Buccaneers need to find a way to pay WR Chris Godwin

Chris Godwin continues to impress the coaches

After the first season, the wideout continued to impress. In year two, he upped the ante pulling in 59 Jameis Winston balls for 842 yards and seven touchdowns. He had a break-through in year three when he battled Evans to see which would reach the 1,000-yard plateau first. That season, he netted 86 receptions for 1,333 yards and nine touchdowns.

This season, he battled through injuries and ended with 65 receptions for 840 yards and 7 touchdowns, in 12 games. If you stretch that to a16 game season, it would be 1,120 yards. Then in the postseason, he had 14 catches for 223 yards, but no touchdowns. Still, many of his catches were critical, and his 8-yard end-around run provided the final first down against Kansas City to end the Super Bowl.

In the scheme of the Buccaneer’s handling of the salary cap, Godwin has more than proven himself as a number one receiver. While Evans has secured that spot with Tampa, it just makes Godwin juicier bait for a team in need of a quality wide receiver. This is part of the balancing act the Bucs capologists need to get right.

Godwin deserves to be paid more than his base salary for this season, $2,133,000. Most top receivers are pulling in salaries above $10 million. Can the Bucs work out a deal that will satisfy Godwin and still be relatively cap-friendly? This looks like it will take some advanced calculus to figure out.

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