Report: Chris Godwin Avoids Major Knee Injury
December 19th, 2021
Update.
This has Joe breathing a little easier.
Tonight Chris Godwin had a scary injury when he was hit at the right knee in what initially appeared to be a hyperextension. After walking off the field under his own power and running on the sidelines to test his knee, Godwin initially was labeled “questionable” to return. Then he was ruled out at halftime.
Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, it seems a reliable Bucs source says Godwin appears to have an MCL sprain.
Though he was ruled out tonight, the initial belief is that #Bucs WR Chris Godwin did not suffer a major injury, source said. He’ll have tests tomorrow, but based on the early diagnosis, Godwin sprained his MCL. That means he’ll miss time, with an MRI to determine when he’s back.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 20, 2021
Now there is no way Joe can go after the slimy Saints for being dirty, as much as Joe would love to call the slimy Saints dirty. Anyone who knows anything about good tackling knows you go low. In some cases, the lower the better.
Joe honestly does not believe the Saints were trying to take out Godwin’s knees.
And the NFL *wants* tacklers to go low. Dudes get fined, penalized and thrown out of games for going high, even when the collisions are a ballcarrier’s fault for ducking into a tackler’s head.
The NFL doesn’t want headhunting so defenders are very smart from a fundamentals standpoint and a penalty standpoint. They go low.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:24 pm
Now rest him till the playoffs. We definitely need him in the slots and ab coming back.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:24 pm
A ray of sunshine.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:24 pm
Thank goodness
December 19th, 2021 at 11:25 pm
Sadly, this is all I care about. Losing the battle is one thing, but losing Godwin et all is losing the war.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:25 pm
Antonio Brown is looking like a brilliant move right now.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:26 pm
A multimillion dollar injury
December 19th, 2021 at 11:26 pm
Also, welcome back AB!! #openarms
December 19th, 2021 at 11:27 pm
Let’s hope this is true. In the grand scheme of things, this is far more important than this game.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:28 pm
12 threw him him right into that hit. Shades of the Gronk throw/injury. Brutal.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:28 pm
Bull! it was dirty intentional and premeditated. They wanted revenge for last year’s playoff game and for Winston! The saints have always been dirty!
December 19th, 2021 at 11:30 pm
They played the whole game with nothing to lose and absolutely intended to hurt people tonight! The refs should also be investigated!
December 19th, 2021 at 11:31 pm
Shut out. Maybe the Bucs depth really sucks worse than the Lions.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:32 pm
I remember a Bucs.com interview before when he said those severe hits to the legs are unexceptional and be a flag. Collinsworth made it clear.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:33 pm
Well now they have an idea of Godwin’s worth to the team. Pay the man.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:33 pm
*Brady said those severe hits to the legs are unexceptional and should be flag.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:33 pm
They need this. Too many Instagram story’s and commercial flashy BS. Focus in fellas. This was a good thing even though we are all pissed.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:35 pm
The no call delay of game was about -3 seconds.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:37 pm
The refs should also be investigated!
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Agreed!
How many drives ended on a PI non call?
December 19th, 2021 at 11:41 pm
Bad reffing, bad playing, bad bounces, bad effort, bad luck. One of the uglier games played by Tampa since Brady has put on the pewter.
Small Ray of sunshine, the 2 super bowl seasons we were swept by the saints.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:45 pm
Might not be illegal but definitely dirty.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:47 pm
Well they showed him running on the sidelines ….he looked fine to me…
December 19th, 2021 at 11:50 pm
Joe, they absolutely were targeting knees. They did it to Lenny, too. Gronk caught one over the middle and knew the low blow was coming. He stopped on a dime and Saints defender ate dirt. Blatant dirty play and I expect nothing less from the Saints.
December 19th, 2021 at 11:53 pm
At the game and #14 was running on the sideline pretty well but obviously no reason to put him back out there in that crap show!
December 19th, 2021 at 11:59 pm
Greg…it might not have been a crap show had they thrown im back out there…as needed.
December 20th, 2021 at 12:10 am
seemed a lttle like bounty-gate for a couple of quarters there…
for a brief period of the game, about 20 min, they were playing to hurt bucs on tackles…
not giving a fugg because they thought their season was basically over tonight…
even the saints perked up, realizing they have a shot to actually win the game…
initially they were “”playing to hurt, then it shifted to “play to win”, once the bucs had no points for such a long time
December 20th, 2021 at 12:48 am
SOEbuc Says:
“The no call delay of game was about -3 seconds.”
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Legalizing sports betting, and then looking the other way when those gambling houses become big NFL sponsors = endorsing corruption.
That no-call was something the NFL would be embarrassed about in a just world.
December 20th, 2021 at 1:23 am
Yea –what about that no call on the 3 sec delay of game call ?? Why didn’t BA challenge??? Leflur challenged a ref no call on crows having 12 men on field at Rogers snap –he won & packers got free 5yds …..
was BA watching ??
December 20th, 2021 at 2:26 am
I see that Godwin will miss the rest of the regular season. That’s not good at all.
December 20th, 2021 at 3:02 am
I have never seen a bunch of skilled athletes, who when they touch the turf
their hurt. Dab’s tackle hurt, catch a pass hurt.
December 20th, 2021 at 3:04 am
Every time 13 makes a catch, sideline hurt. We lose to the saints all the time
Because we are soft. Do we have good yes, but we are soft.
December 20th, 2021 at 9:26 am
The Saints played to hurt people last night. No doubt about it. That was the goal.They are going to lose the division. This was their last hoorah this year.
December 20th, 2021 at 1:04 pm
Isn’t that what got Sean Payton suspended a few years back. Dirty plays, trying to take the opponents out with injuries. I think that’s their culture now. Nothing has changed. GOBUCS!
December 20th, 2021 at 2:48 pm
The Saints season was on the line. Some hits were questionable but really their defense was very good and not enough time for Brady. The next game should be better!
December 20th, 2021 at 5:04 pm
It seems very strange that the saints knocked off Godwin, Evans and Lenny but nobody else. Gronk would have been the next victim if he wasn’t missing passes. Sean Payton sitting at home gives a I wasn’t there excuse. Funny with a movie about bountygate being made. Just saying.