Report: Mike Evans-Bucs Talks “Got A Little Weird”
March 14th, 2026
Sports Illustrated national NFL insider Albert Breer didn’t hesitate when asked about how ex-Bucs receiver Mike Evans landed with the 49ers.
Previously, Breer spoke about Evans being San Francisco’s third choice receiver in free agency.
On Monday, when Evans hit free agency, he did not strike a deal with San Francisco right away. During the few hours or so after the free agency bell rang and before an announcement of Evans’ new contract, a report circulated that one NFL unnamed team was offering Evans $27 million on a one-year contract. It wasn’t the 49ers.
Breer told The Rich Eisen Show this week that information came from Evans’ camp and “there were some teams that didn’t believe that to be the truth.”
The Bucs reached a point with Evans, per Breer, where their attitude was “Well, do you want to come back here or not?”
Breer implied that Evans had no offer on the table from another team when free agency kicked off while the Bucs were waving their offer before Evans and his agent.
“I’d say things certainly got a little weird between Evans and the team,” Breer said of the Bucs. “… I think everything [the Bucs] said publicly about Evans is true. It’s just it seemed like it had gotten a little weird and awkward over the weekend.”
It’s rather obvious now that on Monday the Bucs realized how badly Evans wanted to leave Tampa and chase what he believed to be a better team.
Oh, well.
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