Todd Bowles referenced the Ravens' 10-point lead and Mike Evans' injury as reasons he kept Chris Godwin in late during a lopsided Week 7 loss.

On a third-and-long with a little over a minute remaining in the game, Godwin was tackled and hurt his lower leg on a play that was too gruesome for ESPN to show on the broadcast. Godwin reportedly dislocated his ankle and will undergo surgery this week with the expectation that he’ll make a full recovery for 2025.

Todd Bowles isn’t second-guessing the potentially season-changing decision to have Chris Godwin on the field late Monday night in a game the Buccaneers had virtually no shot to win. Godwin suffered what Bowles described as a dislocated left ankle that “doesn’t look good” while trailing by 10 with roughly one minute left in the 41-31 home loss to the Ravens.