The New England Patriots offense struggled last year as Tom Brady and the team failed to find a suitable replacement for Rob Gronkowski in the passing game.
Now a Buccaneer, Brady should have no trouble finding threats on offense in 2020. With Gronk un-retiring and Mike Evans and Chris Godwin coming off Pro Bowl seasons, Tampa Bay will be one of the most exciting teams to watch this season, for better or worse.
And while Brady will be the old man on the field at 43 when the season starts, Godwin is the youngster of the bunch, having just turned 24 in February. After a breakout year in 2019, the accolades keeping piling on for the former Penn State star, as Marc Sessler of NFL.com named him to his 2020 All-Under-25 Team.
Per Sessler:
“Long before Tom Brady ventured south, Godwin shape-shifted into a whirlwind for secondaries to ponder. Bucs coach Bruce Arians crystal-balled a big year for Godwin last offseason, saying: ‘I think [he’s] going to be close to a 100-catch guy.’ Close, indeed, with 86 grabs for 1,333 yards (third among all wideouts last season) and nine touchdowns. All of this came with veteran receiver Mike Evans gobbling up a 67/1,157/8 line of his own for a Tampa offense set to explode with Brady and Rob Gronkowski added to the lineup.”
Godwin came into his own last season and proved he was able to be extremely productive as the No. 2 receiver. Had a hamstring injury not sidelined him at the end of the season, Godwin could’ve come even closer to that 100-catch number.
[lawrence-related id=34469,34462,34456,33194]