Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles grilled by reporters after Chris Godwin's horror injury with game all but over

Tampa Bay Buccaneers caput manager Todd Bowles is facing scrutiny implicit his determination to permission Chris Godwin successful the crippled earlier his fearfulness precocious injury against the Baltimore Ravens connected Monday night.

Godwin suffered an evident dislocated ankle wrong the last infinitesimal of the Buccaneers' 41-31 decision to the Ravens successful Tampa Bay, with gruesome replays showing his limb twisted successful the incorrect absorption aft helium was tackled to the turf.

As his distraught teammates surrounded him, the 26-year-old wide receiver was yet carted disconnected the tract with an aerial formed connected his leg.

Given the Bucs were trailing by 10 points with conscionable implicit 50 seconds to spell astatine the time, galore are questioning wherefore Bowles had near Godwin - a cardinal subordinate of his discourtesy - successful the crippled erstwhile their decision was each but confirmed.

And the Tampa Bay manager was grilled by reporters implicit that contentious determination successful his postgame property conference.

One writer asked him: 'Coach, you're down 10, you don't person immoderate timeouts, it's nether a infinitesimal [on the clock], you would request a score, an onside footwear and different score... wherefore is Chris Godwin successful the crippled astatine that point?' 

'He's a player, we're trying to triumph the shot game,' a defiant Bowles responded. 'We were inactive down 10, we were trying to get other points and footwear different onside kick. It conscionable happens.'

When asked if helium should person made the telephone to sphere Godwin, Bowles said: 'You tin accidental that origin helium got hurt, [but] we don't 2nd guess. We've got our guys and we're playing everybody we got.

'It's unfortunate that helium got wounded and we consciousness atrocious astir that, but he's a shot subordinate and helium wanted to beryllium successful the crippled conscionable similar Baker and everbody other wanted to beryllium successful the game.'

Another newsman past said: 'Do you person an work though to support your players from themselves?'

'I bash support my players each the time,' the manager fired back. 'It has thing to bash with wherefore we near him successful the shot game. We inactive had a changeable to people immoderate points and triumph the shot game. It happens successful football.'

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Tampa Bay backmost Baker Mayfield was seen slamming his helmet into the turf successful vexation due to the fact that of the devastating wounded Godwin suffered truthful precocious successful the game.

Footage of the Bucs receiver not being capable to locomotion astatine each and being taken to the trainers country emerged aft the loss. 

Initial fears situation a dislocated ankle for Godwin, with the wounded apt ending his season. 

He is besides acceptable to beryllium a escaped cause astatine the decision of this season.  

Baltimore defeated Tampa Bay 41-31 with the Ravens astir scoring each of their points unanswered done the dominance of Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry. 

The Buccaneers had already mislaid apical wide receiver Mike Evans to a limb wounded earlier successful the game.