Mike Evans News

Evans finished third in receptions and tied for second in receiving yards and targets on the night for the Buccaneers, a solid finish to an up-and-down season. Evans finished the regular campaign with 77 receptions for 1,124 yards and six touchdowns across 15 games, with three of his scores coming in a memorable Week 17 performance versus the Panthers. While Evans, who'll be only 30 when next season begins, has a cap hit of just under $24 million for 2023 per Spotrac, he'd also carry a dead cap hit of over $21 million if released; therefore he's expected to once again play a key role for Tampa Bay, although who he'll catch passes from remains an unknown as the offseason begins.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans (illness) was a full participant at practice on Thursday ahead of Monday's Wild Card game against the Dallas Cowboys. Evans sat out Week 18 with an illness but opened this week with a full practice on Thursday. Barring a setback, he should be good to go against Dallas on Monday. Our models expect him to see 7.7 targets against the Cowboys. Evans' Wild Card projection includes 4.6 receptions, 70.3 yards, 0.45 touchdowns, and 12.0 FanDuel points. His salary is $7,700.

After hauling in 10 of 12 targets for 207 yards and three touchdowns to help the Buccaneers clinch the NFC South with a win against the Panthers in Week 17, Evans didn't log a snap before being ruled out due to an illness this past Sunday in Atlanta. With the benefit of three days to rest and recover, though, he managed to log every rep during Tampa Bay's first practice in advance of Monday's wild-card game against the Cowboys. As a result, Evans will join forces with Chris Godwin as the top wide receivers available to quarterback Tom Brady.

Prior to his exit from the contest, Evans didn't catch a pass. The wideout will thus target a return to action next weekend, when the Buccaneers open their playoff slate.

Evans seemingly took out a season's worth of frustration in one afternoon on an undermanned Panthers secondary, finding pay dirt down the right sideline from 63, 57 and 30 yards out. The latter two scores came in the fourth quarter and allowed the Buccaneers to overcome an 11-point deficit, and both the reception and receiving yardage totals served as season highs. Evans' touchdowns were also his first since Week 4, and he'll now aim to build some momentum ahead of the postseason in a Week 18 road matchup against the Falcons.

It was shaping up as another highly inefficient night for the Tom Brady-Evans connection until the duo got cooking at the most critical time of the game. Evans recorded two catches for 24 yards in the Buccaneers' game-winning drive in overtime, helping somewhat salvage an otherwise disappointing night that saw him as the intended target on both of Brady's interceptions. Evans did cross the 900-yard mark for the season with Sunday's production, and he'll aim to cross the 1,000-yard threshold for the ninth time in as many pro seasons during a pivotal Week 17 home clash against the Panthers.