BSPN: Bucs, Chris Godwin Trying To Work Out Long-Term Contact
March 8th, 2022
Update.
Last night Jeff Howe of The Athletic reported it was premature to suggest the Bucs will franchise tag receiver Chris Godwin for the second consecutive season. Why? Because Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht had something else up his sleeve.
And indeed this morning Diana Russini of BSPN reports Licht and Godwin’s camp are trying to work out a contract before the 4 p.m. tag deadline today.
Joe has long maintained the smart move by the Bucs this offseason was to sign Godwin and tag center Ryan Jensen. But that was before Tom Brady retired (?). Joe is strongly confident that if Jensen walks out the front door of One Buc Palace, so too does any hope Brady may change his mind and play for the Bucs in 2022.
Brady is not going to return to a team that lost two Pro Bowlers tasked with keeping his jersey clean. That’s all there is to it. Left guard Ali Marpet retired.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are currently working on a long term contract for receiver Chris Godwin. If a deal is not struck between the two sides by 4pm today, expect Tampa Bay to tag him for the second consecutive year, per sources.
One source “This could come down to the wire”— Dianna Russini (@diannaESPN) March 8, 2022
March 8th, 2022 at 8:58 am
Awesome; he needs to get the $15 mil range and go with that after coming off his knee injury if he could get a 60 million signing bonus he is set for life
March 8th, 2022 at 9:05 am
Licht should get something done…..he’s been working with Godwin’s agent for a couple of years now…..each side knows what they want…..
Chris Godwin is outstanding in every respect…..we need to keep him paired with Mike….
March 8th, 2022 at 9:15 am
PLEASE get a long-term deal done. Then tag Jensen.
March 8th, 2022 at 9:16 am
Sign CG for around 16mil. Tag Jensen. Try and sign CD for around 12. Lenny for 5 or 6. The rest. I don’t really care.
March 8th, 2022 at 9:17 am
I hope we can get something done, because we may need the franchise tag for someone else.
This is what I read yesterday about Godwin, so I was surprised when it was reported that we were gonna use the Tag on him, for a second year.
March 8th, 2022 at 9:29 am
CGOD forever!
March 8th, 2022 at 9:33 am
Godwin will get more than $15M per season.
5 years $95M – $50M guaranteed…
March 8th, 2022 at 9:46 am
Brady aint coming back, to the bucs at least. We are going to lose good players on both sides, the team will be worse, he wont come back to a worse team
March 8th, 2022 at 9:48 am
Joe, can’t they just transition tag Jensen? Leaving them the option to franchise Godwin still should the need arise? (Personally I’d rather they transition Whithead…but w.e)
March 8th, 2022 at 9:57 am
They’re all so dang overpaid it’s a joke. Now you have QB’s wanting $50-70mil per season. Don’t they even think of the other players on the team they’ll be playing for. I hate the business side of football. For a QB to think he’s worth 3-5x more than a top tier receiver is madness. I’m not a communist yet, Russia still has to cross an ocean, but I’d like to see a little less disparity from players at the top and the bottom. Too many NFL players have 4 year degrees and can’t even speak the English language coherently. Well at least they can afford to buy gas, do there’s that.
March 8th, 2022 at 10:04 am
he’s banged up and we have no qb. let him test the market..
March 8th, 2022 at 10:06 am
What David said
March 8th, 2022 at 10:20 am
‘Joe is strongly confident that if Jensen walks out the front door of One Buc Palace, so too does any hope Brady may change his mind and play for the Bucs in 2022.’
Hang tough Joe. That horse is dead, but I’m sure you can breathe new life into him.
Dusthty … Godwin will get considerably more than $15 mil IF he tests the FA market. Probably $3-$5 mil more per year. Lots of teams are desperate for a WR who can do what CG can do. Falcons come to mind for starters now that Ridley got himself suspended for at least this season.
March 8th, 2022 at 10:23 am
BigMacAttack … You can stop worrying. Russians don’t swim well I’ve heard, and most NFL players don’t get paid to speak; they get paid (handsomely) to produce on the field. Good thing huh.
