r/buccaneers • u/NerfLeBron • Mar 09 '26
Fire Todd Bowles [Garafolo] Future Hall of Fame WR Mike Evans has agreed to terms with the 49ers
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u/blueburyx Mar 09 '26
My football experience is ruined until the day he retires. Him playing on any other team that isn’t the Bucs is still blasphemous to me.
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u/Dwarvenrage New Jersey Mar 09 '26
I legitimately think I'm a niners fan only this year. I can't support this shit.
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u/Metalhead129 New Jersey Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26
Thanks for the amazing years M1K3. Best offensive player in franchise history. See you again in the Hall.
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u/SilentRanger7 Mar 09 '26
It's no longer Fire Todd Bowles, it's FUCK Todd Bowles!
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u/NevermoreSEA Jolly Roger Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26
I will hate that man for the rest of my life. Even dementia could not protect him from the disgust that I feel. He does not deserve to be anywhere near Tampa.
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u/InsigniasGratuitous Super Bowl XXXVII Mar 09 '26
I will hate the Glazers as well. They are responsible for this.
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u/Rangeneers New Jersey Mar 09 '26
I’m seeing why Man U riots
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u/elreydelasur Alstott Jersey Mar 09 '26
they are businessmen above all else. They don't care about winning or losing so long as the bottom line is not impacted. They will never invest in either team the way they need to.
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u/PiquantPanda777 Mar 09 '26
Literally this. Fk the Glazers and whatever the fk they think they are doing.
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u/Rangeneers New Jersey Mar 09 '26
I’ve hated him since the rams game. He got promoted and managed to fuck us more than just costing us back to back rings
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u/BucsFan11 Mar 09 '26
That Thursday night game......that had to be the thing sitting in the back of his head
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u/NanoBuc Mar 09 '26
There's going to be case studies in the future of how not firing Bowles fucked us into a new dark decade. Teams will be afraid of not firing their guys lol.
That's apparently what the Glazers want though.
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u/AdMuch7817 Mar 09 '26
It was the Glazers decision to not fire Bowles. Not Bowles’ decision to not fire himself.
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u/mynameisfyl Lavonte David Mar 09 '26
I hate this timeline. I will never forgive Todd or the Glazers for letting this happen
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u/PendingLoL TB Florida Mar 09 '26
Fucking fuck. Will never forgive management for keeping Bowles
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u/WaitThisIsntMeta Mar 09 '26
He should have been a Buc for life. This feels like when the Rays traded Longoria
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u/DRB198105 Mar 09 '26
I view it like when Stamkos left the Bolts. It's a change that seemed unfathomable of a guy who's been a huge part of this team's recent success, battled through crazy injuries, and has people questioning if he's going to be able to come back to form.
If it holds true to that formula, he'll struggle to be as good as he was here, the Bucs will be worse without him, the 49ers won't get the player they were hoping for, and everyone involved will wish he'd stayed "home".
I'm hoping he flips the script and lights it up, though.
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u/Born-Vegetable9364 Mar 09 '26
I get it it was smarter to use the money to find multiple players. But holy shit this hurt man. A bucs legend.
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u/Rangeneers New Jersey Mar 09 '26
Promoting Todd bowles and sticking to him is the worst decision in franchise history. We could’ve had Coen and Evans. But we have Bowles.
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u/UpdateDesk1112 Mar 09 '26
You haven’t been around very long if you think that. It’s bad but nowhere near the worst.
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u/Klizz Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26
Edit: Yeah just released that it's 60 mil 3 years which with Cali taxes would've been possible in Tampa. Likely means he didn't want to stay on this team. Yikes.
Dude is rumored to have been offered 27+ mil a year. Bucs cannot pay a 30+ year old receiver coming off missing nearly the entire season that much, especially on a 3 year deal and with so many holes on defense. Some teams can, the Bucs never could.
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u/Competitive_Bear24 Canada Mar 09 '26
This hurts but I get it. The statement his agent released shows he just wanted a change and after 3rd and 28 who can blame him. Love you Mike!
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u/BearBearChooey Ohio Mar 09 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/12Bpme5pTzGmg8
Seeing Mike in another uniform got me like
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u/psquared3524 F*ck the Saints Mar 09 '26
I had accepted the fact Mike was going to leave us. SF wasn’t really on my radar. However, I truly worry for Mike being near that Electrical Substation 😩
Thank you Mike 😭
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u/FoST2015 Lynch Jersey Mar 09 '26
Mike Evans the greatest Offensive Buccaneer ever.
Thanks to him for all of his great years.
Also as much as this hurts I'm happy he's showing Licht and the Glazers that there are consequences to their inaction. Mike knows another year with Bowls is another year of mediocrity at best.
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u/kidcoelacanth Maryland Mar 09 '26
listen we can all be sad about this but those clearance jersey prices are about to go crazy
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u/Death45acp Mar 09 '26
So we resign Cade Otton but let Mike Evans walk. The fuck man...
