Chris Godwin Learning Patience
November 14th, 2022
Still healing.
Sometimes it can take a little more than a year to bounce back from a knee injury. Bucs receiver Chris Godwin is experiencing that.
Though Godwin somehow was ready to play in the regular season opener after blowing out his knee last December, it may have been too soon. He messed up a hamstring in that game and this year, Godwin hasn’t been himself.
Until yesterday.
Godwin looked like the old Chris Godwin. So if he’s not fully back, he’s damn close.
Yesterday after the game, Godwin noted it’s been frustrating. Gradually, he is getting there but admitted he sometimes gets impatient.
Godwin confessed he’s starting to feel it like he used to.
“Yeah, I would say so, especially as the game kind of progressed,” Godwin said. “I had to get into a little bit of a groove, but I think it just all comes with time and patience,
just continuing to work hard.“I’ve got great teammates around me, so as long as I’m contributing to the overall cause, which is trying to get victories, that’s what I’m happiest about.”
Joe is convinced one reason the Bucs offense hummed yesterday was, in part, was Godwin playing more like his old self: Getting open, fighting for passes in coverage and making clutch catches.
As a result, the offense looked normal.
Chris Godwin told me this week he was close to feeling back to himself and felt like this could be the week. He was right. #gobucs #nflnetwork @Buccaneers pic.twitter.com/sKVg8jNfmz
— Sara Walsh (@Sara_Walsh) November 13, 2022
November 14th, 2022 at 9:04 am
Lfg
November 14th, 2022 at 9:05 am
It looks like “the boys are getting the band back together again!!!!”
November 14th, 2022 at 9:19 am
Oline had there best game by far no doubt
November 14th, 2022 at 9:20 am
I dont know why our receivers hardly look truly open, game plan? Speed? Scheme? But Id be damned if these guys arent the best contested pass catchers in the league. Some of those throws and catches looked impossible…yet they werent. Good job fellas. 👏
November 14th, 2022 at 9:21 am
He is getting there. Better team outlook too as a result.
November 14th, 2022 at 9:21 am
Good team effort. Go Bucs!!!
November 14th, 2022 at 9:42 am
It looks like after the bye we may have our first look at a healthy WR corps…
Evans, Godwin, Jones, Gage…….with Scotty leaping (unnecessarily) to help
And no….Gage is not a bust….he is a very good receiver who has been playing through injury the entire year.
November 14th, 2022 at 9:49 am
Gage IS a bust. If he’s not playing he’s not contributing . That’s been all season long.
BUST.
November 14th, 2022 at 9:49 am
RESPECT!
November 14th, 2022 at 10:02 am
Was wearing my CG14 jersey for the game yesterday. Loved that he got that TD.
He’s such a great guy.
November 14th, 2022 at 10:50 am
This is the main reason why I don’t see the hype behind signing OBJ. This is his second major knee issue and he’s just barely getting cleared. I thought it would be next year before getting back to form of at all. AP was one of the few that came back faster then predicted and showed no slowdown or bad effects from it.
November 14th, 2022 at 10:56 am
I actually thought Godwin was looking like himself a couple of weeks ago in the Ravens game. The issue is the terrible offensive playcalling that doesn’t take shots downfield, runs everything sideways, or is a run up the middle.
Attack downfield, and suddenly Godwin looks better, Evans looks better, Jones looks better, Otton looks better and the run game works.
November 14th, 2022 at 10:59 am
Julio Jones looked like AB without the crazy too.
November 14th, 2022 at 11:48 am
It doesn’t look like these guys can get separation, perhaps they aren’t fast and agile enough. TB12 has to get used to throwing these contested passes more. ME and CG always win these if they are thrown accurately. I thinkTB did throw more tight window passes yesterday and Bucs WR always came down with them. So start friggin throwing the ball to them TB, no more knuckle balls into the dirt when they don’t have two yards separation at 2.4 seconds.
November 14th, 2022 at 2:21 pm
@Macajubav shut the hell up. You said it yourself, they can’t separate. So Tom’s degree of difficulty on his passes are very high. I see guys like tua throwing to wide open receivers all the time, why can’t tb12 enjoy that luxury? Answer is receivers and play calling, period.
November 14th, 2022 at 2:28 pm
I think we can all agree it was a mistake to play Godwin week one. I’m just glad it was a hamstring instead of a quad. Recievers often get hit directly on the thigh, which can make quad injuries very tricky. Being behind the knee, the hamstring doesn’t often take direct punishment. Neither are good, but as a reciever, I’d much rather have a hammy.