Mike Evans, Bucs agree to 2-yr/$52M deal, should Pats go after Baker Mayfield? | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes react to the Tampa Bay Bucs re-signing WR Mike Evans to a two-year, $52 million deal, then debate whether the New England Patriots should go after QB Baker Mayfield or not.
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Mike Evans, Bucs agree to 2-yr/$52M deal, should Pats go after Baker Mayfield? | FIRST THINGS FIRST
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Felt like years

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Wayyyyy 2 long 😔

[@rickybucheli4264]

Nick: *Goes on a rant on how many great receivers there are in the league* Wildes: "You would think the patriots would have 1"

[@povertyspec9651]

Chiefs have zero great receivers

[@cheerioss-9121]

@@Spacetime_Odyssey7a computer..?

[@Pkilla80]

Or the Chiefs with the best QB in the universe... 😢

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

​@povertyspec9651 we have Travis Kelce and Rashee Rice... lol.

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The man’s a national treasure lol

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This show is the perfect balance of serious analysis and jokes

[@ThanosMahomes]

Tampa want Mike to retire from there and did him a solid. Seems pretty self explanatory to me 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Travis89-ob5tt]

Also there's a decent chance he has about 2300+ yards and 20+ touchdowns. Mike could easily put perform this contract over the next 2 years. He's the guy that ALWAYS has 1k yards and he scores a lot of touchdowns.

[@reemoe9374]

Still has a lot of juice left,

[@tiyanu]

Nick analyzed the WR trend perfectly. We have 25 "Tier 1" Wide Receivers. That's gonna cause problems and then we'll have a big wr contract bust where nobodys getting paid

[@julianlunn594]

They'll still get paid. But not at the top of the market

[@zachherrera5961]

the amount of really good pass catching tight ends could also contribute to squeezing the market

[@carbon.the.christ5626]

​@@zachherrera5961this is what im thinking. If you can find a Kelce and pay him around 20 million. Why pay for a tier 1 reciever. Ill just have a couple tier 2 level recievers😅

[@ThenotoriousAmerican1]

25 tier 1? 😂😂😂

[@trevonricks5975]

@@carbon.the.christ5626 okay you better have a tier 1 QB, otherwise your the Tampa Bay Bucs pre and post Brady

[@anonimust8]

thank God! no more get up and first take fellas!! we’ve been saved

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Nothing liking watching Nick make at least 1 Chiefs comparison no matter the conversation at hand lol.

[@anonimust8]

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I even watched Undisputed 😬..😅

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@@freddyramirez1820 *inserts denzel meme* oh that brother was starving!!😂😂

[@mccoyrj452]

The difference between receivers and running backs though is you can have 3 WRs on the field at the same time. You can’t do that with RBs. There is room for depth and paying top flight receivers and there is a clear drop off from the top WRs and the average WR. Right now with RBs the best of the best can actually be replicated by grabbing 2 league average RBs for half the money. The drop off is not as drastic as it is with WRs.

[@Ahjusshi_Brown]

That’s a great point but even if you have 3 top tier receivers on the field…who are you prioritizing targeting? And are they all being paid as a WR1 if that’s not how they’re being utilized (despite their skill set indicating that they should be paid as a WR1)? I think that’s what Nick is getting at. Teams are gonna start low balling great WRs simply bc there’s so many of them and bc they can’t all be utilized as WR1s. Simple supply snd demand.

[@Drowninginpesos]

Mike Evans has been underrated his whole career.

[@RaysTheCupBolts]

Baker Mayfield said he wants to stay with Mike Evans. I'm guessing he is definitely staying in Tampa.

[@rohanshah7559]

Yeah things are setting up for the Bucs to run it back and see if last year was a fluke, or something to build on. Can’t blame them for wanting to be sure before being too hasty in moving on

[@jasonceravone777]

Wilds sliding Mac Jones into the conversation is wild🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sakthithanigai5036]

If ur baker you do not want to leave Tampa. This is the first time since I guess his first 2 years that the players love him, the coaches love him, and the fans love him. This is a perfect situation, and with an improved offensive line, they could be dark horse threats to make the SB

[@iang7244]

Can’t see an NFC team winning the Super Bowl in the next 3 years. The conference is way behind the AFC in terms of depth and consistency. But I do agree that the Buccs can be pretty good

[@zahslu7748]

😂😂 He sucks never going to win the Super Bowl

[@b84__]

"Dark horse"🤣 why is a #1 overall pick not favored to win a chip with a stacked team?

