{"id":872651,"date":"2026-04-23T10:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872651\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:30:22","slug":"you-gotta-be-kidding-me-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872651\/","title":{"rendered":"“You Gotta Be Kidding Me” – JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\u201cYou Gotta Be Kidding Me\u201d
\nApril 22nd, 2026 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Whaddya know, 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy reacted to the big March free agency news the way most Bucs fans did.<\/p>\n

And Joe is not referring to Tampa Bay signing linebacker Alex Anzalone.<\/p>\n

Purdy addressed 49ers media as the team reported back to work this week, just like the Bucs did. He was asked about his reaction to learning the 49ers signed Bucs legend Mike Evans.<\/p>\n

Purdy set the scene.<\/p>\n

He said he was working out in George Kittle\u2019s gym where an Evans jersey hangs on the wall. The Evans news found its way through the room \u201cI was like, you gotta be kidding me,\u201d Purdy said. \u201cAlright, sick. I get to throw to this guy, a big old receiver. \u2026 It\u2019s an honor. I can\u2019t wait to go to war with that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, most questions for Purdy were about the greatest receiver in Bucs history.<\/p>\n

Purdy added that he\u2019s been watching clips of Baker Mayfield and Tom Brady throwing to Evans in the red zone, and how well Evans secures leverage and runs routes. He called it a \u201cdream\u201d situation for a quarterback.<\/p>\n

Purdy acknowledged throwing to top receivers in the past but they weren\u2019t Evans. \u201cHe\u2019s just different,\u201d he said, before praising how well Kittle recruited Evans and had a plan to pursue him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cYou Gotta Be Kidding Me\u201d April 22nd, 2026 Whaddya know, 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy reacted to the big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2599,2598,7,6,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-872651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-bucs-message-boards","9":"tag-bucs-news","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116453561138910771","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872651","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=872651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}