Todd Bowles Hints The Old Chris Godwin May Be Back
May 27th, 2026
Chris Godwin skies over A.J. Terrell for a touchdown catch last season.
Boy, it would sure help if the Bucs finally had a healthy Chris Godwin.
Godwin has regularly been dinged up in recent years. But when he has been fully healthy, he’s been just like the Chris Godwin we all know and love: dependable, dangerous, productive.
Asked about Godwin yesterday after the first open OTA practice of the spring, Todd Bowles raved about him.
“Chris has been great,” Bowles said of the longest tenured Bucs player. “He’s in great shape. He’s great.
“He’s healthy. He’s working out. He’s tough. He’s very smart. [Other Bucs receivers] rely on him for a lot of the mental part of it, and he’s very helpful that way.
“But he also makes plays and he looks good, man.”
A healthy Chris Godwin might just mean two or three wins just on his hands alone. Think of when he has been healthy how many clutch catches Godwin has made to keep the chains moving.
If Godwin is back to his old self, he will make Emeka Egbuka and Jalen McMillan better. Even without Mike Evans, that’s a powerful receiver group.
May 27th, 2026 at 4:36 am
People forgot real quick what a fully healthy Chris Godwinđ¤does to defenses. He isnât about fantasy numbers or highlight clips, heâs the guy that rips your heart out on 3rd and 7 all game long. Tough as nails, blocks like a tight end, catches everything, and sets the tone for the entire offense.
No Mike Evans? This offense goes as Godwin goes. If heâs truly healthy, our offense is gonna have that nasty edge again.
Hold your breath..
McMillan and Eg23 are gonna eat because defenses are forced to key on CG. That man is still one of the most complete WRs in football and Bucs fans know it.
LFG!
May 27th, 2026 at 5:08 am
My gut says Godwin is gonna be the guy but JMac is going to ball out.
May 27th, 2026 at 5:32 am
CG14 doesnât stand on sideline counting how many targets he is getting. He doesnât seem to mind watching the ball go to other WRâs. Team ultimately better off without ME13 whose speed had slowed. Going to be fun seeing how rookie comes along as downfield option.
May 27th, 2026 at 5:36 am
Insert Z Robâs Heavy 12 and 13 Personnel to establish physical dominance.
This allows him to shift tight ends around the formation to dictate matchups without tipping his hand on whether the play will be a run or a pass.
Instant upgrade to last yearâs middle school play-calling.
Pistol Zach is here, LFG!!
May 27th, 2026 at 5:39 am
@Gipper
+2 Agreed
May 27th, 2026 at 6:16 am
My main question is if Hurst isnât ready who is playing X? McMillan? Godwin will probably play in the slot a lot where he feasts. I know Egbuka is playing the Y âflankerâ which gets the most targets in Robinsonâs offense.
May 27th, 2026 at 6:17 am
Err Z is the flanker.
May 27th, 2026 at 6:30 am
Godwin had way more receptions and yards than ME13 in Coens offense until he got hurt. Iâm looking for him to lead this receivers group
May 27th, 2026 at 6:34 am
Godwin, EE, JMac, Hurst and Tez
That has to be one of the most talented 5 deep WR rooms in the league!
Godwin was almost unstoppable the first 7 games of 2024 when Liam was calling the plays….
May 27th, 2026 at 6:35 am
Joe … ‘If Godwin is back to his old self, just think how much better he will make Emeka Egbuka and Jalen McMillan? Even without Mike Evans, thatâs still a powerful receiver group.’
Love that last sentence, bottom line Joe. Add in Tez Johnson & Ted Hurst and we’ve got a quality WR room, even without Mike Evans. Baker has plenty of quality targets to throw to.
Still concerned a little about our TEs & RBs though. It’d be really nice if one of the TEs not named Otton would step up take some of the workload off Cade (he’s been getting far too many offensive snaps). It’d also be nice to add an experienced bigger back for goal line & short yardage packages especially (ya, and blocking too). Not at all comfortable with Bucky’s situation.
May 27th, 2026 at 6:50 am
A healthy Godwin and healthy Cody Mauch news!
The optimism for this team is bubbling over….
now about the Bucky Irving speculation..
May 27th, 2026 at 6:58 am
I would like to see more 2 TE sets with Otton and Culp on the field at the same time.
May 27th, 2026 at 8:11 am
Not worried at all with the WRs.
May 27th, 2026 at 8:11 am
It was Bowles fault he got hurt in the first place. In a meaningless 4th quarter of yet another loss to a superior coach.
Godwin didnât need to be in the game at that point. But all hail the guru.
Todd as the HC\DC is like hiring a CEO of a tobacco company to cure your lung cancer.
Makes too much sense.
May 27th, 2026 at 9:27 am
Having Chris in the game is huge for the run game. Chrisâ blocking is very underrated and he should easily be a top 5 blocking WR. His downfield blocking leads to the big chunk runs by the RBs, like Bucky and Tucks big runs.
Coach BMac needs to show Chrisâ blocking highlights to these young WRs and really push it this offseason.
May 27th, 2026 at 10:01 am
Wishing him a great year!
May 27th, 2026 at 11:36 am
I love this team but every year its the same timeline. Training camp has a deep and elite group of receivers. As the season goes on and receivers and go down one by one with injuries, we cant move the ball down the field with our depth receivers. The 2nd string and below cant get the separation needed for Baker to get the ball out quick. The same thing happened with the TB12.
The injuries on the O line the last couple of years is a root cause as well. Its not a coincidence that the year we won the SB we had the healthiest and most consistent O line that I have seen in my many years of Bucs fandom.
May 27th, 2026 at 12:07 pm
Leave it to Lynchmob50names to poop in the pool!
May 27th, 2026 at 12:39 pm
Anyhony Says:
“Leave it to Lynchmob50names to poop in the pool!”
That’s a baby ruth floating in the pool.
Perhaps Bowles could take a bite to verify.
Give him a break from all the KitKats.
May 27th, 2026 at 1:03 pm
Wow, a sense of humor, there is hope for you!
May 27th, 2026 at 1:23 pm
Godwin looked really fast toward the end of the year last year.
Pulling away from defenders a few times after the catch…
If he stays healthy, he will be highly-productive. Just not at the X receiver position where Hurst is going to be playing most of the snaps.
May 27th, 2026 at 1:55 pm
Will Zac keep CG14 in the slot or move him outside?…
Zac has all the weapons in the world to be successful….can he get it done?…we’ll see…
GO BUCS!!!
May 27th, 2026 at 2:22 pm
Fantastic news on Chris. I love him being the vet of our WR group. Just the type we need to show the new guys how to do it.