“I Want The Damn Record”
December 22nd, 2024
So Joe’s dialed in on the Bucs winning tonight in Dallas, especially if the Falcons find a way to beat the tanking Giants at 1 p.m.
If the Falcons lose, well, then the Bucs can afford a loss.
But the matter of Mike Evans’ streak of 1,000-plus-yards seasons is also an underlying focus/concern.
Evans, who sits 251 yards shy of 1,000 receiving yards this season, has three games remaining to up that streak to 11 years and tie Jerry Rice for the all-time mark.
So Evans cannot afford a clunker tonight.
Joe’s got bigger goals, however. Joe wants to see Evans nail down the record in the next two games so he can rest in Week 18 if the Bucs have the division title locked up.
Evans cares deeply about the record yet doesn’t care at the same time.
That was the message shared by TampaBay.com columnist John Romano after talking to Evans.
“I know I can get 1,000 yards every year if I’m healthy and I’m getting the ball,” he said. “I’m not going to sit around the locker room and talk about myself, but I want the damn record. I want it. I want to tie it (this year). I want to keep it going.
“I definitely want it, but that doesn’t mean it’s a burden.”
Again, Joe wants Evans to nail 1,000 yards without needing a heroic Week 18.
If the Bucs have the division locked up before the season finale and Evans needs, say, 143 yards to hit 1,000, then what?
It would be a difficult decision for Evans and the franchise on whether to expose Evans to injury before the postseason.
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December 22nd, 2024 at 11:21 am
Go get it M1K3! And thanks for all you sacrifice for this organization!! Go Bucs !
December 22nd, 2024 at 11:22 am
Worry about one game at a time
December 22nd, 2024 at 11:31 am
Just get it all tonight and be done with it.
December 22nd, 2024 at 11:33 am
Just because they might lock up the division with one game left to play doesn’t mean the three seed is not in jeopardy.
December 22nd, 2024 at 11:40 am
have to be careful to not put pressure on himself. you start to press instead of play freely can make things more difficult
December 22nd, 2024 at 11:45 am
I’m hoping that he and the rest of the Bucs give Skeletor ( as my wife calls Jerry Jones) plenty to frown about and the crowd to thin out in the 4th quarter. 😁
December 22nd, 2024 at 11:52 am
“Then what?”
Full send! Have him go out there and get that yardage he needs. This franchise owes it to him. If he gets hurt, then he gets hurt.
December 22nd, 2024 at 12:02 pm
If Evans needed less than 100 yds in week 18, it might be okay to see where he’s at by halftime, but if he needs more than 100 yds, it would be better to save him for the playoffs. The NFL is a game of chess, not checkers. You have to consider strategy for future action.
December 22nd, 2024 at 12:06 pm
There is no I in team, but there is an M and E! As Mike goes, so does the Bucs. Go ME!!
December 22nd, 2024 at 12:09 pm
He will get the record in the normal flow of the offense because he’s a F-ing monster we’re playing the Panthers next week.
December 22nd, 2024 at 12:10 pm
*monster and
December 22nd, 2024 at 12:11 pm
Its coming Mike…and you know it
December 22nd, 2024 at 12:28 pm
Stop all the outside chatter, and just win the game in Dallas.
Bucs lise and the Falvons beat the trying-to-tank Jints, and this team could miss the playoffs altogether.
December 22nd, 2024 at 12:28 pm
Get it!!
December 22nd, 2024 at 12:30 pm
He will get it tonight
December 22nd, 2024 at 12:36 pm
The Falcons will lose one more game at the most (at Washington). We have to assume we will need to run the table to win the division. Hopefully Mike gets the record on the way to us winning our last 3 games.
December 22nd, 2024 at 12:49 pm
240 and 3 TDs tonight. Ha ha.
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:01 pm
Heres to hoping Michael Penix turns out to be Ryan Leaf 2.0
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:06 pm
This situation makes me s little nervous but on the same token, Mike has been playing with his hair on fire the past couple weeks. Even getting some YAC that we don’t normally see him get.
I’m glad they’re not just denying the whole thing, but hopefully they don’t force it and risk injury or even a loss. It should happen naturally and a highly motivated Mike Evans is a defenses worst nightmare.
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:07 pm
Please Baker do not force it to ME13 if he is open he is open go ahead and toss it if not don’t do this Brett Favre you tend to do at times bro and turn the ball over were trying to make the playoffs damn a personal record!
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:22 pm
Wishing Mike the best of luck in reaching his goal. Keep it going!
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:22 pm
ME13 is sounding frisky which means the hammy is getting better and healing. He’s all about winning first. He knows how good he is. He also knows what happened to his good bud on and off the field, CG14. He’s got some scores to settle. Okay Coen’s, this one is on you. What else you got in that bag of tricks? How about QB options?
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:22 pm
Coen. The autoedit on here stinks!
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:25 pm
11 catches 262 yds 1 td on a sunday night with the whole world watching. Mike evans catches immortality tonight. got get it 13…go get it!!
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:25 pm
More than likely Atlanta will probably end up releasing Cousins, too! That deal they signed him to was dumb. If anything they should’ve signed him to just one year. Morons. One player they did take that I wanted the Bucs to sign was Bates.
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:34 pm
Giants are gonna clobber the falcons and give MK13 the juicy to drop 200 yards on the cowgirls
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:39 pm
Go Giants!! Up 7 early against Dirt Birds
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:40 pm
Play well, win out, go into post season on a roll. The NFC is up for grabs. Home field could come into play even after the first round.
Evans’ record doesn’t mean anything but if Evans isn’t getting catches and yards the Bucs probably aren’t winning.
December 22nd, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Shoot how bout he gets it tonight. 251 yards 2 tds let’s go
December 22nd, 2024 at 2:55 pm
Giants just giving the game away. They are tanking harder than Patton.
December 22nd, 2024 at 2:55 pm
The greatest receiver to ever put on a Bucs jersey and is the only real deep threat we have yet we have guys up here who cry about forcing him the ball to get that record. Only two others on this offense that would be deserving of forcing issues in order to get them records, Bucky and Baker. To get Bucky to 1000 yards and if there was a record Baker could break. Evans has earned the right to tie the record this year and beat it the next.
December 22nd, 2024 at 5:48 pm
I hope he gets the record but not a the expense of us making it to the playoffs.
December 22nd, 2024 at 6:51 pm
Get 200 hundred tonight, Mike. Go Bucs!