The Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver room has been dealing with injuries all year long, and as a result, the group has had to rely on sometimes the sixth and seventh players at the position group. The team lost Mike Evans for most of the year due to a broken collarbone, and Chris Godwin is dealing with a lower leg injury that has had him miss time.
That is why a suggested trade from Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox may seem shocking, but it all makes sense.
Knox suggests a trade between the Bucs and Jaguars for their former first-round pick, Brian Thomas Jr. The package is that the Bucs get Brian Thomas Jr, while the Jaguars receive linebacker Chris Braswell and a 2026 2nd-Round Pick.
Knox writes, “The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have the pieces needed to contend in the NFC this season. However, their last couple of games have exposed how injuries at the receiver position are becoming a problem. Chris Godwin is still sidelined with a fibula injury, while Mike Evans is on injured reserve with a broken collarbone. Tampa struggled to keep pace during its Week 7 loss to the Detroit Lions, and it didn’t get a ton going through the air during Sunday’s win over the New Orleans Saints. Baker Mayfield has also seemed either off or at less than 100 percent over the last two weeks, but adding a receiver like Thomas might be just the thing to get him back into Pro Bowl form.”
The Bucs getting someone like Brian Thomas Jr. would give them a long-term wide receiver group headlined by Emeka Egbuka, Chris Godwin, Jalen McMillan, and the aforementioned Brian Thomas Jr. On the topic of McMillan, he is still very much up in the air in terms of a return from his sprained neck he suffered in the preseason.
Time will tell, but this is an interesting trade that would spark the offense.