Bucs give Mike Evans 5 year, $82.5 million extension
 

Per NFL.com

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are locking in wide receiver Mike Evans for the long term.

Evans has agreed to a five-year, $82.5 million deal with the Buccaneers, a source informed of the situation told NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport. It includes $55 million in guarantees and a $16.5 million per-year average.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Buccaneers’ WR Mike Evans agreed to a 5-year, $82.5 million extension that includes $55 million guaranteed, per sources. <br><br>Evans now under contract through 2023 season.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/972212200516431872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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****in' broke the bank on that contract.

And we’re gonna pay Watkins a similar deal


Yuck

that sucks if so.

Uh...no way in hell.

What are you smoking?

This.

Tyreek? Probably.

Yeah, that was my first thought as well, we're going to pay hill more than what evans got in a year or so...

Not necessarily a bad thing but something to keep in mind when everyone is clamoring for high priced FAs

Ribs

You guys better hold your nose here in a few days

I'd have no problem giving Tyreek that deal when the time comes.

Sammy doesn't have the stats in my opinion to warrant that kind of coin.

I think Sammy has a lot of upside, but Evans has caught 117 more balls over their first three years and has seven more TD and 1500 more yards.

Over a three year period thats pretty huge

If Hill has a huge year in 2018, the Chiefs are probably looking at 5 years, $90 million with at least $55 million guaranteed.

I agree.

Hill's second season is better than Evans.

Are you just being a fatalistic Chiefs fan or did I miss a story somewhere indicating the Chiefs have interest in Watkins?

Tyreek is going to get $19 million avg a year damn

I don't know all about the structure of those contracts but I wonder why you would pay those big bucks for so long when it comes to the WR position. So many WRs slow down around 27-28 years old and then you're stuck paying them big money.

Maclin is a good example of that.

Hill is a great player but his game is a lot about speed and his best years will be the next two to four years. I know we might not have a choice but I wouldn't pay him big money for more than two or three years when his rookie contract expires.

seems outlandish to me

WOW I wonder what kind of a contract Beckham will get? :eek:

You missed quite a few of them

6yr 100 million

Decent deal for a catch and fall down receiver.

There's definitely rumored interest. Absolutely no indication that it would be for this kind of money, though.

Mike Evans isn't going to fix the bucs. But he could fix the Chiefs. Although we probably can't afford him and it doesn't seem the Bucs want to trade him.

Great I'll look forward to nothing then, thanks for the update

ROFL

I went to overthecap.com to look at his salary and saw that he has a 13m base this year. They also have him listed as having a $0 base salary next year but his bonuses have him having a 12m cap hit next year. I've never seen (or at least noticed) a player that has a $0 base pay and still on a roster.

He would be my wet dream.

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Guy is kind of a pussy not gonna lie. Don't like him.

That dude will be 31 at the start of the '24 season. He's been a phenomenal player and I have no doubt he'll continue to play at a high level for another year or maybe 2, but I struggle buying high on the backend of this guys career. With our other needs, I don't see it.

Would rather have Chris Jones

People aren't ****ing getting it. "The Patriots got guys at the back end of their careers all the time!"

Yeah. At deep discounts.

The Chiefs have only ever paid a fair market price for an old guy once during this tenure, and that was Carlos Dunlap. And he was for 1 year.

Let the Bills give this chump a 4 year deal. They love doing that shit. Because they're desperate.

We're not desperate.

Pass.

We need to be good for the rest of Kelces usefulness. After that is our quasi rebuild. Pay Evans or someone like him now. 3peat or bust. This isnt that easy.

Or we could just kind of... y'know...not do that. And still 3peat.

MINIMUM 8 PEAT, BOB.

Was gonna ask for this stuff to go to a new thread or something until I saw who bumped and well lol nvm

I read that if they (TB) can get him signed before the end of business today, they save something like $7-$10 million for the 2024 cap. So I guess we'll see if Evans wants to be a Buc or not by the end of today.

Rice's development has really really cooled me desires to see Evans in a Chiefs jersey.

Don't get me wrong, I'd still love to see it. I think he's perfect opposite of Rice. I just don't know if its necessary anyone. The only way this is possible is if we keep Jones and tag and trade Sneed. So a lot needs to happen first, and while I don't see how Tampa Bay can tag him when they are already paying Godwin, but they could keep Evans and cut Godwin, which frankly is what I'd do if I were them. Lot of dead cap, but Evans means way to that team than Godwin does, just don't see how you pay Baker, Godwin AND Evans.

Paying that much to a 31-year-old seems very unlikely for Bart Vitorach

It depends on price.

If he is willing to play on what DHop took last year for a 2 year deal or in that ballpark, sure.

If he wants to be paid over 20 I just sign Mooney and move up for Keon Coleman.

Chiefs are not spending a dime on the WR room once we cut MVS, so I'd gladly pay a dude like Evan's between 15-18M a year for three years.

We need another JuJu-like signing. Someone who's sure-handed and can reliably generate a 1st down on a 3rd down play. Spending a lot of cash or giving more than 2 years to a guy who's on the back side of his career doesn't seem like the right thing to do. If Evans wants to make it work with us then great, but I'd rather sign someone else and spend the savings between Jones and Sneed

I think they sign a cost-effective receiver like Tyler Boyd.

I'd.....I'd rather give it to Hollywood Brown as wild as that sounds.

I like Evans, dude is awesome but I also don't think there's a chance in hell he signs for less than 25 per year.

That is how we do it.

JuJu was on the backside of his career if we are being honest.

