{"id":804512,"date":"2026-03-10T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/804512\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:50:16","slug":"mike-evans-contract-with-49ers-looks-better-than-originally-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/804512\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Evans’ contract with 49ers looks better than originally thought"},"content":{"rendered":"

With all of their questions on the offensive side of the ball heading into 2026, the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> answered one of them on Monday when they agreed to a deal with future Hall of Fame wide receiver Mike Evans.<\/a><\/p>\n

While having Evans on the roster is a huge win, it looks even better when taking the contract into account.<\/p>\n

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Originally, the deal was reported as a three-year deal worth $60.4 million. However, new reporting shows<\/a> that the deal is actually for $42.4 million with $16.3 million guaranteed and a fair amount of incentives.<\/p>\n

Evans has been one of the most consistent receivers in NFL history, tying former 49ers<\/a> wideout Jerry Rice for the most consecutive 1,000-yard seasons (11) before injuries limited him to just eight games played in 2025.<\/p>\n

If Evans is healthy, he can be a true No. 1 receiver and a game-changer for San Francisco’s offense, as he’ll open things up more for Ricky Pearsall, Christian McCaffrey and George Kittle (when he’s back).<\/p>\n

More 49ers: 49ers 2026 free agency tracker: Latest news, rumors and signings<\/a><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Niners Wire: NFL free agency: Mike Evans contract with 49ers is a great deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With all of their questions on the offensive side of the ball heading into 2026, the San Francisco…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,4124,7,6066,700,6,2392,1161,252,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-804512","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-christian-mccaffrey","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-george-kittle","12":"tag-mike-evans","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-ricky-pearsall","15":"tag-san-francisco","16":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","17":"tag-sanfrancisco","18":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116204970069785578","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804512","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=804512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}