[@sakthithanigai5036]

@@b84__ well cuz while Baker is good, the nfc is gonna be run by the 49ers, Rams, and Packers, and Lions

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Bucs could probably scrap with the Packers and Rams, but they’d def gonna run into the lions or Niners buzz saw eventually

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First Things First is back I’m outa rehab time to get my daily fix

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Facts 😂

[@MMTLP-JON]

He was owed it, Its a Respect for your people thing. How is that so hard to get? We love you Mike, well deserved. 🏈🏈

[@yahboyboogie]

Ay man next time tell us y’all are going on vacation so we can go on vacation too 😂😂😂

[@seelzonwheelz69]

I think Tampa just took care of a franchise legend I think that’s it

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Nick hasn’t dressed like Craig Sager in a minute

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So glad you are back!! Hope you enjoyed your well deserved week off, but I missed the show so much!! -with love from Glasgow!! ❤️💕

[@jayceh]

I'm here to shout out Nick who said right after the Russell Wilson trade that he wasn't gonna cook, he was cooked and everyone made fun of him And then start of last season, Nick said Russ wouldn't make it to his 3rd season - he'd get cut after the season was over Again people mocked him 110% right on all counts. Good job man

[@TacoreyButton-qp1jn]

Lmao somebody said “ thank god no more first take and get up “ I couldn’t agree more 😂

[@90infirst_]

Wildes gets it. Tampa owes Mike the reverse home town discount. We owe him for his experience and his contributions over the last decade. He is worth every penny and Tampa probably signed the check with a smile on their face.

[@kleatise52]

Missed y’all man

[@vortexathletic]

Brock Bowers as a hybrid TE is also a great choice IMO

[@jakeholt4275]

“made Baker great” is a stretchhhh… dude had balls bouncing off his hands in the biggest moments just for Baker to take the blame. Baker kept Mike Evans solid, not the other way around

[@allenmoran801]

They gave him the money out of respect for his service for all these years

[@rohanshah7559]

Also the anticipation that he’ll keep dropping 1000 yards and 8 tds for at least the next two years. Given Evans’s track record of consistency, probably a safe option

[@24slipknot]

This is the greatest sports show on air and it’s not even close. Hope these 3 stay together for a long time.

[@iiMoNeY]

What Nick fails to explain is Mike Evans is a 1,000 yard receiver for 10 straight season and he gets as many TD’s as any WR in the league which makes him way better than a ton of people. This is why he’s underrated and has been his whole career! Great contract and well deserved!

[@Junior._.rr4]

Wildes and Mac Jones is toooo funny 💀

[@candaceh16]

I've been thinking WRs will be the new RBs for a couple of years. Good on Nick to bring it ip

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They forgot Jaylen Waddle

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Keeping Mac Jones would be horrific.

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FTF is not allowed to take any more breaks longer than a week, these 3 are too good together 😂

[@codymartin3284]

Mike was Jason's first draft pick. It was personal. They needed to re-sign him.

[@williamallen7984]

I literally said what Nick said last week. This will be the last year for huge receiver contracts…

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Hope you boys had a good vacation!

[@TDogg-yw3ww]

This is a legacy deal for Evans. He’s a Bucs legend and they’ll make sure he only plays for one team

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Respect to the Bucs for taking care of their legends

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Love Nicks take on WR contracts. Been wondering myself if Tyreeks contract blew the market up plus the draft prospects

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Usually I agree with Nick Wright and he makes a ton of sense to me, but I am so confused by his idea for NE. After talking about how saturated the WR market is and how teams may choose to draft WR over spending big on WRs coming out of their rookie deals, why would drafting a top WR make sense now? By the time they would be in a position to compete towards the top again they would hit the same dilemma with MHJ and theoretically would choose to draft a WR again.

[@the_drillkage]

In Nick's scenario, the WR market isnt going to collapse until the new WRs start getting their contracts in 2-3 years. So presumably by the time they extend MHJ the market will be down. They will get 4 seasons with him before needing to extend or take the 5th year option.

[@carbon.the.christ5626]

​@@the_drillkagethis,plus they arent drafting a qb yet in this scenario. So either they will have a qb still on his rookie deal when they have to pay MHJ. Or they will get a qb in free agency and MHJ will still be on his rookie deal

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Wilds hit it on the head. Mike means more to Tampa than just receiving yards.

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Nick is dead on about the WR talent. There's amazing play across the league at that position and tons of good young players coming in each year. Wildes needs another Mac Jones intervention, the dude is terrible.

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I love the short videos

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I been sayin the WRs postion should have been devalued B4 the RB position

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[@giles815]

I foresaw this 2 drafts ago. WR is such a popular position with the most elite athletes. When you’ve got so many of them… which ones truly standout? Which ones are truly worth the money?