We need a vet, a pro's pro who isn't going to get 20+ million a year.

I mean hell if Tampa Bay cuts Godwin, I'd take him.

Seems like Evans is injured a lot, but he’s actually only missed six games due to injury in his nine year career.

JuJu was 25 years old when the Chiefs signed him.

How many 31 year old WRs got 25M? I really dont know just wondering.

Whatever Hopkins got...looks like two years 26M. Sign me up.

How many Mike Evans hit the market at 31 unencumbered by a tag?

He's gonna get paid. Probably alot.

And that may be true, but I just don't think Brown is the right guy. Maybe I'm wrong, but the deep threat in KC isn't going to get 100 targets. We are not going to take that many shots per game. Tyreek his final two years was a procession WR because defenses took away the over the top stuff.

I just think if we paid Brown, we are going to be disappointed. Just like we were with Sammy Watkins, and MVS. I'd rather draft and develop another one, and go get a Moody or something at the same price point.

I would like to have him for the right price at 2-3 seasons. Just nothing around the 25 million, so it would probably require him to take a Super Bowl discount. But I kind of doubt he would do that given he has one already. Most likely to me is he wants one last big pay day and I don’t blame him at all.

I think Brown, paired with Rice is a really nice setup. Add another guy that can be a bit of everything if you can, but Brown can do all the stuff that Hill used to do

The deep shots are there. We need someone that can go catch them.

The Chiefs need to add big play/explosive players to their offense.

Lockett or Ridley imo are the best fits. Lockett likely a cap casualty, and Jags aren’t paying a 2nd rounder to re-sign Ridley.

Ridley a scheme fit playing in Doug P’s system. Will fetch significant $, but still productive and a great offset to Rice. Lockett probably cheaper but not a long term solution. More mileage and not quite as explosive as he once was. Either way, one or the other would be significant upgrades.

He'll get a 3 year deal yeah? The 3rd year is going to suck. And so what. Kelce will be gone by then. Jones and/or Sneed will be gone.

Win now baby.

3peat or bust.

Go for it.

I disagree with this. This offense NEEDS vertical threats or you will see what we saw this year, teams coming up and taking away all the space in the short areas.

You want to run Nagy's sideways passes? Get guys that can go over the top and there might be space for those.

Otherwise its a 1 yard gain as 7 guys are waiting.

Brett has definitely avoided big contracts to aging vets. Only exception was Mathieu and Clark when Mahomes was on the rookie contract, and even then id hardly consider those guys as "old".

You can maybe complain about the Taylor contract if you don't like him after this year, but there's no denying Taylor was a young, top 5ish RT at the time of signing him.

Brett's track record tells me he won't be throwing big money at this guy.

I saw a talking head say 4/$96MM. Who knows, but that sort of deal is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY out of our league, especially for a 31 year old dude.

Agreed, but who's this Brett guy?

Wouldn't do 4 years but any 3 year deal with Evans and our current situation couldn't be that bad.

Bucs give Mike Evans 5 year, $82.5 million extension
 

That probably seems about right. Some team with a rookie or second year QB could really use his professionalism, reliability, and abilities to develop and gain confidence. And if you are Evans, who already has a Super Bowl, you are probably taking the last big payday as opposed to really valuing going to a Super Bowl team like the Chiefs.

Houston

At 31 years old that makes no sense for any team.

Yep

We want a good receiver seeking their first Super Bowl or even making the playoffs.

I think Veach will find us one at a good price.

It's okay to like Mike and understand that he doesn't make sense for the Chiefs for age and money reasons.

I think we are going to shop for WR in the discount bin. We are going to get a WR who's cut because the money doesn't make sense any longer with the bonus of it not impacting our comp pick compensation.

Evans coming here was/is the pipeist of pipe dreams (for some. I know he’s a great player but I’ve never been super enthralled for whatever reason). We’re gonna shop in the cheaper bin for a chain mover. Deep threat either gonna be cheap Hollywood or Mooney or addressed via draft.

I'm all in the Hollywood boat. Coming back around on Mooney after being down on him for drops after watching some games this year.

Hollywood makes some sense for sure, especially if they jettison MVS (which I think is a high likelihood at this point). It appears HB is looking for a 3-4 year $15MM/yr type deal, but a 1-yr "prove it" deal like JuJu is possible as well. That might make more sense for the Chiefs than anything else.

I'd love Brown on a 1 year deal, but highly doubt he would do that

Take the total targets for both MVS/JWat; 97 I believe. We'll just ignore Mecole's 'deep' targets for the time being.

Now, not all of those were 'deep' targets, but if we had a Mike Evans, you could expect around that number of targets for a player like him in this offense. I mean, who really cares how many targets JWat actually gets if we had Mike Evans?

I think it's moot anyway; Evans is going to get at least $25 million/yr, and we can't afford that.

I'd be willing to secure the MVS role with a much better athlete for a few years. Then dumpster dive on another vet. I've seen Shenault thrown around on a few Chiefs pages and KCcrow made a compelling argument in one of his mocks. Then you take a 1-3 round guy depending on how the board falls.

Couldn’t start a new thread? None of the stuff from 2018 is remotely relevant anymore.

Mahomes affect?
Or
Mahomes effect?

When we get the cheaps???

We'd have to restructure Pat, let Jones walk, franchise tag Sneed, and then maybe have enough to get Tranquil and another piece or two back of our team with Evans as our WR1. Really just depends on how much he'll drive us for, which if he's leaving Tampa, it's probably not going to be cheap and likely a three year deal.

Pick him up!!!