The Tampa Bay Buccaneers misplaced greater than only one recreation final week.
Additionally they misplaced Mike Evans for the foreseeable future and Chris Godwin for the rest of the marketing campaign.
For sure, this was a brutal blow to the passing recreation, and Baker Mayfield is aware of he’s going to overlook his stud wideout.
That’s why he wished to point out some help for his teammate, and he arrived within the area for the divisional matchup with the Atlanta Falcons sporting a Godwin jersey (Through NFL).
This might be their second conflict of the season, with Kirk Cousins and the Falcons successful their first encounter after some late-game blunders by the Buccaneers.
Now, they are going to be severely shorthanded on offense, and Todd Bowles must rely closely on the passing recreation and his protection.
This recreation would possibly settle the NFC South race, as each groups have the identical file, and overcoming a 0-2 file vs. the Falcons may very well be loads to ask.
Mayfield has posted among the finest passing numbers within the league this season, but it surely stays to be seen how he’ll fare with out his two finest weapons.
Godwin was within the midst of a contract 12 months, and that season-ending harm may have an enormous toll on his market worth, particularly contemplating that this isn’t the primary time he has missed an prolonged interval with an ailment.
Accidents are all the time part of the sport, the worst a part of it.
The Bucs will want the subsequent man as much as step ahead, and so they is also within the combine to commerce for a wideout.
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