<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-mike-evans-makes-2028-olympics-revelation-at-pro-bowl-games');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers’ Mike Evans makes 2028 Olympics revelation at Pro Bowl Games');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Mike-Evans-makes-2028-Olympics-revelation-at-Pro-Bowl-Games-.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers’ Mike Evans makes 2028 Olympics revelation at Pro Bowl Games</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-01T12:22:55-08:00">February 1st, 12:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-01T12:22:55-08:00">February 1st, 12:22pm</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While some are not a fan of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/2023-pro-bowl-format-explained-skill-competitions-schedule-coaches">Pro Bowl games featuring flag football</a> instead of the traditional competition, Mike Evans believes it makes practical sense for his own career. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers wideout <a href="https://x.com/NFLSTROUD/status/1885746998290301109" rel="noopener">referred to the games</a> as “good practice” for a potential run at the 2028 Summer Olympics, which are set to include flag football.</p><p>“This is good practice for my [for] the Olympics,” Evans said, via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. “Most likely, I’ll be retired by 2028. I don’t know. But if I am retired, I’d definitely like to [play in the Olympics].”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mike Evans says the Pro Bowl game will be good practice for him because if he’s retired by 2028, he would like to play the sport for the U.S. Olympic team. <a href="https://t.co/NCk8eDravB">pic.twitter.com/NCk8eDravB</a></p><p>— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLSTROUD/status/1885746998290301109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-stars-participating-flag-football-2028-olympics-ratings-gold-nbc">2028 Summer Olympics</a>, which will be held in Los Angeles, California, will be the first games to feature flag football. The event will be exclusive to that year and is not expected to become a permanent fixture of the Olympic format.</p><p>The flag football rule set will feature a five-on-five game. The NFL is currently working on whether or not they will allow its players to participate in the games. However, as Evans pointed out, all retired players would be eligible to try out.</p><p>Evans is not the only active NFL player who has shown interest in playing in the Olympics. Tyreek Hill, Patrick Mahomes, CeeDee Lamb and others have all shown interest in taking the field in 2028.</p><p> </p><h2><b>Mike Evans’ future with Buccaneers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Buccaneers-Cade-Otton-and-Mike-Evans.jpg"><figcaption>Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Evans recently wrapped up a historic 2024 campaign, his 11th season in the league. During the final game of the regular season, Evans’ 61 receiving yards gave him his 11th consecutive 1,000-yard season to tie Jerry Rice’s NFL record.</p><p>However, despite his decade of dominance, Evans continues to hint at an upcoming retirement. The 31-year-old has spent his entire career with the Buccaneers and says he has no plans to play elsewhere. He is contracted through the 2025 season but could potentially restructure his contract during the offseason. Evans signed the two-year extension in the 2024 offseason.</p><p>Evans’ next big decision will likely come once his contract expires in 2026. By then, he will be preparing for his age-36 season and hitting free agency for the second time in three years. While he is clearly a step behind his athletic prime, his season-long results continue to suggest otherwise.</p><p>The Pro Bowl nomination in 2025 was the sixth of Evans’ career. He has been named to four of the past six Pro Bowls, including each of the last two.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers’ Mike Evans makes 2028 Olympics revelation at Pro Bowl Games

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/commanders-news-marshon-lattimore-clowned-by-fans-after-1st-half-performance-vs-mike-evans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Commanders’ Marshon Lattimore clowned by fans after 1st half performance vs. Mike Evans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Commanders-news-Marshon-Lattimore-clowned-by-fans-after-1st-half-performance-vs.-Mike-Evans.jpg"></figure><h1>Commanders’ Marshon Lattimore clowned by fans after 1st half performance vs. Mike Evans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-12T19:58:22-08:00">January 12th, 7:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-12T19:58:22-08:00">January 12th, 7:58pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Washington Commanders are being pushed to the brink by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and it’s thanks in large part to what an incredible first half wide receiver Mike Evans had. Evans has been one of the most consistent wideouts in the league since he began his career way back in 2014, and it seems like the veteran still has a ton of tricks up his sleeve to surprise the opposition. