BSPN: Mike Evans On A Pitch Count
November 24th, 2024
Unknown reporter has Mike Evans intel.
Joe doesn’t know who typed the following. But it is very interesting.
Last week Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen noted he had to be “smart” using Mike Evans and that he really doesn’t know how close he is to 100 percent so Coen is not sure how Evans will be used.
In fact, Coen added it wouldn’t be very wise to start sending Evans on go-routes.
So an unknown typist for BSPN shared insight how the Bucs are going to use Evans today at the New Jersey Swamplands. It seems Evans will be on the field in critical situations but other than that, he may be on a pitch count in his first game back since blowing out his hamstring against Baltimore four games ago.
The Buccaneers hope to get receiver Mike Evans a healthy workload Sunday but will also monitor snaps in his return from a hamstring injury. He will be out there on crucial downs, but Tampa Bay will be smart with him, too, depending on how he feels during the flow of the game. The Bucs had reduced Evans’ snaps even before the injury, as a way to keep the 31-year-old fresh. They can’t afford to lose him for multiple weeks again with a reaggravation, so hamstring fatigue will be considered.
Yes, like Todd Bowles said last week, the Bucs need Evans for the long haul.
The Bucs painted themselves into a corner with lousy defensive play and being as unclutch as a defense can be. Half of the Bucs’ six losses have come on the final drive of the game. Shameful.
Each of the remaining seven games is crucial. The Bucs may be able to lose one.
Two, and the playoffs might be a distant, unreachable dream.
November 24th, 2024 at 1:57 am
It might matter if Mike was playing defense.
You can’t out score what coich gives up on defense.
November 24th, 2024 at 5:56 am
Mike needs to sit this game out.
Based on everything I’m seeing and hearing, he’s still not 100 percent.
If he was, he’d be saying so, and everyone else would be too.
They’re not. He’s not.
This is a totally winnable game for us. (Provided the defense doesn’t choke in the final minutes.)
Let Mike sit today. Even though the rest of our schedule is cream-puff compared to before the bye, we’ll need him more for those games than we do this one.
Go Bucs!
November 24th, 2024 at 6:37 am
Mr. Tidy needs to be let go. 6 final drive losses, BUH BYE.
November 24th, 2024 at 8:00 am
Sounds like a common sense opinion piece instead of a scoop. This is a must-win for the Bucs and a lets get through the rest of the year game for the Giants. They should be able to dink and dunk their way downfield without Evans. Win the next couple of games then get him back healthy before the Chargers game.
November 24th, 2024 at 8:41 am
Play him – he needs to get back into game shape…I don’t care if he’s just a decoy…he needs these reps. But agree I’d let get warm before sending him on a go route. I just hope Bowles comes after the Giants QBs from the jump…but we all know he’ll sit back and take a wait n see approach…hopefully that doesn’t get us beat
November 24th, 2024 at 8:47 am
Catch and fall to the ground mode
Bless his heart, but his chassis is shot , long history of hamstring damage
Should be his last year.