thousand yards thousand yards. Thousand yards is a football
season. Mike Evans is playing and he's gonna gain 1,000 yards
was agent. Here's Mike Evans with us now. Hey, Mike, what's
up, pal?
What's up? Fellas?
Doing good, man, doing good like, love your game. All
right, like, let's just get to it right out of the right out
of the box. Okay, we don't know where I go. You know, we're
gonna go like, were you surprised as we were
right about the,
the Brady stuff. Like did it catch you off guard? Because
you know, we thought for sure. November December. And he's
coming back for 2022. Like did you see this on the horizon at
all?
Well, at first, I didn't but as the season went on,
I don't know. I just kind of felt like maybe there could be
a possibility but obviously his played never drops, right? Mike
went in here tonight. So
I think it's time to it might be time for him, you know, his
family's ready for him. He's done so much for the game. He
deserves it. What was that, though? At the end of
the season, you thought maybe like, what was it that you kind of
like crept into your mind to think, maybe the maybe this
will be, it. Was there something
you saw his body? What was it?
No, he was just walking at prayer.
One day. And I asked them, I was like, I'll say,
like, when you think you can retire, bro, it was like, man,
I really don't know. Yeah,
and I looked in his eyes. I said
possibly be his year. I mean, I just that's what I took from
that. Ya got ya. Let me back it up them. Like I'm curious
because I was under the same impression. Chris was he had
said
in September multiple times. I'm playing through 2022 and
then I'll figure it out after that. When was the first moment
that something happened that made you think whoa. Well, this
could be,
this could be something that
I didn't expect. I
Pected. He'd be here for one more year. What was the thing
that made you first flicker? He could be done.
Then the conversation we had, we were at a walkthrough
practice that he didn't participate in.
We were walking through and then he didn't participate in
practice and I'll just ask them when I saw it. I said, I said
big bro. What do you thinking about doing? After this year?
It was like honestly, bro. I don't know.
And I just looked into his eyes. I said, man. This is
probably could be it. I mean, I took into account that he's
been in this the lead for 22 years
when he's older than my mom. So
I'm about knew that he said he could be a possibility
and I'm suppressant that I got to play with them for
For two seasons.
Yeah, did you tell him that when he threw a touchdown? Pass
one? So like way to go, you're older than my mom and he threw
a touchdown pass to Mark told me before but not
that's awesome. That's awesome. What I would love to hear from
you a little bit is like, we know you're a Super Bowl
caliber team. I'm sure you're disappointed. You're not here.
You won the Super Bowl last year,
but talk about, you know, the bullseye on your back this
year. What was different? How was it playing this season as
the Super Bowl champion?
The season obviously didn't end like we wanted but man, it was
a
an unbelievable season to have a fans back.
Getting everybody's best game. I mean, everybody were playing
against
We're getting their best, right? I mean, it's not like
everybody would just having their best games against this
and
I was on the other side plan against Tom. Brady like even
though he plays quarterback. I wanted to play my best to be
Tom Brady and to be a good when you're a great player. That's
what's going to happen.
And when you're great team, that's what's going to happen. So,
I mean, it was fun. Getting everybody's best, made us
heightened our game up. Make sure we were ready
weekend week out and fans did an unbelievable job this year.
My give us an idea of what it was like to be on the sidelines
on the field, in the middle of it as 2:33 became 2727 against
the Rams.
I mean, I'm not gonna lie
when they when they stormed out on us like that. I knew was
I'll be tough to fight back the defense got those couple couple
turnovers.
We start moving the ball a little bit there, but we knew
against the Rams that we had to start fast and we didn't do
that. The play
the game wasn't decided on the that last play or anything like
that. It was us, we started slow, didn't make enough plays
and they were the better team,
but it was a great run. We had thought if we went over time,
that we were going to have a chance but
What do you have?
Okay, you've had a lot of landmarks things happen this
year. All right, maybe maybe maybe? Okay, and I love you.
You're like, you're the man
that bonehead move of the year, right?
I'm giving away an NFL historic Monument to some guy in
the front row. That was you know, it's goes to bill in the Hall
of Fame. Like just
put us through your
your you know, that that whole sequence of events. Okay? Yeah.
Who's got one scores before me? Right? Right, and he gives
the ball away. He never he barely gets the balls away. Right?
Before Tom came. I always give the ball away cuz I showed up
to the fans
especially if I see somebody wearing my jersey. Sure.
