Todd Bowles Explains Chris Godwin Not On The Field Much In Second Half
November 24th, 2025
Chris Godwin
The way the Bucs panicked late in the second quarter and basically waved the white flag by pulling an ESPN Analytics and going for it on fourth down from their own 28, Joe figured maybe someone wised up on the sidelines and decided not to risk Bucs receiver Chris Godwin getting injured again.
But that was not the case, said Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
Godwin was on a pitch count Sunday in his first game since a win over Seattle back in early October.
“Well, he was on a play count,” Bowles explained. “We had him on a certain play count for the first week and we got that accomplished.”
Joe’s not being critical of Bowles here, or anyone on the coaching staff. It just seems weird if Godwin was on a pitch count, wouldn’t you want most of those snaps in the second half?
If the Bucs hadn’t surrendered the game late in the second quarter, wouldn’t it have been better to have Godwin on the field more in an effort to mount a comeback?
November 24th, 2025 at 9:03 am
Meaningless
November 24th, 2025 at 9:05 am
Wise choice… get him hurt in a meaningless situation again would be worse than crazy.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:06 am
No one expected us to win that game, at least not now. We’re missing too many players. Can’t believe the accusations Joe is making here. Let it go man!
November 24th, 2025 at 9:07 am
I just figured he was injured again
November 24th, 2025 at 9:08 am
Godwin probably said “I’m not going in” after watching this crap from the sidelines late in the 2nd quarter when they decided to give up.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:13 am
This Team and coach has hit their ceiling. When the biggest problem of your team-the Putrid Pass Defense-is the forte supposedly of your head coach-it is time to realize this team needs to go in a different direction. It is the same movie over and over. This team needs a new attitude. Baker can only do so much. What were we thinking was going to be better this year because we brought in Reddick? That is Fools Gold.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:14 am
Only smart thing to they did, your article is a real reach.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:24 am
Need a soft rebuild
November 24th, 2025 at 9:24 am
You still have time to delete this Joe.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:26 am
Smart move.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:26 am
If….
You believe anything that Bowels says about these types of football questions
November 24th, 2025 at 9:30 am
The one thing Todd did tight was to just leave Godwin on bench
November 24th, 2025 at 9:30 am
I made The comment a little over three weeks ago that we should rest every injured player for this three game span. Imagine what it would be like now if everyone injured had sat out including Baker. It’s an interesting thought. We’d have life right now.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:31 am
Your accusation that they waved the white flag by going for it rather than punting just makes no sense at all. They were already down three scores and you think it made sense to punt them the ball back (they were also getting the ball to start the second half as well) in order for them to go four scores up? They had to score before half time to have any chance.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:32 am
They should have pulled him at halftime. The game was over. They probably should just sit him, Bucky and Evans until next season. Cause this season is done.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:39 am
Chris should’ve have played this season at all. Its clear he was never healthy, plus he didnt do any off-season activities.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:43 am
Say Joe, I wanna thank McVay for his respect. He could have easily run up the score. I witnessed 2 easy ops for his team to score in the 4th, and he just sorta let it play out. probably with respect for Baker. Their defense started dancing on the field in the 4th quarter. Quite a shameful performance on our part.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:46 am
Anyone who believes in this Bucs coaching is a fool.
November 24th, 2025 at 9:47 am
That was the only…single good thing I noticed in the game. I was thankful that he wasn’t overworked…or worse, injuring/reinjuring his leg/foot, etc. And I think even though he’d never admit it, Godwin was thankful he wasn’t exposed to the heartless, gutless performance that his teammates were putting out there.