Jack Brickman
Hall-of-Famer
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2012
- Messages
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- Points
- 148
Ranked 11th in yards, 4 TDs, which is between 6th and 10th (leader has 6 and 4 players with 5) and 7th in targets.
He's pretty damn good this year and that is with Godwin beside him.
Yeah, but almost half his yards and all of his touchdowns came from one big game. And while he got 17 targets this week, he only caught 9, which kind of illustrates the eternal problem with Mike Evans. He's not efficient with his targets. And if the team isn't force-feeding him downfield, which they rarely need to do these days with Godwin always open over the middle, he can really kill you some weeks.
He used to be consistent on sheer volume alone because Tampa really didn't have anyone else, but now they have a better receiver working the slot who can also be deployed all over the field. That's why I projected Evans to be a WR2 this year who is very boom/bust in nature. Still a viable fantasy player, but as mentioned there are going to be weeks where he absolutely fucks you, whereas I think Godwin is going to be fairly consistent because of his role on the team. A really good corner can shut down Mike Evans on the outside, but teams rarely deploy their top corners in the slot.