New Offense Won’t Faze Chris Godwin
January 21st, 2026
The Bucs will have yet another new offense this season. The coordinator merry-go-round won’t stop.
Whomever calls the Bucs plays will have his own spin and language and nuances.
It’s got to be draining on players, and hopefully not affecting their ability to play fast.
One man who it seems will be fine with another new playbook is receiver Chris Godwin, who will enter his 10th season in 2026. (Where has the time gone?)
Bucs receivers coach Bryan McClendon, a man highly regarded at One Buc Palace, talked recently about how Godwin is a wizard at quick mastery.
“CG has a uncanny ability to be able to take what he knows and apply it right away,” McClendon told the Buccaneers Radio Network. “You know, some guys, they need reps at it. Some guys actively gotta go out there and screw it up, quite frankly. before they get it right.
“And some people gotta walk through it, but, you know, he’s one of those guys you can tell him and he can digest it and then go out there and do it. A lot of that is because he’s so intelligent, obviously. And then, the other part of it, man, he’s able to put himself there mentally like it’s physical, if that makes any sense. And so he can see exactly what you’re saying. He knows it and he can kind of put his body through it right now mentally to be able to go out there and get it done. A lot of that is just his time on task and doing what he knows that he can do, and him being just the overall student of the game — him understanding football and understanding the defenses, understanding what they’re trying to do to stop you, and knowing where he needs to be and knowing the little small parts right now football-wise, too.”
Huge year ahead for Godwin. He looked to be his old self as a player in the final few games of this season. Godwin turns 30 in February and should still be in his prime — while 2026 is his final season of guaranteed money from the Bucs.