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-best-admission-when-facing-rival-marshon-lattimore">Evans got the better of his primary defender and longtime rival, Marshon Lattimore</a>, that it reached the point where the Commanders cornerback was the subject of plenty of clowning on social media.</p><p>Evans, with Lattimore trying his best to slow him down, managed to secure five catches for 66 yards in the first half, with a touchdown and a pass interference against the Commanders CB at the end zone to boot. The Buccaneers wideout was so deep in his dominance against Lattimore that fans <a href="https://twitter.com/LoswitheMos/status/1878629420103328125" rel="noopener">made fun of</a> Washington’s big midseason acquisition.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mike Evans to Marshon Lattimore <a href="https://t.co/QvYZbSBRKL">pic.twitter.com/QvYZbSBRKL</a></p><p>— Paulos (@LoswitheMos) <a href="https://twitter.com/LoswitheMos/status/1878629420103328125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mike Evans whenever he sees Marshon Lattimore getting ready to defend him <a href="https://t.co/8bqd3fPK4R">pic.twitter.com/8bqd3fPK4R</a></p><p>— Chamaar Jase (@ChamaarJase) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChamaarJase/status/1878630558953308619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Marshon Lattimore <br> <a href="https://t.co/1mvVvW2Cbg">pic.twitter.com/1mvVvW2Cbg</a></p><p>— oAdrian (@oAdrian_) <a href="https://twitter.com/oAdrian_/status/1878613462462673040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Marshon Lattimore <br> <a href="https://t.co/1mvVvW2Cbg">pic.twitter.com/1mvVvW2Cbg</a></p><p>— oAdrian (@oAdrian_) <a href="https://twitter.com/oAdrian_/status/1878613462462673040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Marshon Lattimore rn:<a href="https://t.co/8AQ9H4lCQf">pic.twitter.com/8AQ9H4lCQf</a></p><p>— ESPN BET (@ESPNBET) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNBET/status/1878630215976685579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This subplot is providing quite the entertainment value for fans, especially when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-honest-on-marshon-lattimore-feud-saints-clash">Evans and Lattimore have been thorns in each other’s side</a> for plenty of years. Evans has been a fixture of the Buccaneers’ lineup since 2014, while Lattimore made a name for himself as one of the best corners in the league with the New Orleans Saints — Tampa Bay’s division rival.</p><p>However, some fans are wondering how this could even be considered a “rivalry” in the first place when Evans has always been giving Lattimore the work in nearly all of the battles they’ve had against one another?</p><p>“Lattimore wants the one on one vs Mike Evans but he keeps getting cooked. It’s not a rivalry anymore,” X user @WILLAVELLI <a href="https://x.com/WILLAVELLI/status/1878638064723243166" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.</p><p>“Lattimore is getting absolutely cooked. He looks so sad right now. Mike Evans is cooking him. The rivalry is real,” @CraigDruthers <a href="https://x.com/CraigDruthers/status/1878638060688245158" rel="noopener">added</a>.</p><p>“Mike Evans abusing Lattimore. This not a rivalry anymore 😂,” @Cizzzzle21 <a href="https://x.com/Cizzzzle21/status/1878637881906061558" rel="noopener">furthered</a>.</p><h2><b>Buccaneers and Commanders duke it out in an NFL Wild Card Round slugfest</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Buccaneers-wide-receiver-Mike-Evans-13-reacts-after-a-first-down.jpg"><figcaption>© Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Mike Evans may be dominating Marshon Lattimore in their individual matchup, but there aren’t any margins separating the Buccaneers and Commanders in their NFL Wild Card Round matchup. The first half ended tied at 10, and at the time of writing, Tampa Bay just tied the game at 20 with a field goal.</p><p>This game has all the makings of one that will go right down to the wire, and it will be up to Baker Mayfield and Jayden Daniels to get the job done for their respective teams.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Commanders’ Marshon Lattimore clowned by fans after 1st half performance vs. Mike Evans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-best-admission-when-facing-rival-marshon-lattimore');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers’ Mike Evans has ‘best’ admission when facing rival Marshon Lattimore');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Buccaneers-news-Mike-Evans-best-admission-when-facing-rival-Marshon-Lattimore.