Godwin picked up a hamstring injury in Week 3, Evans an ankle injury in Week 4. Both have tried to play through somewhat but with little success. Evans has racked up 6 TDs but very few yards, Godwin was strong last week for probably the first time this year, at (self-declared) 80% effectiveness, but broke his finger on a TD catch. I would expect Brady to gel with them both given time and their return to health.
Every Bucs fan had the 1st game vs Saints as a loss, no surprise, the Bears game was winnable but the offense was severely hobbled by injuries and on a short week. We have 3 tough games left on the schedule, by my reckoning, and heading for likely a 11-5 or 12-4 record, provided we maintain or improve and not regress. Saints are the still the class of the NFCS until we dethrone them, not a forgone conclusion by any means. Ironically we've tend to split with them even in the bad years, and split is the best we can do in a potentially good year. I see 4 tough games left on your schedule, and with MT back you are probably shooting for 10-6 or 11-5.
Over the first 7 weeks, we are marginally the better team, IMHO, but in the last 2 weeks we have gotten significantly better and beat 2 really good teams by wide margins, whereas Saints have beaten 2 average teams by narrow margins. Looking forward to the rematch coming up, hoping both teams are at full strength. Many happy memories of games at RayJay up in the 300 level, next to colorful and loud contingents of travelling Saints fans.