Future Hall of Fame Wide Receiver Emerges as Option for Steelers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers All-Pro vast receiver and future Hall of Famer Mike Evans plans on exploring his choices in free company, according to NFL insider Dianna Russini.

Longtime Bucs beat author Greg Auman reports that Evans will discuss to different groups when NFL free agent window opens Monday, however he and his agent will permit the Bucs to counter earlier than he accepts something from a brand new workforce. The Bucs are nonetheless aggressively concerned.

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Evans, who has recorded 866 receptions for 13,052 yards (15.1 common) and 108 touchdowns, may have a lot of suitors if he does not return to Tampa Bay.

Evans, 32, holds the NFL document for 1,000 yard receiving seasons to start out a profession (11). That streak was snapped in 2025 as a consequence of an injury-riddled season the place he performed in solely eight video games.

Wide receiver is one once more a urgent want for the Steelers. DK Metcalf, Ben Skowronek and Roman Wilson are the one receivers beneath contract for 2026.

The Steelers are presently projected to have $46,227,382 in cap area this offseason, which is the ninth-most within the NFL, according to Over The Cap.

vast receiver Romeo Doubs can also be set to hit the open market, as talks with the Green Bay Packers didn’t end in a brand new deal, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.

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Doubs is anticipated to have a slew of suitors in free company, and the Steelers may very well be one of them. The Steelers have a large want at vast receiver, and Doubs has ties to Aaron Rodgers from their time collectively in Green Bay. Rodgers hasn’t dedicated to returning for one other season with the Steelers, however expectations are that the four-time MVP will reunite with Mike McCarthy.

This article initially appeared on Steelers Now: Future Hall of Fame Wide Receiver Emerges as Option for Steelers

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