No Alarm Bells For Godwin
December 9th, 2020
No catching (for a while).
Interesting past 24 hours or so for Bucs star receiver Chris Godwin.
A day after his coach, Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians, raved about his toughness, Godwin was not initially seen at practice during the open window for media viewing.
That’s because Arians held him out of an important element of practice for a receiver: catching the ball.
Godwin this week had pins pulled out of the finger he broke in October. The pins were used to help set the finger back in place.
Arians wasn’t and isn’t going to risk Godwin screwing up that finger, as Godwin will be needed for a huge game Sunday against the Vikings.
“There was no way with that finger – having the pins taken out – that I was going to let the ball touch him,” Arians said. “He went through walkthrough and caught one upside down [and] backwards [pass], but he’s not going to catch any balls until Friday.”
Smart.
At this point in the season, a veteran stud like Godwin doesn’t have to prove to anyone he can catch. His hands are among the best in the NFL.
Those hands will be needed Sunday, not to get them screwed up in an early-December, midweek practice.
Smart move by Arians.
December 9th, 2020 at 4:52 pm
Gee
BA is a genius…
Slow news day?
December 9th, 2020 at 5:53 pm
It’s definitely a smart move, but I am more concerned Mike Evans has a new hamstring injury coming off a bye week.
December 9th, 2020 at 6:06 pm
I saw her today, I saw her face, it was a face I loved, and I knew
I had to run away, and get down on my knees and pray that they’d go away
But still they’d begin (uh), needles and pins (uh)
Because of all my pride, the tears I gotta hide
December 9th, 2020 at 6:55 pm
Nice Cher reference TBBF.
December 9th, 2020 at 8:34 pm
Jmarkbuc, why don’t you suggest some topics wise guy? Obviously you know better than the guys that came up with the a website you comment (idiotically) on.
December 10th, 2020 at 12:08 am
@Half-Caucked Jeudy
Nice call out. Some dudes don’t get this is Why they come here.
December 10th, 2020 at 2:39 am
That’s the dumbest crap I ever heard and I heard a lot of CRAP
December 10th, 2020 at 2:41 am
Not the place this is a place for football conversation isn’t it?
December 10th, 2020 at 9:47 am
Finally someone has come up with a reason not to fire arians.
December 11th, 2020 at 6:40 am
How in the hell do you pull a hamstring in a 2 week break your should be resting in what’s up with our trainers this is nothing but a chronic problem for a lot of our players.