{"id":772937,"date":"2026-02-24T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/772937\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:56:17","slug":"i-dont-think-we-would-allow-that-to-happen-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/772937\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Don&#8217;t Think We Would Allow That To Happen&#8221; &#8211; JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\u201cI Don\u2019t Think We Would Allow That To Happen\u201d<br \/>\nFebruary 23rd, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BarberLicht.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202505\" class=\"wp-image-202505 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BarberLicht.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-202505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cJason, I know this isn\u2019t real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Interesting choice of words today by a Buccaneers legend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hall of Fame Bucs cornerback Rond\u00e9 Barber hopped on <a href=\"http:\/\/620wdae.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WDAE radio<\/a> to talk about the state of the Bucs and <a href=\"https:\/\/originalhooters.com\/promos\/owls-nest-at-2026-valspar-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the big PGA Tour event coming up in Tampa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The subject of Mike Evans\u2019 future arose and Barber, who loves to talk about his deep connections and relationships inside One Buc Palace, won\u2019t permit himself to consider Evans moving on from Tampa Bay. Barber wouldn\u2019t talk about potential other fits for the greatest receiver in Bucs history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI don\u2019t think we would allow that to happen,\u201d Barber said. \u201cAnd I hope we don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Joe was intrigued to hear Barber say he doesn\u2019t think Team Glazer and Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht will \u201callow\u201d Evans to walk. Could that mean the franchise tag is an option for Tampa Bay?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The deadline to use the tag on Evans is March 3. The team and Evans could then negotiate a new contract until mid-July as long as Evans doesn\u2019t sign the tag agreement, roughly a $28 million contract.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That\u2019s a steep price for Evans, but Joe has no doubt Evans will find market for at least $20 million for 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Heck, coming off a torn ACL, then-31-year-old Stefon Diggs got $23 million a year in free agency last year from New England on a multi-year deal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Barber seems to know what Joe believes \u2014 that the Bucs won\u2019t give Evans a reason to think about leaving town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ValsparHooters2026.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-393631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ValsparHooters2026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI Don\u2019t Think We Would Allow That To Happen\u201d February 23rd, 2026 \u201cJason, I know this isn\u2019t real.\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2077],"tags":[211,2599,2598,7,6,704,250,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-772937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-buccaneers","9":"tag-bucs-message-boards","10":"tag-bucs-news","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-tampa-bay","14":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","15":"tag-tampabay","16":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116125015568387316","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}