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Mike Evans 2022 Outlook: Clear Path To WR1 Status
3 years agoTampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans is coming off a strong 2021 campaign, notching 74 catches on 114 targets, with 1,035 yards and 14 touchdowns. This was good enough for WR9 in PPR scoring. In most cases, a stat line so heavily skewed by touchdowns would indicate a regression, but Evans may be more likely than anyone to log double-digit scores again. A model of consistency with 1,000 yards in each of his eight years in the league, Evans now gets a combination of Tom Brady behind center and an unimpeded role atop the depth chart. With Antonio Brown gone and Chris Godwin a long shot to start the year healthy, Evans is in line for a huge workload. While volume has not been his road to production since the arrival of Brady, Evans dominated targets in the Jameis Winston years and could do so again. He averaged 9.38 targets per game the first six years of his career, but that dropped to 6.97 since Brady arrived. If Evans' usual red-zone dominance is paired with an uptick in volume, he will be well worth his current ADP of 28.
