Mike Evans Shrugs Off Age Concerns With Buccaneers
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Mike Evans Shrugs Off Age Concerns With Buccaneers
Mike Evans has set an NFL record for consecutive 1,000-yard seasons to start a career with 11. The Texas A&M product will be 32 years old by the time the 2025 season begins. He is coming off a 74-catch, 11-touchdown season with the defending NFC South champions. Pro Football Focus’ listed him as one of the top aging performers in the league this week. The way Evans looks, he may become the first player to do so.
Few receivers in league history have been as consistent as Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro Bowler Mike Evans.
The former first-round pick turned Super Bowl champion has set an NFL record for consecutive 1,000-yard seasons to start a career with 11. He is also the record holder for all receiving statistics in Buccaneers history.
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Even more impressive, though, is that Evans doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
The Texas A&M product will be 32 years old by the time the 2025 season begins. He is coming off a 74-catch, 11-touchdown season with the defending NFC South champions.
Those aren’t the numbers of a player on the decline.
That is why Pro Football Focus’ listed him as one of the top aging performers in the league this week.
“Evans made history last season, tying Jerry Rice for the most consecutive seasons, topping 1,000 receiving yards (11) despite missing time with a hamstring injury,” Ryan Smith said. “He was elite in Tampa Bay’s wild-card playoff loss to the Commanders (91.8 overall grade), dominating longtime rival Marshon Lattimore.
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“He caught all six targets thrown his way in the matchup for 84 yards and a touchdown while also drawing a defensive pass interference penalty.”
So long as Baker Mayfield continues to be the Buccaneers’ starting quarterback, it is hard to envion Evans showing any type of noteworthy decline at this stage of his career.
No receiver in league history has ever finished with 1,000-yard seasons each year he’s played. Hall-of-Famers like Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, and Steve Largent failed to reach that mark.
The way Evans looks, he may become the first player to do so.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 29, 2025, where it first appeared.
10 Players to Target or Avoid at Current ADP in 2024 Fantasy Football Drafts
Trey McBride of the Arizona Cardinals is a trendy breakout candidate in many circles. McBride’s target share appears more likely to decrease relative to the latter stages of last season than increase. It’s not like McBride has stretched defenses over his two NFL seasons. He also hasn’t been a huge red-zone threat, posting four touchdowns in two years. The Cardinals added Trey Benson to a backfield that also includes a healthy James Conner. The team also added one of the most highly regarded rookie wideouts in recent memory.
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Christian Petersen/Getty Images GLENDALE, ARIZONA – JANUARY 07: Tight end Trey McBride #85 of the Arizona Cardinals during the second half of the NFL game at State Farm Stadium on January 07, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. The Seahawks defeated the Cardinals 21-20. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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This is another opinion that isn’t shared by many in the fantasy community. As a matter of fact, after a hot stretch to end his second season, Trey McBride of the Arizona Cardinals is a trendy breakout candidate in many circles. It’s reflected in his ADP.
For starters, much of McBride’s hot streak in 2023 coincided with not only the return of quarterback Kyler Murray to the Cardinals, but also with injuries that blasted Arizona’s pass-catching corps. Veteran tight end Zach Ertz got hurt. So did wide receiver Marquise Brown. And young wideout Michael Wilson. And even running back James Conner. When you’re the only game in town, your target share is bound to spike.
This season, the situation is considerably different. Brown is gone, but he has been replaced by veteran Zay Jones and one of the most highly regarded rookie wideouts in recent memory in Marvin Harrison Jr. The Cardinals added Trey Benson to a backfield that also includes a healthy Conner. Wilson is back as well.
In other words, McBride’s target share appears more likely to decrease relative to the latter stages of last season than increase. And if that’s the case, he isn’t posting top-five numbers.
It’s not like McBride has stretched defenses over his two NFL seasons—he has averaged less than 10 yards a catch. He also hasn’t been a huge red-zone threat, posting four touchdowns in two years.
Fantasy managers are drafting McBride as though last year’s “breakout” is only the beginning, when it’s more likely that (as things stand now) it’s as good as things are going to get.
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