According to Jordan Schultz, the Buccaneers and WR Mike Evans have not had any communication over the past few days.
However, Schultz says the plan is for the two sides to convene later this week to try one last time to bridge the gap on a new contract before Saturday’s deadline.
Evans has set a Week 1 deadline for contract talks, otherwise he will play out the final year of his deal and presumably test free agency in 2024.
Evans, 29, is a former first-round pick of the Buccaneers back in 2014. He was in the final year of his four-year, $14.631 million, and set to make a base salary of $690,000 for the 2017 season when he agreed to a five-year, $82.5 million extension that includes $55 million guaranteed in 2018.
Evans is set to make a base salary of $13 million in the final years of his deal and will become an unrestricted free agent in 2024.
In 2022, Evans appeared in 15 games for the Buccaneers and caught 77 passes for 1,124 (14.6 YPC) and six touchdowns.
We have him included in our Top 100 – 2024 NFL Free Agents list.
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