After the Buccaneers selected the Ohio state receiver, Emeka Egbuka with the 19th selection in the 2025 draft, some assumed that the Bucs was worried On the availability of veteran receiver Chris Godwin for the beginning of the season.
If the team has such concerns, these concerns did not reach three years and $ 66 million hire Godwin signed with the Buccaneers in March.
PFT has obtained and reviewed the contract. There is no language regarding the injury. Nothing that, for example, conditions any of the $ 20,745 million bonds on the 2025 list when passing a physique. (The second and last delivery will be presented in six days). Nothing that creates an exception for any aggravation of the related injury or condition.
Maybe the BUCs had no choice, since Godwin had a better financial offer on the Patriots table. And while the Patriots finally signed the Stefon Diggs receiver to an agreement that contains protections for the team against its ACL tear, Diggs did not have many (or perhaps any) other options. Godwin could possibly take advantage of the interest of Patriots and Buccaneers in an agreement that did not protect the team against the injury that preceded the contract.
Even so, the contract becomes an important tangible evidence to counteract the notion that the BURs drafted Egbuka because they are concerned about Godwin’s health. If they were worried enough to use a first round selection in their short -term replacement, why would they have committed $ 44 million in guarantees to Godwin?
So why Egbuka? Well, Mike Evans is entering his twelfth season, and will be 32 years in August. They will have to have a replacement ready to work, at some point.
In addition, the BUCs do not have exactly many pressing list needs. They were able to take the best available player when they were on the clock. What they did.
