Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans is usually a reliable target for the many quarterbacks he has played with during his 11-year career. No one is perfect, though, and sometimes you let your quarterback down – and sometimes that quarterback is the GOAT, Tom Brady.
Evans, a potential future Hall of Famer and Tampa Bay Buccaneers legend, spoke on the Rich Eisen Show this week as the team prepares to take on the Baltimore Ravens. He praised quarterback Baker Mayfield and the job he does in Tampa Bay, but Eisen asked him if he ever demanded the ball from his quarterbacks. Evans said yes, and when asked specifically about Brady, he had a story to share about their time together in Tampa Bay.
“I probably did it twice in the three years we played, but the first time I did it, I kind of let it go after asking,” Evans recalled. “I understood him pretty well, and he said, ‘You’re right, I’m going to give you the ball.’ And on the next drive, we get the ball, and he throws it to me twice at the goal line and I don’t get it.”
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When asked what happened afterward, Evans didn’t say much, but he seemed to imply that Brady wasn’t particularly happy with himself afterward.
“I’ll go into more detail on that another time,” Evans joked.
He may no longer have Brady, but Evans and Mayfield are set to face Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football in what could be their toughest game of the season.
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