Tampa Bay Buccaneers extensive receiver Mike Evans can be eligible without spending a dime company this coming March except the 2 events come to a contract settlement within the subsequent seven weeks.
If not, Evans, a future Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer who set an NFL document along with his tenth consecutive 1,000-yard receiving marketing campaign to start a profession, is seen as a possible goal for the New York Giants in free company.
Alex Kay of Bleacher Report cites the Giants as “a wasteland for receiving expertise over the previous few years” and believes the 30-year-old Evans would lastly give them a reliable No. 1 wideout.
That’s all properly and good however the Giants can get their act collectively at quarterback. Evans can’t throw the ball to himself, in any case, and Kay mentions there could possibly be a shift at quarterback to accommodate him.
Large Blue’s greatest query mark stays on the quarterback place — Daniel Jones was failing to reside as much as lofty expectations following the 2022 season even earlier than struggling a torn ACL — the group could keep dedicated to the incumbent starter for yet another season or choose to deal with this difficulty by the 2024 NFL draft. That leaves receiver as arguably the primary free-agent precedence throughout an offseason during which the franchise may have roughly $40 million in cap area to work with.
Evans clicked with quarterback Baker Mayfield this yr in Tampa (79 receptions for 1,255 yards and an NFL-leading 13 touchdowns) and has acknowledged he wish to stay in Tampa and presumably end his profession there, so it could take a whopper of a deal to pry him away.
“I might like to be again, I like Tampa Bay,” Evans mentioned after the Bucs have been eradicated from the NFC Playoff final week. “Been right here my complete profession. The town has been nice to me, the franchise has been unbelievable to me and my household. I like this place. So, we’ll see.”
As for the monetary half, it could take a whopper of a deal to persuade Evans to go away Tampa. Spotrac believes he might command $23.8 million yearly or a four-year, $95.3 million deal.
The Giants have simply $35-38 million of obtainable cap area in the meanwhile. Throw within the uncertainty at quarterback and the signify of a big-ticket participant corresponding to Evans makes little sense.
