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Chris Godwin's new contract has no exceptions for his ankle injury
After the Buccaneers selected Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka with the 19th pick in the 2025 draft, some assumed that the Bucs were concerned about veteran receiver Chris Godwin's availability for the start of the season. If the team has such concerns, those concerns didn't make their way into the three-year, $66 million contract Godwin signed with the Buccaneers in March. PFT has obtained and reviewed the contract. There's no language regarding the injury. Nothing that, for example, conditions any of the $20.745 million 2025 roster bonus on passing a physical. (The second and final installment is due in six days.) Nothing that creates an exception for any aggravation of the injury or related condition. Maybe the Bucs had no choice, given that Godwin had a better financial offer on the table from the Patriots. And while the Patriots ultimately signed receiver Stefon Diggs to a deal containing protections for the team against his torn ACL, Diggs didn't have many (or maybe any) other options. Godwin possibly was able to leverage the interest of the Patriots and Buccaneers into a deal that didn't protect the team against the injury that predated the contract. Still, the contract becomes an important piece of tangible evidence to counter the notion that the Bucs drafted Egbuka because they're concerned about Godwin's health. If they were sufficiently concerned to use a first-round pick on his short-term replacement, why would they have committed $44 million in guarantees to Godwin? So why Egbuka? Well, Mike Evans is entering his 12th season, and he'll be 32 in August. They'll need to have a replacement ready to go, at some point. Besides, the Bucs don't exactly have many pressing roster needs. They were able to take the best available player when they were on the clock. Which they did.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Getting away with murder: These fugitives fled prisons – and were never caught
The New Orleans jail breakout and the time it has taken to capture all 10 conjures images of previous newsworthy escapes involving the likes of gangster John Dillinger, serial killer Ted Bundy and Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. While those notorious criminals were eventually apprehended or killed by law enforcement, which typically nabs more than 90% of escapees, a relative few eluded searches and remained at large, presumably until their dying days. Here's a look at some of those instances: The ingenious plot by Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin in 1962 probably stands as the nation's most famous prison break, memorialized in the 1979 film "Escape from Alcatraz" and countless tourist visits to the former maximum-security penitentiary in a San Francisco Bay island. President Donald Trump even wants to restore it. Morris, a convicted bank robber who had attempted to flee from other prisons, was regarded as the mastermind of a plan that featured dummy heads with real hair left on the cell beds to fool guards and a raft made out of raincoats to carry the escapees to freedom. Nobody knows whether they made it alive or perished in the cold, treacherous bay waters. Their bodies were never found, so their legend lives on. Like true crime? Check out Witness: A library of true crime stories Glen Stewart Godwin was serving a sentence of more than 25 years for a stabbing murder when he escaped in June 1987 from the Folsom State Prison outside Sacramento, California, a maximum-security facility that had yielded only two previous breakouts in a quarter century. Godwin found his way to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where later that year he was arrested for drug dealing. The FBI says he was convicted and sent to a prison in Guadalajara, where in 1991 he was accused of killing another inmate. Later that year he escaped and hasn't been tracked down. "Godwin is fluent in Spanish and may be traveling throughout Central and South America, and Mexico," says the FBI, adding that Godwin goes by several aliases. "He is thought to use illegal drugs and be involved in narcotics distribution." If alive, Godwin would be 66 now. The FBI is still offering $20,000 for information leading to his arrest. William Leslie (Les) Arnold was just 16 in 1958 when he killed his parents for not letting him use their car and buried them in the backyard of the family's home in Omaha, Nebraska. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison, arousing few suspicions of an attempt to escape until he and a fellow inmate – James Edward Harding – made their getaway in 1967 with the help of a former convict on the outside who provided them supplies. After cutting through window bars, they scaled a 12-foot fence topped by barbed wire. The fugitives reached Chicago and split up there, but while Harding was caught the next year in Los Angeles, Arnold was not to be found alive. The U.S. Marshals Service, which solved the cold case in 2023 with DNA evidence, said Arnold worked in Chicago for a while before moving to California and later to Australia. "Arnold obtained an alias and was married within three months of escaping," the service said. "But investigators learned he eventually made his way to Australia, with his second wife, had a family and worked as a businessman until his death in 2010. At that time he had been living under the name John Vincent Damon." Joanne Chesimard, who changed her name to Assata Shakur, is a New Yorker who in 2013 became the first woman to be added to the FBI's list of Most Wanted Terrorists. The bureau's reward for information leading to her arrest sits at $1 million. Chesimard was a member of the militant Black Liberation Army when a group she was traveling with was stopped for a vehicle violation by two New Jersey Police troopers in May 1973, at a time when she was the subject of arrest warrants for felonies that included bank robbery. A shootout ensued, killing a police officer and injuring the second trooper. Chesimard was convicted of first-degree murder and several other charges in 1977, and sentenced to life in prison. Two years later, three men who visited Chesimard at a New