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers’ Mike Evans has ‘best’ admission when facing rival Marshon Lattimore</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-11T08:45:49-08:00">January 11th, 8:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-11T08:45:49-08:00">January 11th, 8:45am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-vs-buccaneers-predictions-pick-odds-spread-for-nfc-wild-card-2025">Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Washington Commanders</a> in the wild-card round of the NFL Playoffs, one individual matchup that people will keep an eye on is wide receiver Mike Evans and cornerback Marshon Lattimore. Now that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-news-commanders-huge-marshon-lattimore-boost-vs-buccaneers">Commanders star has been taken off the injury report,</a> people are wondering how intense the battle will be between the two since they have a history with each other.</p><p>The two stars have been in battles not just with one trying to gain the advantage on the football field, but also physical altercations on multiple occasions. When Evans was asked about the upcoming matchup, he said that he will “look forward” to it and knows when facing Lattimore, he has to be at his<a href="https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2025/01/09/mike-evans-marshon-lattimore-altercation-saints-commanders-jameis-winston/" rel="noopener"> “best”</a> according to Rick Stroud of The Tampa Bay Times.</p><p>“I’ve just got to be at my best,” Evans said. “I’ve got to give my best because he’s a really good player. Obviously, we’ve had a lot of really good matchups. If he’s playing, I look forward to the matchup.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-honest-on-marshon-lattimore-feud-saints-clash">Evans’ feud with Lattimore has</a> consisted of the Tampa Bay receive being ejected from a game, receiving a two-game suspension, and has resulted in numerous amount of fines. This was when Lattimore was on the NFC South rivals New Orleans Saints, but now is healthy just in time to have a rematch with Evans.</p><p>As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-extends-1000-yard-record">Buccanneers receiver recently recorded his 11th straight season of 1,000 yards</a>, he will now try to help star quarterback Baker Mayfield in a quest for a championship.</p><h2><b>Buccanneers’ Mike Evans and Marshon Lattimore preview the matchup</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Mike-Evans-shoving-Marshon-Lattimore-on-Sept.-18-2022.jpg"><figcaption>Stephen Lew-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>But he will face a talented and physical defensive star in Lattimore as Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles speaks about the impending matchup,</p><p>“They’re both great players, and they both like to compete,” Bowles said. “Mike is a pro, and he understands what’s at stake. He understands the game. Nothing really needs to be said about that.”</p><p>Speaking of Mayfield who Evans has been his favorite target, also spoke of the upcoming matchup and mentioned how it was “fun to watch it from far away, but now being up close amplifies that feeling.</p><p>“It’s a physical matchup, it’s non-stop. It doesn’t matter what’s at stake,” Mayfield said sometime last year. “Getting to watch it from afar was fun. Now, being in the middle of it is going to be even more fun.”</p><p>Lattimore gave his thoughts on the upcoming game and the feud with Evans and made it known that he plans on being very “physical” and that whoever he encounters,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6052883/2025/01/10/marshon-lattimore-return-commanders-nfl-wildcard/" rel="noopener"> “you’re going to know I’m there”</a> according to The Athletic.</p><p>“I’m going out there to try and help my team. All the other stuff, if it comes, it comes,” Lattimore said after an indoor practice on Friday.</p><p>“I want to be physical. I want to be physical with anybody,” Lattimore continued. “The extra level because of the past — it’s not really about the mental game. You’re going to know I’m here.”</p><p>There is no doubt that Evans is ready for the challenge.</p><p>“We’ve got to be disciplined,” Evans said. “They’re a better team than we played in Week 1, and we’ve got to come disciplined.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tampa-bay-buccaneers-bold-predictions-wild-card-vs-commanders">The Buccaneers take on Washington</a> on Sunday night in what will be an exciting contest.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers’ Mike Evans has ‘best’ admission when facing rival Marshon Lattimore

