{"id":773612,"date":"2026-02-24T16:44:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/773612\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:44:33","slug":"49ers-to-possibly-target-two-time-all-pro-wide-receiver-in-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/773612\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers to possibly target two-time All-Pro wide receiver in free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco 49ers could be looking to make a major addition to their offense this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from NFL insider Jason La Canfora, two-time All-Pro wide receiver and upcoming free agent Mike Evans could be a target for the 49ers this offseason. Evans, who was drafted in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/362\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Buccaneers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Buccaneers<\/a> and has spent his entire career in Tampa Bay, is reportedly considering other options as he is set to become a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucs are interested in retaining Evans, but he is reportedly weighing quarterback quality and the ability to win a Super Bowl when considering other franchises, and the 49ers were listed among a handful that could show significant interest in him.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco traded Deebo Samuel last offseason and will part ways with Brandon Aiyuk this offseason, and needs to shore up its receiver room. Evans, who recorded 11 consecutive 1,000-yard seasons to begin his career before missing most of last season due to injuries, will be an enticing option as a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/touchdown\/2026\/02\/24\/san-francisco-49ers-to-possibly-target-two-time-all-pro-wr-in-free-agency\/88836769007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:49ers to possibly target two-time All-Pro wide receiver in free agency;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">49ers to possibly target two-time All-Pro wide receiver in free agency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers could be looking to make a major addition to their offense this offseason. According&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,5305,211,1705,7,194,101377,700,6,1161,252,2624,2623,1473],"class_list":{"0":"post-773612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-brandon-aiyuk","10":"tag-buccaneers","11":"tag-deebo-samuel","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-free-agent","14":"tag-jason-la-canfora","15":"tag-mike-evans","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-san-francisco","18":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","19":"tag-sanfrancisco","20":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","21":"tag-wide-receiver"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116126617680002335","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773612","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=773612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}