Buccaneers WR Chris Godwin (ankle) has a "strong chance" to make his 2025 debut against the Eagles in Week 4, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. That'd be a little ahead of the "Week 5 or later" timeline we'd most recently heard for Godwin. He's been practicing on a limited basis for the last two weeks. Schefter also says there's a " strong chance" LT Tristan Wirfs makes it back for Week 4. That'd be as big a boost to this offense as Godwin's return (maybe bigger).
We don't expect Godwin to be a full-go in his 2025 debut. The Buccaneers have played it safe with his return all offseason and will likely have him on some type of snap count to start. Godwin won't be a recommended Week 4 fantasy starter, especially against a tough Eagles secondary.
He could quickly re-emerge as a big-time asset, though. Godwin averaged 8.9 targets through Week 7 last year, ranking fifth among WRs in PPR points per game. We'll see how quickly he can re-discover that form. And, of course, he faces tougher target competition with Emeka Egbuka joining Mike Evans in the WR corps.
Godwin's return also means more target competition for Evans and Egbuka. Evans has racked up 19 targets on a 27.1% share through two weeks, so he can afford to lose some volume.
Egbuka, on the other hand, is sitting on an 18.6% target share so far. If he falls any further from there, he'll be tough to trust in fantasy lineups.
We highlighted Egbuka as a potential sell high in this week's Trade Targets article.
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