{"id":143173,"date":"2026-03-23T13:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=143173"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:57:15","slug":"bucs-fans-werent-happy-with-the-departure-of-mike-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=143173","title":{"rendered":"Bucs Fans Weren\u2019t Happy With The Departure Of Mike Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-143162\" src=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIKE-EVANS-1-1-640x359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIKE-EVANS-1-1-640x359.jpg 640w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIKE-EVANS-1-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIKE-EVANS-1-1-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIKE-EVANS-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Mike Evans<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When NFL players leave the team that originally drafted them, they may not be truly happy behind closed doors or they are in search of a new challenge in their careers. For now-former Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans, it was the latter. But regardless of the reason, it didn\u2019t rub Bucs fans the right way.A recent SB Nation Reacts poll confirmed what many already sensed around Tampa Bay: fans are still struggling with the departure of Mike Evans. According to the survey, 84% of respondents said they were unhappy that the longtime star wide receiver moved on from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, marking one of the most lopsided fan responses of the offseason.Evans\u2019 exit closes the book on one of the most productive and beloved careers in franchise history. The veteran receiver spent a decade in Tampa Bay, recording more than 11,000 receiving yards and 90+ touchdowns, while becoming the only player in NFL history to begin his career with ten consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. For many fans, Evans wasn\u2019t just a top weapon \u2014 he was the identity of the organization for years.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Evans When NFL players leave the team that originally drafted them, they may not be truly happy behind closed doors or they are in search of a new challenge in their careers. For now-former Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans, it was the latter. But regardless of the reason, it didn\u2019t rub Bucs fans the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143175,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143173\/revisions\/143175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}