March 8th, 2022 at 10:26 am
Chris can be resigned with a low cap hit in 2022, I saw one writeup it could be 6-7m in 2022 with a 15m/y average. Pushes cap into 2023-2026
March 8th, 2022 at 10:28 am
Look on Pat Macfee show today for the update on Aaron Rodgers Adams, story, I think he and Adams gets traded to Bronocs for a player, 2 first and a second or maybe more. Von miller also looking to return to Broncos.
March 8th, 2022 at 10:30 am
Personally, I’m glad the Bandits are back!!
March 8th, 2022 at 10:34 am
This is kind of a “no S sherlock” article. We all knew the Bucs would do everything in their reasonable contractual power to keep Godwin here for years. And if not, most likely franchise him again. Who is surprised?
March 8th, 2022 at 10:39 am
[Not yet. — Joe]
March 8th, 2022 at 10:41 am
Apparently he’s just been tagged…
March 8th, 2022 at 10:42 am
They tagged him.
Ouch what a mistake. God awful offseason won’t stop.
March 8th, 2022 at 10:44 am
New England Patriot
I don’t know if they can get Rodgers, Adams and Miller but getting Rodgers and getting Miller to come back looking like a possibility.
March 8th, 2022 at 10:45 am
According to Ian Rappaport the Bucs tagged Godwin. Interesting…
March 8th, 2022 at 10:45 am
In other news- Calvin Ridley of the Falcons gone for the year. People are going to argue that it’s too harsh for the parlay bets he did but … oh well!!
It’s real simple: if you play in a professional sport you DO NOT gamble on it.
March 8th, 2022 at 10:47 am
Only a mistake if they don’t sign them to a contract soon. If he plays on the tag then I agree it’s a mistake.
March 8th, 2022 at 11:03 am
Pay the man & use tag on someone else…
March 8th, 2022 at 11:10 am
I like the tag……see if that knee holds up. and he will get less yards with a lesser qb and his value on long term deal would be less provided the knee holds.
March 8th, 2022 at 11:14 am
He hasnt got tagged yet bucs sound so desperate for Godwin though. Im probably in the minority in this but I think it would be such a mistake to tag him again and let Davis walk going to be a big market for Davis for good reason.
March 8th, 2022 at 11:18 am
Joes
Just curious. Whether it happened or not with godwin.
Why did you sensor / delete the comment when literally posters right after said the same thing and their post stands. There was no language or negative comment. It was like 4 words
Every single one of my posts waits hours sometimes for approval
Thoughts? Cause i would really like to know
There are hundreds of people like you in permanent moderation.–Joe
March 8th, 2022 at 11:31 am
Sign Godwin long term or tag him- Bucs must do everything they can to convince Brady to return mid season.
March 8th, 2022 at 11:38 am
Should def be a deal with incentives. Make it enticing enough that he still has some cash if he struggles rehabbing, but that if he is never the same you can save some of your losses. Don’t know exactly what that sweet spot looks like, but I’d hope someone like Licht would
March 8th, 2022 at 11:38 am
“I like the tag……see if that knee holds up. and he will get less yards with a lesser qb and his value on long term deal would be less provided the knee holds.”
Exactly. I agree. I like the guy but he destroyed his knee. You can’t blow all that cash on an unknown.
March 8th, 2022 at 11:39 am
And make them easy enough to achieve. Could be based on roster spot or maybe something easily achievable like 60 catches
March 8th, 2022 at 11:48 am
We have until 4:00 p.m. to tag him, I don’t see what’s the point of doing it before noon
March 8th, 2022 at 1:01 pm
Can’t believe that JL actually tagged Godwin for the SECOND time. We just used $19 mil of our salary CAP on a guy who MAY only play 8 or 9 games for us, and THEN move on next year anyways. In what universe does that make any sense? Oh I forgot, in JBF World.
March 8th, 2022 at 1:15 pm
Godwin will be ready week 1
March 8th, 2022 at 1:39 pm
Licht back to being pre-brady licht…weird how that is.
Welcome to the Yucs!
March 8th, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Lichts had all year to get this done and hed waiting until the last second thats pure incompetent. If I was Godwin I would not sign and let him tag you at 19.2 mil. Because you know Licht going to put an injury clause in his contact if he tags Godwin he can’t.