Yes or no: Will Chris Godwin eclipse the 1,000-yard receiving mark in 2019?

Carmen Vitali: Yes

It's a lofty goal. Let me repeat: a third-year receiver who shares a roster with wide receiver Mike Evans also eclipsing 1,000 yards is a lofty goal. Not to mention, there's the Bucs' wealth in the tight end room with not one but two tremendously productive pass-catching tight ends to reckon with, as well.

But since when has Bruce Arians ever shied away from 'lofty'?

The Buccaneers' new head coach doubled down on predicting a 100-catch season for wide receiver Chris Godwin as recently as mini-camp. If he indeed reaches that mark (which yes, is an 'if'), that would mean just a 10.0 yard-per-reception average, a mark Godwin himself easily surpassed last season with 14.3 yards per catch. He caught 59 of those passes, giving him 842 yards on the year with just five of 16 games started. He was targeted 95 times – and that was with not only Evans on the roster, but DeSean Jackson and Adam Humphries too. The latter two have since departed and with them, the significance of those 158 extra yards.

If we go with Godwin's catch percentage from last year – 62.1% – to get to 1,000 yards, that works out to needing 113 targets doing the math. Of course, there's only one ball and wide receiver Mike Evans had 138 targets last year with 86 catches and a whopping career-high 1,524 yards receiving. So you're wondering if there are enough of those targets to go around now, aren't you?

It wouldn't do much good to go off last year's numbers given the new coaching staff and entirely new offensive system. The Bucs attempted 619 passes last year, if you were curious. But let's take a look at what Arians himself has done in the past, instead. In 2013, his first year as head coach with the Arizona Cardinals, wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald had 134 targets and wide receiver Michael Floyd had 112 targets. Um. In case you need me to make the connection for you, 113 is only one off from 112 and 138 is only four off from 134. That stat line is eerily similar, wouldn't you say? Now, in 2013 only Floyd had over 1,000 yards with 1,041 and Fitzgerald came extremely close with 954. That's very close to having two 1,000-yard receivers, but close gets no cigar and I'm not done.

Just two years later in 2015, the Cardinals' offense did have two 1,000-yard receivers. This time, it was Fitzgerald with 1,215 yards and John Brown with 1,003 yards while the Cardinals' offense attempted 550 total passes that year. Arians has even gone so far as to compare Godwin's role to that of Fitzgerald's once he moved to the slot this offseason, so I'm going to go ahead and connect the dots there. With Godwin's slot and outside capabilities, he really doesn't have to come off the field and one glance at his Instagram feed will tell you he's more than physically capable of handling the work load. Not to mention, back up to where I said Evans had 1,524 yards on 86 receptions. Just 86 receptions. I wrote about how impressive that is among his division peers last week, if you need a point of reference.

The Bucs did acquire wide receiver Breshad Perriman in free agency, thought to be able to provide the deep threat with his 4.2 speed. The combination of sophomore receiver Justin Watson and sixth-round draft pick Scotty Miller could tandem to definitely steal some of those targets, but you have to think Evans and Godwin are WR1 and WR2 by a large margin.

I know, I know, I can't put a bow on that just yet without talking about two receivers not in the wideout room: tight ends O.J. Howard and Cameron Brate. That's totally fair because the Bucs really don't have a choice other than to utilize the tight end talent Jason Licht and Co. have graced them with. Eleven of the Bucs' 29 touchdowns came by the hands of tight ends last season, in fact. That's 38% of the total. While I would love to see Godwin nab nine or 10 touchdowns, that's where this whole 'there's only one ball' argument really comes in. Fortunately for this argument though, we're talking yards and the thing about those 11 touchdowns by Howard and Brate is that most came inside the red zone. Brate led the team with six receiving touchdowns and only had 289 yards because most of those scores came with the Bucs already inside the 20-yard line. If you want to go off work, he was targeted just 49 times and caught 30 passes. That's hardly enough to prevent two 1,000-yard receivers. Plus, knowing Evans can crush the 1,000-yard mark on only 86 receptions really makes me optimistic that not only can Godwin get to 1,000 yards too – he may also get to 100 catches.