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-receives-huge-honor-from-florida-governor');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers news: Mike Evans receives huge honor from Florida governor');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Buccaneers-news-Mike-Evans-receives-huge-honor-from-Florida-governor.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers news: Mike Evans receives huge honor from Florida governor</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-10T12:10:17-08:00">January 10th, 12:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-10T12:10:17-08:00">January 10th, 12:10pm</time><address><a href="https://matthew516sports.substack.com/">Douglas Fritz</a>Douglas Fritz has been writing about sports for almost four decades and publishes a Christian sports newsletter and podcast on Substack at Matthew516Sports. He started as a reporter for the student newspaper at East Tennessee State University, worked his way up to Editor-In-Chief, and began his sports writing career at the Johnson City Press daily newspaper while still in college. During 30-plus years at the Press, he covered University of Tennessee football, men's and women's basketball, ETSU athletics, and high school athletics. Among the people he has interviewed are Dale Murphy, Bobby Cox, John Smoltz, and Bruce Smith. He is also a Christian-based screenwriter (five feature-length and one short), book writer (three completed manuscripts and one novel), and songwriter.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Positive injury news <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-todd-bowles-multiple-injury-updates-commanders-clash">boosted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> heading into their game against the Commanders. But <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/commanders-news-commanders-huge-marshon-lattimore-boost-vs-buccaneers">Washington got good news as well</a>. Also, Buccaneers WR Mike Evans <a href="https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1877803176184688688" rel="noopener">received a huge honor</a> from Florida’s governor, according to a post on X by Ari Meirov.</p><p><i>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared Jan. 10, 2025, as Mike Evans Day throughout the entire state to honor the Buccaneers receiver and future Hall of Famer.</i></p><p>DeSantis noted Evans’ 11-year career with the Buccaneers and his career accomplishments. Included in that mix are 12,684 yards receiving and 105 touchdowns. Also, the proclamation noted his 11 straight 1,000-yard receiving seasons. Furthermore, the Walter Payton Man of the Year nomination received a highlight.</p><h2><b>Buccaneers WR Mike Evans ready for playoffs</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Tampa-Bay-Buccaneers-WR-Mike-Evans_d6197d.jpg"><figcaption>Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Marshon Lattimore may be able to give it a go against Evans in Sunday’s Wild Card game. But Commanders head coach Dan Quinn said he knows what his team <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/buccaneers/news/tampa-bay-buccaneers-wr-and-remarkable-competitor-mike-evans-praised-by-commanders-coach#:~:text=%E2%80%9CYeah%2C%20I%20think%20%5Bhe's,against%20him%20in%20the%20SEC." rel="noopener">is up against</a>.</p><p>“Yeah, I think (he’s) just a remarkable competitor,” Quinn said of Evans. “I think, if I’m not mistaken when I even coached in college, my first game coaching at Florida might’ve been against him in the SEC. And I’ve just followed his career, it’s not just the length, there’s lots of guys that are taller or longer, but it’s the competitive will, the routes, the discipline, the competitiveness, all of those things. When you’re looking at sustained success, you better have the whole thing and he certainly does.”</p><p>Another problem Evans presents for the Commanders is a sparkling playoff history. In nine postseason games, Evans has 45 catches for 709 yards and five touchdowns.</p><p>Lattimore and Evans have a history. Their physical battles have exceeded the confines of structured play at times. Heavy fines, ejections and suspensions have been included in the mix. And Lattimore said he’s <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6052883/2025/01/10/marshon-lattimore-return-commanders-nfl-wildcard/" rel="noopener">ready for another round</a> or two, according to nytimes.com.</p><p>“I’m going out there to try and help my team,” Lattimore said. “All the other stuff, if it comes, it comes. I want to be physical. I want to be physical with anybody. The extra level because of the past — it’s not really about the mental game. You’re going to know I’m here.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buccaneers news: Mike Evans receives huge honor from Florida governor

