Mike Evans demands new contract from Buccaneers
Mike Evans wants a new deal with the Buccaneers before Week 1. Description Four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Mike Evans demands a new contract from the Buccaneers before Week 1. Will he stay in Tampa Bay? Mike Evans, a wide receiver who has been to the Pro Bowl four times, wants a new deal from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by Week 1. If a deal can't be made, Evans will look for work somewhere else in 2024. Deryk Gilmore, Evans' lawyer, said that the Buccaneers don't want to pay two wide receivers more than $20 million per year. Chris Godwin, another Pro Bowl wide receiver, is in the second year of a $60 million, three-year deal with $40 million guaranteed. Evans is the youngest player in NFL history to have nine straight seasons with at least 1,000 yards for the same team. He has the third-most seasons with 1,000 yards in NFL history, after Jerry Rice (14) and Randy Moss (10). Evans also holds almost all of the Buccaneers' receiving records, such as the most scores (8...