned the workforce was “subbing him out loads” as a result of he was “banged up greater than most.”
“I’m undecided why we’re simply blatantly mendacity right 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 in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons at Raymond James Stadium on Oct. 22, 2023, in Tampa. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Photos)
“I don’t know why issues are the best way they’re, this isn’t my workforce to teach. 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 in truth 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 mentioned of a breakdown of Godwin’s time on the sector from JoeBucsFan. “Cease mendacity on Chris. Cease utilizing the accidents (that he performs by!!) as an excuse for no matter you might have happening teaching clever.”
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Godwin has been a key receiver since he entered the NFL in 2017. The one-time Professional Bowler has 53 catches for 606 yards and a landing. He’s second in receiving on the workforce behind Mike Evans, who crossed the 1,000-yard receiving mark for the tenth straight season.

Chris Godwin of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers traces up through the Buffalo Payments recreation at Highmark Stadium on Oct. 26, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York. (Cooper Neill/Getty Photos)
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The Buccaneers play the Atlanta Falcons in an important divisional matchup on Sunday.
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