Mike Evans Nears Record 1000-Yard Season: A Closer Look

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00:00Well, we have one here that's great.

00:04We've been talking about Mike Evans and what a treat it's been to be alive during the time

00:07of Mike Evans.

00:08A lot of people underappreciate what Mike Evans has done, but now looking to record

00:12a record 1000 or more yard receiving season, there's an opportunity to wager upon it.

00:17So Joe, take it away here.

00:19This is fascinating.

00:20What do you have?

00:21Yeah, look, as I said before, if he averages 103 and a half over the last three games,

00:26Mike Evans will get to this market.

00:28It seemed like very far-fetched.

00:29He had an injury, I think it was at 335, but he came back from the injury and we're

00:33all kind of going, I don't know if this is going to happen.

00:35Guess what?

00:36It looks like we're getting real close.

00:38It's definitely within the range of outcomes.

00:39You can get right now plus 120 to keep the streak alive.

00:42He's already done it for 10 years.

00:43This would be 11.

00:44And just for context, too, with Mike Evans, he is number 24 on the all-time list, 12,429

00:52yards ahead of Brandon Marshall, but behind Art Monk.

00:56Other active folks still in the league, there's only one right now, DeAndre Hopkins at 21

01:01with 12,958 yards.

01:02He had some huge seasons back with the Texans in the day.

01:06So Mike Evans has been the model of consistency, which is also stunning.

01:10You know, he did play with Tom Brady, but that was a short window and he's played with

01:14Baker Mayfield the last couple of years, but the quarterback play for Mike Evans has been

01:19a lot of Mike Glennons and a lot of Josh McCowns and a lot of different quarterbacks over the

01:25years.

01:26I think that's what makes this run so special.

01:28If you look at Jerry Rice's consistency, right, you're looking at some of these other wide

01:31receivers that have had really good quarterback play with really consistency there.

01:36That's why they are where they are.

01:37Mike Evans has had anything but consistent quarterback play through most of his career.

01:42And in this back half of his career, he's had some better ones, which has really kept

01:45the streak alive.

01:46But I don't think it gets talked about enough how good he's been.

01:49You know, Jameis Winston throwing, you know, 30 touchdowns and 30 picks is not always the

01:53way to success.

01:55So he has done a lot without some of the most consistent quarterback play.

02:00And I think that's what makes this record even more impressive.

02:04It's not even what he's doing right now because people say, well, he's got more games to do

02:07it now.

02:08And that's fair.

02:09It's a fair assessment.

02:10Well, let's also not give him his flowers for doing what he did for so many years with

02:15a lot of quarterbacks where we were kind of shaking our head and going, who's playing

02:18quarterback for Tampa this week.

02:23Yeah.

02:24Yeah.

02:25Yeah.

02:26Yeah.

02:27Yeah.

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