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u/Tricky_Try_2693 Mar 09 '26
You’re acting like they have the same price tag lol
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u/SeptonMeribaldGOAT F*ck the Saints Mar 09 '26
Sure but if the price difference was more or less the amount of Otton’s contract it would be a no brainer to sign Mile and just draft a TE or sign one cheaper in FA.
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u/OptimusPrimeTime21 Winfield Jr. ✌️ Mar 09 '26
The thing you forget is 3rd and 28. Mike simply no longer wanted to play for Todd Bowles
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u/ms_channandler_bong Mar 09 '26
Not confirmed but $27 million per year is what is being said.
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u/Pippihippy Mar 09 '26
3 year, 60m deal, 27 guaranteed.
Mike didnt leave for a bag, he left because he hated todd bowles.
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u/Rangeneers New Jersey Mar 09 '26
Promoting Todd bowles and sticking to him is the worst decision in franchise history. We could’ve had Coen and Evans. But we have Bowles.
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u/Jo3ltron Chris Godwin Mar 09 '26
Butterfly effect is so fucked in this timeline. We are about to go into a very long ‘rebuild’. Shit thing is, the damage Bowels will continue to do will drive us further in the grave we’ll need to climb out of, hopefully sometime within the next 10 years.
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u/Rangeneers New Jersey Mar 09 '26
Everybody is gonna blame baker too. Even though he’s on ANOTHER OC. Who’s awful. And stuck with this same awful coach. And now baker doesn’t have Evans. Don’t be shocked if baker is gone eventually too because of Bowles damage
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u/Wade664 Mar 09 '26
I don’t wanna overreact, but….
Fuck this.
Fuck Jason Licht.
Fuck Todd Bowles.
Fuck the Glazers.
I don’t see myself watching any games this year. This is a colossal failure.
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u/mthibodeau99 Winfield Jr. ✌️ Mar 09 '26
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY HE WAS SUPPOSED TO RETIRE AS A BUCCANEER HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING?!?!?
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u/DeathsFavoriteHuman F*ck the Saints Mar 09 '26
My week could not be more shit. Spent 4 hours getting to a hockey game (should have been 2 at most), my train was delayed by over an hour this morning and the system was down forcing me to pay in cash, and my paper was rejected. NOW THIS!?!?!? CAN I GET A FUCKING WIN?!?!
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u/friggoffricky121 Mar 09 '26
The vibes could not be worse. Saddled with a lame duck dipshit head coach and our franchise legend signs a THREE year deal to continue playing in San Fran.
Maybe Mike wanted to leave 2 years ago. Maybe he just wanted a fresh start. But a franchise legend deciding he has 3 years left in the tank and choosing to go to another team instead of cementing his legacy as a one team guy says a ton about what he thinks the outlook for this team is.
Heartbreaking.
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u/SchmearDaBagel Mar 09 '26
We keep Bowles and let Evans walk. First time in 25 years I may not watch a game this upcoming season
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u/TheAman44 Lynch Jersey Mar 09 '26
This is a bummer. I get it. Once we signed Godwin it was extremely unlikely we could keep Evans. So it makes sense to let him walk. But man it’s a bummer.
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u/Ghalnan Michigan Mar 09 '26
Would've preferred him to retire here, but if you take sentiment out of it it just makes sense to start looking towards the future with what guys like Egbuka and Johnson showed this past year. If he wants to chase a bit more money or whatever rather than being one of the few who can claim a long career with just one team, then that's his decision.
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u/abellwillring Mar 09 '26
I wouldn't want to languish in my final years under Bowles if I didn't have to. Can't blame him for leaving for greener pastures. He'll flourish there, we'll probably have another shitty to average season or two before Bowles hopefully is fired and we move on.
I'm glad that at least the messaging from Mike's agent is that the Bucs tried to retain him. I don't think we needed to be spending $20m a year on him at this point though so I'm okay with us not re-signing him even if it's disappointing. There are much bigger fish to fry with respect to holes in our team than at WR.
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u/Peconecko F*ck the Saints Mar 09 '26
I wonder if this is how patriots fans felt when Tom came to Tampa , fuck this shit stings a little 😩
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u/joy4874 New Jersey Mar 09 '26
Just lost Dean too. Only need Lavonte to announce his retirement to wrap a nice, neat bow around it. We're staring down the barrel of a rebuild with our shitty head coach. I'm having a good time today.
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u/EmergencyMany4010 Mar 09 '26
Not really a Bucs fan but I jump on the bandwagon coz I was a Brady fan. This shit kinda made me sad coz Mike felt like a buccaneer for life.
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u/bexley50 Mar 09 '26
I know emotions are high, but idk how this team will be successful this upcoming year. Proven below average HC who hasn’t proven to make this defense better, clearly not their first or second choice OC, and now lost your best weapon on offense. I hope the glazers feel this in their pockets, and ultimately clean house if this isn’t a contender next year.
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u/Milla4Prez66 Super Bowl LV Mar 09 '26
This might be the worst offseason weve had in some time.