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-reason-fans-cant-see-celebrate-feat');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buccaneers’ Mike Evans reveals hilarious reason fans can’t see him celebrate historic feat');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Mike-Evans-reveals-hilarious-reason-why-fans-cant-see-him-celebrate-historic-feeat.jpg"></figure><h1>Buccaneers’ Mike Evans reveals hilarious reason fans can’t see him celebrate historic feat</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-07T07:06:48-08:00">January 7th, 7:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-07T10:26:11-08:00">January 7th, 10:26am</time><address><a href="https://matthew516sports.substack.com/">Douglas Fritz</a>Douglas Fritz has been writing about sports for almost four decades and publishes a Christian sports newsletter and podcast on Substack at Matthew516Sports. He started as a reporter for the student newspaper at East Tennessee State University, worked his way up to Editor-In-Chief, and began his sports writing career at the Johnson City Press daily newspaper while still in college. During 30-plus years at the Press, he covered University of Tennessee football, men's and women's basketball, ETSU athletics, and high school athletics. Among the people he has interviewed are Dale Murphy, Bobby Cox, John Smoltz, and Bruce Smith. He is also a Christian-based screenwriter (five feature-length and one short), book writer (three completed manuscripts and one novel), and songwriter.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Mike <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-mike-evans-extends-1000-yard-record">Evans extended his 1,000-yard record streak</a> as the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/buccaneers-news-tampa-bay-wins-nfc-south-heroics-saints">Tampa Bay Buccaneers earned a division title</a>. But Evans revealed a hilarious reason why fans <a href="https://x.com/br_betting/status/1876085907444703698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1876085907444703698%7Ctwgr%5Eddb235ba3488d95f3a2463c3728a5343281adb9d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F247sports.com%2Farticle%2Fhow-mike-evans-plans-to-celebrate-his-3-million-bonus-after-his-11th-straight-1000-yard-season-243607690%2F" rel="noopener">can’t see him celebrate</a> the historic feat, according to a post on X by br_betting.</p><p>“I might go to the casino with my family,” Evans said. “I might just hang out, watch some games, and play a little blackjack.”</p><p>A question came: “Are fans gonna follow you there?”</p><p>“No, they can’t get where I’m going,” Evans said.</p><h2><b>Buccaneers WR Mike Evans still rolling</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Tampa-Bay-Buccaneers-WR-Mike-Evans_9b09a8.jpg"><figcaption>Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The No. 7 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, Evans racked up 1,051 yards receiving and 12 touchdowns in his rookie season. Since then, he has posted the following yardage totals:</p><p>1,206<br>1,321<br>1,001<br>1,524<br>1,157<br>1,006<br>1,035<br>1,124<br>1,255</p><p>And on the last play of the 2024 regular season, he caught a 9-yard pass to give him another close call at 1,004. For his career, he has 12,684 yards and 105 touchdowns.</p><p>Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said Evans should thank him for allowing a pass play with <a href="https://x.com/CoachspeakIndex/status/1876381138534690822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1876381138534690822%7Ctwgr%5E6b17eb3b278078c7a809c74037e3951f25416ddb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flarrybrownsports.com%2Ffootball%2Ftodd-bowles-great-quote-mike-evans-3-million-bonus%2F644953" rel="noopener">the game in hand</a> and his team ahead by eight points, according to a post on X by The Coachspeak Index.</p><p>“I was just hoping it was complete, and I think Mike owes me a million dollars,” Bowles said with a smile.</p><p>There’s no doubt how Bowles feels about Evans, according to nfl.com via a team transcript.</p><p>“I think he’s a guaranteed Hall of Famer,” Bowles said. “He steps up and plays big. You can’t put a price on what he does for this team from a mental standpoint, from a physical standpoint and from a team standpoint. He is everything that a player aspires to be from a mental aspect. He’s tough. He does great in the community, (and) he takes care of his body. He comes up big with plays, whether they’re singling him or doubling him, and he blocks. We can’t ask for anything more than what he is giving us right now.”</p><p>Teammate Baker Mayfield said Evans is a great one.</p><p>“I mean, obviously Mike’s always had the game-changing ability within each play,” Mayfield said. “But I mean the scramble play where he works all the way across the field, he’s the outside receiver on the right side, works all the way across, just trying to keep my eyes downfield and he’s always working. He makes that play, obviously he makes the catch, but then after the catch is the big difference there. He just keeps going.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOUCHDOWNS	POSITION RANK
126.3	1713.8	18.8	6

2024 SEASON STATS
RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOUCHDOWNS	POSITION RANK
126.3	1713.8	18.8	6

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