Bucs Nation
The Buccaneers have had their fair share of injury woes so far in this young season and they just took another hit. Wide receiver Mike Evans is expected to miss a few weeks with a moderate hamstring strain that he suffered during Tampa Bay’s 29-27 win over the New York Jets on Sunday.
So there appears to be a bit of a silver lining with this news. Last year when Evans had a similar injury, he missed three games and four weeks (one of those weeks was the Bucs bye week) so with it appearing to be not as severe as last year’s injury, he shouldn’t miss as much time.
Evans missing time will certainly hurt the offense. He is such an important part of what they do and he helps other guys get open just because of how much attention he receives from opposing defenses. However, help could be on the way sooner rather than later as well.
The potential return of Chris Godwin Jr will certainly help, but don’t expect the Bucs to throw Godwin Jr out there and have him play most of the snaps. He hasn’t played football in almost a full calendar year, and it is going to take some time to get back into the swing of things. Regardless though, his presence alone will help the banged-up Tampa offense.
Tampa Bay is 3-0 but has a tough stretch of games coming up here and they are going to have to go through some of it without one of their best offensive players.
