Bucs, Mike Evans agree to 2-year, $52M contract

[DenverChief]

For those of you hoping Veach would poach him

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and five-time Pro Bowl receiver Mike Evans reached agreement on a two-year, $52 million contract that includes $35 million guaranteed, his agent, Deryk Gilmore, told ESPN on Monday.

Evans, who was to enter free agency next week, now has a real chance to start and finish his career as a "Buc for life" in Tampa.

Gilmore said the deal, which averages $26 million per season, is the largest for a wide receiver this old on his third contract.

"Fire Them Cannons!" Evans posted to Instagram on Monday.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...act-agent-says

[Pinchshot]

Good

[Easy 6]

Just an absolutely ridiculous amount of scratch for a guy at this stage of his career, damn glad to not be a Bucs fan right now

[Bump]

ya that's way too much money for a 30 year old. He'll probably still put up 1K yards though

[mr. tegu]

The Bucs have to spend the money somewhere. They aren’t going to pay much (relatively speaking) for their QB. This deal is pretty good for both parties.

[ForeverIowan]

Mahomes and Reid just won two SBs with Jack and Shit playing receiver. We were never EVER paying in excess of $20 M per for a 30+ year old receiver. Keep drafting young receivers. Draft your next superstar on a rookie contract.

Use that money and figure out how to extend both Jones and Sneed.

[Rainbarrel]

He would have signed yesterday. But every time he picked up the pen someone said playoffs. Then he dropped the pen, again

[Fishels]

Shame

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

We were never going there.

We might pay half of that... spread between two guys.

Honestly with how wr contracts are exploding. It is smart to get guys wanting a ring for cheaper and drafting nonstop wr every year. There are more and more great wr.

We overpay at the critical position. Elite franchise QB.

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by tredadda

Would have liked KC to get him, but not for what TB just paid him.

This is a huge vote of confidence from the Tampa Bay brass in Baker Mayfield when you look at this massive contract of Evans. Tampa Bay brass will be sorely disappointed this next year when Baker goes back to being Baker. Baker had an easy schedule last year, schedule be more difficult this upcoming season and Baker will go back to being dancing Baker in the pocket throwing pics. But at least Mike Evans got his money.

[BWillie]

Chiefs won't pay a 2 year deal for 25M per for only two years but pay a slightly above average RIGHT tackle 80M for 4 years.

No two year deal can really be that bad. Especially for Evans. Randy Moss did quite well in those two seasons at the same age.

At least this means we must be resigning Jones.

[Okchief80]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

This is a huge vote of confidence from the Tampa Bay brass in Baker Mayfield when you look at this massive contract of Evans. Tampa Bay brass will be sorely disappointed this next year when Baker goes back to being Baker. Baker had an easy schedule last year, schedule be more difficult this upcoming season and Baker will go back to being dancing Baker in the pocket throwing pics. But at least Mike Evans got his money.

The division is still going to suck this year. Nine wins gets them into the playoffs again.

[SHOWTIME]

Originally Posted by Okchief80

The division is still going to suck this year. Nine wins gets them into the playoffs again.

Then again, we heard that the Falcons are definitely signing Mayfield and trading for Fields...

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[Wallcrawler]

Hrs good with just the one Superbowl ring.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

This is a huge vote of confidence from the Tampa Bay brass in Baker Mayfield when you look at this massive contract of Evans. Tampa Bay brass will be sorely disappointed this next year when Baker goes back to being Baker. Baker had an easy schedule last year, schedule be more difficult this upcoming season and Baker will go back to being dancing Baker in the pocket throwing pics. But at least Mike Evans got his money.

Lol, just no, that's just not accurate.


In the three seasons when Baker's been healthy and with a decent OC, Baker's TD/INT ratio is nearly 3:1.

In the three seasons he didn't have a decent OC or wasn't healthy (2019/Kitchens, 2021/injured his labrum, fractured shoulder blade, high ankle sprain, 2022/CAR) he's been no worse than 1:1.


No, with a decent OC and his health, Baker is at worst a 2.5:1 QB.

[Red Dawg]

Baker is a loser that will never win anyone shit. His arm is weak as shit and if wasn't for Evans he would have lost the division. Their 9-8 record is crap.