{"id":791483,"date":"2026-03-04T13:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/791483\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T13:34:19","slug":"selfless-not-selfish-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/791483\/","title":{"rendered":"“Selfless, Not Selfish” – JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Doesn\u2019t sound like Mike.<\/p>\n

Thanks to intel from Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, we recently learned of the demands<\/a> that Bucs free agent wide receiver Mike Evans has for his new prospective team next week when the free agency dinner bell rings on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Or, are those really Evans\u2019 demands?<\/p>\n

(Yes, legal tampering begins on Monday. That\u2019s when the fun begins, but that\u2019s not the start of the league year, which is Wednesday. You don\u2019t go to New Year\u2019s Eve parties and blow off fireworks and try to tongue strange, drunken women on Dec. 29, do you?)<\/p>\n

Just a couple of days before ESPN published Fowler\u2019s story, Evans\u2019 agent, Deryk Gilmore, a known fearmonger, took to the airwaves of WDAE-AM 620\/WDAE-FM 95.7, and spread all sorts of bullsh!t about why Evans may bolt the Bucs.<\/p>\n

Included in his dubious claims was that Evans, born and raised in Galveston and who lives in the Houston suburbs, who also chooses to work out with his trainer outside in the brutal South Texas sun, may just bolt the Bucs because of the weather.<\/p>\n

Also, Gilmore said that he was opening up Evans\u2019 potential search for a new NFL home to all 32 teams.<\/p>\n

Then, Fowler released Evans\u2019 (?) demands which included a prerequisite to play with a top-shelf quarterback and that the team has a legitimate shot to win the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

That wouldn\u2019t exactly include 32 teams, would it?<\/p>\n

Well, WDAE-AM 620\/WDAE-FM 95.7 program director and on-air host Nick Wize took to his station\u2019s airwaves and smells a rat. The list of demands Evans allegedly issued, Wize stated, doesn\u2019t sound remotely like Evans\u2019 words.<\/p>\n

In the list of demands, Evans allegedly wants a high number of targets guaranteed. Wize simply does not believe that comes straight from Evans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is just no way in the world I can see Mike Evans saying this,\u201d Wize said. \u201cThroughout Mike\u2019s career, has he ever sounded like a guy that would demand [this]?<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is the anomaly when it comes to wide receivers. And that\u2019s what\u2019s so great about Tampa Bay. Chris Godwin\u2019s the same way. They\u2019re all selfless, not selfish, like a lot of the wide receivers in this league.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, if you told me [one of] the top 10 wide receivers in the NFL had said this, [demanding a] high volume of touches \u2014 if Justin Jefferson or Ja\u2019Marr Chase, you know, those guys had said this, or George Pickens or A.J. Brown? I would be like, \u2018Yeah, that was probably [their] demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other words, Wize believes just what Joe typed up before: It\u2019s nothing more than Gilmore trying to squeeze Team Glazer to cough up more loot.<\/p>\n

Shoot, Joe wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Evans didn\u2019t even know Gilmore demanded a number of touches per game in order for Evans to agree to a contract.<\/p>\n

(\u201cThe Nick Wize Show\u201d can be heard weekdays from noon-2 p.m. on WDAE-AM 620\/WDAE-FM 95.7.)<\/p>\n

I just can’t imagine Mike Evans making this demand\u2063
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“Mike’s just not that kind of guy. He’s the anomaly when it comes to wide receivers \u2013 selfless, not selfish”\u2063
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Sounds like agent noise to maximize his contract. pic.twitter.com\/Rx64upkLYa<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick Wize (@iAmNickWize) March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

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