Chris Godwin Gave Bucs Confidence Late In The Season
June 7th, 2026
Still has it.
When people ask KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles or Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht about their passing game, specifically in the wake of Mike Evans leaving, one reason they express confidence the Bucs shall overcome is because Chris Godwin made plays late last season.
Bucs types point to how well Godwin played when he came back from injuries last last season. Specifically, his rebuilt ankle and related injury.
So last night Joe was studying what NextGen Stats calls “Incredible YAC.” It’s not yards after contact but yards after catch.
It’s a bunch of stat-geeky gobbledygook that basically measures the most YAC a receiver has for a catch he shouldn’t have even made, forget about extending the play and gaining extra yards.
Per NextGen Stats, Godwin had the 10th-biggest/unexpected YAC play of the season. It came against the tanking Dolphins in Week 17. Per NextGen Stats, Godwin should have only gained maybe 11 yards. He ended up with 59.
Godwin also caught a five-yard touchdown pass with a Dolphins receiver all over Godwin like stink on shat.
So when Bucs types confidently say the old Godwin is back, it’s that game late in the season at Miami and those kinds of plays that give them the confidence.
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June 7th, 2026 at 11:42 am
Oh !
That ONE win at the end 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄
June 7th, 2026 at 11:58 am
Go Chris, put his pic up on that billboard at the stadium. He is ready to step up and step out. He is no longer in ME’s shadow and is the ultimate Buc, no doubt. My hat is off to the Man!!! Chris have an incredible year.
June 7th, 2026 at 12:14 pm
We are going to be just fine even without Evans at receiver. What I’m worried about now, besides the defensive backfield is whether we are going to have to pay Mayfield so much as QB that we can’t afford a an actual team to put around him.
June 7th, 2026 at 12:18 pm
Joe says, “Godwin also caught a five-yard touchdown pass with a Dolphins receiver all over Godwin like stink on shat.”
Godwin is going to win ever time an opposing team uses a receiver to cover him.
June 7th, 2026 at 12:30 pm
If that statement has any credibility (headline), how’d they lose the darn division???????????
June 7th, 2026 at 1:38 pm
I wonder who was the qb to make that happen? It must have been Bridgewater Mayfields horrible!!