{"id":965402,"date":"2026-08-06T02:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/965402\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T02:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:15:16","slug":"bucs-news-emeka-egbuka-says-its-weird-not-having-mike-evans-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/965402\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucs News: Emeka Egbuka says it\u2019s \u2018weird\u2019 not having Mike Evans around"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have enteried unfamiliar territory without Mike Evans in training camp in 2026, and wide receiver Emeka Egbuka admitted \u201cit is a little weird\u201d not having the former Buc around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Asked about Evans\u2019 absence by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DboGmpFiZ_X\/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS Sports<\/a>, Egbuka described the franchise legend as being \u201cTampa through and through,\u201d noting that Evans has become virtually synonymous with the Buccaneers. Evans spent 12 seasons in Tampa Bay before beginning a new chapter with the San Francisco 49ers this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For Egbuka, however, Evans\u2019 impact extends far beyond his production on the field. The second-year receiver expressed gratitude for the opportunity to spend his rookie season learning directly from one of the most accomplished players in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI am just really grateful that I got to spend a year with him,\u201d Egbuka said, adding that he expects Evans to accomplish great things in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Now, both sides have moved forward. Evans has begun his next chapter with the 49ers, while Egbuka and Tampa Bay\u2019s reshaped receiving corps prepare to establish a new identity without the franchise\u2019s longtime cornerstone.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have enteried unfamiliar territory without Mike Evans in training camp in 2026, and wide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":965403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[211,7,6,704,250,38393,2597,2596],"class_list":["post-965402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-buccaneers","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-training-camp","tag-tampabay","tag-tampabaybuccaneers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117046157211250401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965402","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=965402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}