I try to give him a cool souvenir.
All right. So Chris catches 599. We're
on the we're in the Red Zone.
I run a glance route.
And I run a pretty good route
and he puts the ball right on me. I catch it. Take a little
shot. Stay up on my feet and I feel big and strong, you know,
so I do this and I'm not thinking that it's the 600
touchdown ball.
So you're Bonnie Barnard has the ball. I'm used to doing my
routine. I see a guy in the stands with the number 13
Jersey on. He's like begging like, hey, let me get that
balls. I got you. I got you.
So I went and grabbed the ball. Ran up to him and gave him
the ball.
They announced his Tom Brady, 600 touchdown pass.
And I'm like, you know, what did I just do?
I was gonna
physically myself, go go to the stands and get the ball back
in. Great
help us out here because they expect us to known. We have no
idea week. One 2022. Who's the quarterback for the first game
of the year for the Buccaneers?
I would say your guess is as good as mine.
Yeah, you got you got no clue right now. You really don't
know you even though don't know right now. Yeah. Yeah. Wish
I did. It's got to be a weird situation. Yeah. It's got to be
a weird situation to be into like Mike's point where you
guys are
your Super Bowl team. Still
your Super Bowl team. You got to look at your roster and
still go down. We're guys coming back for sure. Right? So
you just said that's got to be something that I mean at some
point. I would think there might even ask you to recruit
somebody
start calling and texting.
One of these quarterbacks. I might be out there whatever it
is. I hope it's soon. So, you know, In the next month or two.
So I can just start, we start working out together and, you
know, and getting that chemistry down.
Yeah, but I hope it's soon. Whoever it is, right, if you
had to pick just your gut feeling, is it going to be
a guy who's currently on the roster? A guy who's not
currently on the roster which
way you're going.
Fifty-fifty. Well what I what I look at that
that's guy is been eating too many planner peanuts. He's
getting smart here. But there's an ER answers right here that
was about. Tell us about planners
plan, is brought me in to promote the best, peanut brand
in the world.
I love eating mixed nuts. I got a question for you guys. How do
you eat your mixed nuts?
That's a very funny question and a good one fool.
I'm usually pour a few into my hands and then just stuff them
in my mouth. That's usually what I do. One by one. I'm
a one-by-one. Yeah, one of the time.
Pick out the almonds. You what I did a similar
me. You were similar your similar. That's not good for
you. That means you got something good. Looking
ha. Ha
ha ha ha. Okay. All right. I like it. I go for the almonds
in the cashews in the peanuts. If that's the mix. That's how
you go to the mix there. They got Planters has a men's health
blend. That is awesome. Yes, awesome. It's got a little
pistachios in there to. Somebody's gotta take the stash
years out of the shell. Right? Tom and put him in
the can. Yeah, I love those.
Yeah, not these though.
These are good. They come already unraveled. Yeah, so
you're doing one on a time. There is what you're telling
me. That's it.
All right. So give me your break down to the Rams just in
general, right? I mean just to talk about their football team.
They're extremely talented. They're probably one of the few
teams in football that really could go like toe-to-toe with
you guys
as far as Talent on the roster, but
just like what impresses you about their defense, give
the fans a little in inside look to the Super Bowl matchup.
Yeah, they're the most talented team after our team that
depleted with the injuries and,
you know, a be leaving us.
Yeah, they were the most talented team after that, but
really great offense and defense. I mean, they already
have weaknesses
of their defense that get after you, the pastor's gets after,
you really great. On the back end. Gently Ramsay, one of
the best corners in the game
veteran, secondary air Donald Von Miller. I mean, monsters,
Floyd, I mean, they got a
Well-rounded team,
and I'll give them a slight Edge over over Cincinnati
because of the pass rush. Right, right.
All right,
Tom Brady, retired on a Tuesday. Six days later. He lit
the fuse on possibly coming back. Never Say, Never is what
he said.
Do you think he comes back?
I'm praying,
are you? Yeah, but you wanted to come back he comes back to
you, but you think he's done you got his mind made up. He's
doing. Yeah.
Yeah, it seems that way.
We'll see how it plays out. Should be an interesting
offseason. We hope you get your answer soon. Mike on who your
quarterback is going to be and as always we appreciate some of
your time graduations on our success pal.
I appreciate y'all. I'll let y'all know. You're the man. My
God. Keep kicking butt.