Jersey prison pulled out guns, took two guards as hostages and commandeered a prison van to flee with her. The FBI says Chesimard lived underground for years before a 1984 move to Cuba, where she is believed to still reside. Glen Stark Chambers was facing execution for the 1975 fatal beating of his girlfriend in Sarasota, Florida, when later that year he and two other inmates escaped by rappelling down from the third floor of a county jail building after stringing together bed sheets. Chambers was caught after three days. He later had his sentence reduced to life in prison, but that didn't keep him from conceiving ways to flee. In 1990, when he was helping build furniture at the shop of a state prison in Polk City, Florida, Chambers convinced fellow inmates to put him in a box that was loaded onto a truck headed to Daytona. He escaped enroute without the driver noticing. Authorities said he was later seen in Florida and Alabama, but never captured. If alive, he would be 73 now. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Getting away with murder: These prison escapees were never caught
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2 days ago
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Buccaneers Veteran Tipped To Be 2025 X-Factor
Buccaneers Veteran Tipped To Be 2025 X-Factor originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offense last season was seen as one of the best and most versatile in that was without Chris Godwin after Week 7. Advertisement With Mike Evans, Jalen McMillan, Cade Otton, Bucky Irving, Rachaad White, and Sean Tucker, the Buccaneers were able to put up points for fun en route to another division title and playoff appearance. But now we add Pro Bowler Godwin to the mix, and Tampa Bay's offense has an extra level of spice that not many other teams possess. As such, Pro Football Focus has named Godwin as Tampa Bay's X-Factor for 2025. "Godwin was potentially on his way to his best NFL season before suffering a season-ending injury in Week 7 against Baltimore," Pro Football Focus writes. "His 85.7 PFF receiving grade was the second best of his career. Still just 29 years old with eight excellent seasons under his belt, Godwin has a chance to add even more firepower to an offense that surged down the stretch toward another NFC South title." Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports Given the nature of Godwin's injury, it isn't known if he will be ready for Week 1, and with the first-round selection of Emeka Egbuka, Tampa Bay doesn't have to rush Godwin back. Advertisement But when he does return, defenses will have to keep an eye on a host of weapons that can turn the game in an instant. Baker Mayfield will be tasked with getting the most out of this extremely talented and versatile group, with Godwin, perhaps the one who can ignite this high-octane offense under Josh Grizzard. Related: 'Better Than Dak!' NFL Analyst Gives Major Props To Bucs and Baker Mayfield Related: Bucs TE Ranked Poorly Among NFL's Best This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
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3 days ago
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Cliff Godwin criticizes college recruiting; reveals tampering from ‘Power 4' programs at ECU
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — East Carolina pitcher Brad Pruett is the latest Pirate to enter the transfer portal, that makes a total of 14 players from this year's team looking for a new place to play. Navigating the transfer portal in today's landscape of college sports is difficult as it is, but ECU Head Coach Cliff Godwin faces a greater challenge with 'Power 4' programs attempting to poach his players. Coach Godwin made a post on 'X' Thursday morning that read, 'Our system is so BROKEN! We have coaches at P4 schools texting our players directly who are not in portal! And we have proof!' WNCT's Brian Bailey reached out to Godwin for an interview on the subject, which he declined. Coach Godwin wants recruiting at the college level to be cleaned up, and beleives the current model allows for the 'rich to get richer' and leaves programs like East Carolina behind. Coach Godwin has not commented on if he will reveal any further information on the text messages sent to his players. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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6 days ago
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Former Super Bowl Champion Has Concerns For Bucs' Chris Godwin
Former Super Bowl Champion Has Concerns For Bucs' Chris Godwin originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers know they have one of the most dominant offenses in the game today. With Baker Mayfield at quarterback, and a collection of top wideouts, the Bucs believe they have all they need to be a legitimate Super Bowl contender. Advertisement There's just one problem. One of those top wideouts isn't healthy. And there's a chance he may not be going into the 2025 season. Chris Godwin, the Pro Bowl receiver who has formed a dynamic duo with Mike Evans, is still recovering from his ankle injury that he suffered midway through the 2024 season. The fact that the team drafted Ohio State star Emeka Egbuka in the first round of the 2025 draft, according to former Buccaneer champion and ESPN analyst Booger McFarland, was a sign that Godwin may need even more time than anticipated. "Based on what we saw from Chris Godwin at the end of last season, I think the Bucs are telling us they don't think he's going to be ready and it's going to be a while," McFarland said. "So I fully expect Chris Godwin not to be ready to start the season. Advertisement "And to be honest, I'm not really sure anyone in that building knows what to expect based on the injury history of what he's had the last couple years." A healthy Godwin in Tampa Bay's offense can help them win a Super Bowl. But the Bucs wouldn't have drafted Egbuka if they were confident they could get Godwin back to 100%. Anyway you slice it, it doesn't look good for Tampa's star wideout. Related: Insider Reveals Buccaneers Top Remaining Offseason Priority Related: Buccaneers Rival Falcons Unintentionally Troll Themselves This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
