{"id":803983,"date":"2026-03-10T07:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/803983\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T07:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:17:15","slug":"why-are-nfl-fans-worried-about-mike-evans-signing-with-49ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/803983\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are NFL Fans Worried About Mike Evans Signing With 49ers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mike-evans.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Evans Tampa Bay Buccaneers\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23987586\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The first day of the NFL\u2019s official free agency period brought forth a slew of major signings, including longtime Tampa Bay Bucs wideout Mike Evans landing with the San Francisco 49ers. Evans, 32 years old, signed a three-year deal worth up to $60 million with the Niners.<\/p>\n<p>One particular aspect of Mike Evans landing with the San Francisco 49ers that NFL fans have zeroed in on is how his aging body might react to becoming a member of the Niners, who are statistically the most-injured team in the NFL over the last decade, <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/sports\/article\/san-francisco-49ers-injuries-electromagnetism-near-practice-field\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">leading to a theory<\/a> that an electrical substation near their practice facility is contributing to their raft of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>NFL fans think Mike Evans\u2019 hamstrings are at major risk after signing with the San Francisco 49ers due to the electrical substation theory<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mike Evans hamstring when he goes near the substation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nGtXJjEHUg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/nGtXJjEHUg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PardonMyTake\/status\/2031075613964947670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Electrical Substation looking at Mike Evans\u2019 hamstrings: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NNiT8aTxCC\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/NNiT8aTxCC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sleeper (@SleeperHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SleeperHQ\/status\/2031083867268850055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The substation looking at Mike Evans\u2019 hamstring: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QyvzvpWRqT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QyvzvpWRqT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SleeperNFL (@SleeperNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SleeperNFL\/status\/2031078578968997976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already a future Hall of Famer, Evans played 12 seasons for the Buccaneers and had 866 catches for 13,052 yards and scored 109 touchdowns. He was selected to play in 6 Pro Bowls, and won a championship with the team in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being one of the NFL\u2019s best-run organizations, the 49ers find themselves outside the top 10 favorites to win next season Super Bowl with odds of +1900, which trails the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs, and New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The first day of the NFL\u2019s official free agency period brought forth a slew of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,7,700,6,1161,252,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-803983","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-football","10":"tag-mike-evans","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-sanfrancisco","15":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116203661251918332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803983","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=803983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}