{"id":778921,"date":"2026-02-27T02:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778921\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T02:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:15:19","slug":"nfc-notes-mike-evans-bryce-young-kirk-cousins-buccaneers-falcons-panthers-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778921\/","title":{"rendered":"NFC Notes: Mike Evans, Bryce Young, Kirk Cousins, Buccaneers, Falcons, Panthers, Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Bucs GM Jason Licht said the team would love to have WR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=EvanMi00,EvanMi20,EvanMi21&amp;search=Mike+Evans&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-26_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mike Evans<\/a> back next season and hopes for him to retire in Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Mike and\u00a0would love to have Mike back,\u201d Licht said, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/jason-licht-ultimately-wed-like-to-have-mike-evans-retire-as-a-buc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PFT<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s earned the right with his resume, and Mike as a person, what he\u2019s meant to this entire community, fan base, all of us. I could go on and on, which we have. He\u2019s earned that right. We\u2019d love to have Mike back. We\u2019ll just see how the process goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Falcons GM Terry Fontenot spoke about the team\u2019s potential releasing QB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CousKi00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-25_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kirk Cousins<\/a> after his departure: \u201cAtlanta has to make the right decisions for their team moving forward, which they did in this case. I believe Kirk can be an asset for another team. Ton of respect for the way he handled himself in a challenging situation.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JABergman\/status\/2026667093438116100\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bergman<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Panthers GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=MorgDa99,MorgDa20&amp;search=Dan+Morgan&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-26_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dan Morgan<\/a> said the team still doesn\u2019t have a decision on whether or not they\u2019ll extend QB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/Y\/YounBr01.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-26_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bryce Young<\/a> this off-season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrandt [Tilis] and I\u2014we\u2019re still going through that, along with Coach [Dave] Canales,\u201d\u00a0Morgan said, via <a href=\"https:\/\/pantherswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/panthers\/2026\/02\/24\/panthers-nfl-scouting-combine-dan-morgan-bryce-young-contract-extension\/88844908007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Panthers Wire<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re still talking through, strategy-wise. But I really don\u2019t have anything on that right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking for the latest NFL Insider News &amp; Rumors?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be sure to follow <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nfltraderumors.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Trade Rumors<\/a> on <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nfltrade_rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.com<\/a>\u00a0and <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nfltraderumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0for breaking NFL News and Rumors for all 32 teams!<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                                    \t                &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Bucs GM Jason Licht said the team would love to have WR Mike&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,40502,1476,3839,3838,224,7,7487,7778,94291,294,700,6,32197,71731,2660,107816],"class_list":{"0":"post-778921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-brandt-tilis","12":"tag-bryce-young","13":"tag-dan-morgan","14":"tag-dave-canales","15":"tag-falcons","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-harold-perkins","18":"tag-jason-licht","19":"tag-josiah-trotter","20":"tag-kirk-cousins","21":"tag-mike-evans","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-r-mason-thomas","24":"tag-rueben-bain","25":"tag-terry-fontenot","26":"tag-tyler-onyedim"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116140187875227648","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778921","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=778921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}