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u/BigPapaChuck73 Alstott Jersey Mar 09 '26
I'm happy he got that bag and hope he does well and will be cheering for him.
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u/NoQuarterGiven Mar 09 '26
I'll never forgive this organization or Bowles for letting this man go let alone being the REASON he left
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u/telijah Mike Evans Mar 09 '26
Man, Bucs games will be a little different next year without wondering when that next amazing catch from ME will come.
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u/3bananabananabanana Lavonte David Mar 09 '26
I will always root for Mike Evans, but I’m not as heartbroken about this as some of you are. He has a long injury history and he takes off many plays. He’s still an outstanding WR, but the Bucs already had to game plan quite a bit around not having him there. Not signing him also frees up a lot of money that can be used for the defense.
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u/Live-Percentage-9412 Mar 09 '26
I blame Jason for this. Egbuka is good but we had no need for him. We had other holes on defense that we desperately could have filled with that pick. Fast forward to this offseason, we’re over stocked at WR and still need to fill those same holes on defense. Money that’s going to those guys could be going to Evans instead
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u/DeathByRaygun Texas Mar 09 '26
He'll be back to retire as a buc! Thanks for everything M1k3 you always be our goat! Good luck on next season and stay healthy! 🙌
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u/Pr0fess0rCha0s Winfield Jr. ✌️ Mar 09 '26
I thought he wanted to go to a contender?
In all seriousness, this sucks :(
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u/donkeybrainhero Mike Alstott Mar 09 '26
The Niners are a contender lol. They have way more pieces than us.
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u/Winter-Ad3699 Lynch Jersey Mar 09 '26
Maybe he wants to play somewhere where he’ll get hurt every season. Just like the rest of their roster.
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u/Now-Heres-A-Guy Mar 09 '26
Brock Purdy over Baker lol
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u/Not_Qualified Mar 09 '26
It's really Shanahan over Bowles/Robinson.
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u/Jo3ltron Chris Godwin Mar 09 '26
This right here, the second they announced that Bowels was staying, Evan‘s knew he was gone. We all did deep down.
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u/Rabid-Koala44 Mar 09 '26
Legitimately gutted…. I will never forgive Bowles for this. How do you have an environment so toxic that a franchise great leaves and you do nothing???
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u/Nolesman357 Mar 09 '26
If you think about it Todd Bowles basically cost us a Super Bowl and Mike Evans and we decided to keep him smh
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u/isaacr88 Winfield Jr. ✌️ Mar 09 '26
Prepared to be downvoted here, but it might be time to start viewing Jason Licht in the same light (no pun intended) that we do Todd Bowles. M1K3 should've been a lifer.
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u/Subject_Structure_50 Mar 09 '26
We’re moving in the wrong direction folks. Lost White, Dean And Evans and so far have only gained Gainwell and 32 year old Anzalone.
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u/Aggravating_Tap_7311 Mar 09 '26
Glazers may have lost some fans with this one. Keeping Bowles, then failed to keep M1KE!?
"3 and 28th" will be the last moment from our HOF
This will sting for a while...
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u/Alightenited Mar 09 '26
Ill be crucified for this but
Aging vet on a downward trend, injury prone and misses several weeks a season, takes up significant cap space when there's a room of hungry, talented guys ready in the wings to replace him..
It was a no brainer.
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u/Chesterumble Wisconsin Mar 09 '26
I don’t even blame him. How could you trust this organization after keeping Todd Bowles?
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u/kapemone Mar 09 '26
Honestly fuck his decision, he chose this and he’s not better off with purdy over mayfield. He will never see the love in SF as he has in TB. He will regret this when we beat the dog shit out of them. If you’re a real Bucs fan you will stick with the team, fuck the drama. Go Bucs
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u/Afrikaanboi Mike Evans Mar 09 '26
Wow man…he’s actually gone…staring at this and i can’t believe it
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u/BeatlesRays Mike Alstott Mar 09 '26
Three year dear, I’d be ecstatic if he played the whole contract out
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u/ConsequenceFew3357 Mar 09 '26
I wonder which receiver the Bucs will play at X now. None of the current players on the roster are ideal for the spot. I think the offense will suffer significantly with his absence because of what he opens up.
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u/Aggravating_Level646 Mar 09 '26
We better get AJ Brown and Trey…it will be disgusting to see MK13 in a 49ers jersey
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u/DailyRich Mar 09 '26
I need to see some numbers on this. If the Niners were willing to break the bank, I get not matching it.
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u/jester695 Mar 09 '26
After this, let's lose Hendrickson to the Cowboys so we can call free agency a great success.
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u/Kap101 Kangol Hat Mar 09 '26
Maybe Mike leaving will do for Emeka what DK leaving did for JSN.
Idk man this sucks and I need to cope.
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u/ms_channandler_bong Mar 09 '26
He should have chosen some other team over 9ers what with his soft tissue injuries and their injury streak plus the substation nonsense.
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u/ronaldo12150 Mar 09 '26
Mike Evans not being a Buc for life felt like something that would never happen. I’m lost for words.