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I would think that true vet WR 1's will get paid, but the $13M WR 2 may become a thing of the past. Imagine if your team needs a WR 2 or 3 and Xavier Legette or Brenden Rice is still on the board in round 3...lot of options out there.

[@giles815]

@@jackbryan4676 yes. And eventually the market becomes so saturated that you eventually the organization just goes “uh cool, long as I got the QB right, doesn’t matter if I pay the WR top dollar when I can draft another stud and start over on paying the position”

[@jackbryan4676]

@@giles815 Right. And all of the sudden the WR market goes the way of the RB market. Could TE be far behind....

[@giles815]

@@jackbryan4676 only difference though is WRs last much longer than RBs at a high level. What’s happened to the RBs has been able to happen because of the mileage and injuries

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Glad they back 💯

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I'd once again just like to point out that everyone says Purdy has "the avengers", yet any time receivers are brought up, look how many he named before he even thought of a 9er lol

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yeahhhh Wildes came in talking STRAIGHT VIBES BABY, we’re so back

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Wildes always hits with the memes, mans has an IMMACULATE vibe

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Guys can’t be taking WEEKS OFF!! You’re the best sports show on tv

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Don't even leave us again!!

[@OldManInternet]

As a Fins fan, sticking with McCorkle is the only way drafting Harrison Jr in the division doesn't make me nervous.

[@CassiusCC]

DE , OT & QBs are the only players gonna be getting big contracts in the future

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I was like Damm where first things first at

[@kirkyearwood4350]

Nick is right with this one. All the top athletes are playing receiver. Still hard ro find QBs and Edge Defenders and LTs. Prioritize those

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Where have you been? I missed you guys

[@jays8664]

25 million is team friendly and trade friendly won’t be surprised if the season doesn’t go well they can still trade him with that contract.

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I needed Wildes' to have the Bad Boy Beard

[@AATWT11]

As a pats fan I would be so happy if we could get Baker, Fields or Cousins and then Draft Marvin Harrison and use the other picks to fill holes and also use our cap to get a big name free agent.

[@ummon]

Wildes be crazy sometimes. Love it.

[@barrymckockinner9292]

Mike Evans is a weapon in the redzone.

[@ashharris7293]

What his discussion about so many elite receivers misses is that every team need at least 2 elite receivers and at least 2 really good ones plus a slot.

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The only thing that got me through a week of no FTF is Supermega returned last week.

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The boys are back from Cabo lol let's go

[@Housh]

Nick does so much research i have to respect him

[@trevonricks5975]

Nick basically saying if you not playing QB or getting sacks your not going get paid

[@nathanhundley5347]

Nick nailed it. Ive been saying that for months. Teams will say why keep a true number 1 when you can just draft one. Running backs werent the only ones it was going to happen to.

[@mellownessuperstar2618]

Mike will hopefully stop fearing that after catch hit with that much money coming in.. Go Bucs but holy moly..

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Finally back! 🔥

[@cjchaworth]

There have been 88 number 1 picks Only 14 of them are in the Hall of Fame Hit rate of 15.91%

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My day is complete now that the greatest sports show on tv is back!

[@TheRotbringer]

The biggest problem with the Bucs is their head coach. I love Bowles as a D coordinator, but his HC stats are just plain bad.

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This is the best show on American television.

[@rohanshah7559]

I don’t think I could name more than 10 receivers in the NFL I would want right now more than Evans tbh. Jamar Chase, Nico Collins, Tyreek Hill, DJ Moore, Amon-Ra, Justin Jefferson, Deebo Samuel, Puka Nacua, AJ Brown, CeeDee Lamb, and that’s honestly it. You can make the case that there are some receivers who carry about the same value as Evans does, like Devonta Smith, Keenan Allen, Adams, or Tee Higgins, but there’s honestly only a handful of players who are clearly better or more consistent than Mike. When you look at it from this perspective, giving a contract like this to Evans makes sense. Not to mention, it’s only two years so it’s not super financially risky either

[@trevonricks5975]

The league always had a lot of good Wide receivers sure but game changing!? Not many.

[@csauls]

Stop everpaying QBs and there would be more money to spread around

[@marceloassis1636]

I agree, we are saturating the WR market…

[@davidcrook99]

7:26 pause my boy 😂

[@ilov3ohio2002]

It’s March 4 and I’m ready for the NFL season.

[@MrConehead94]

This comment section CLEARLY don’t watch Buc games. Top 10 WR since he’s been in the league in yards & TDs. Definitely have to pay that guy. Also has taken alot of paycuts with the team

[@timewizardking]

Best sports show is back

[@edwardoorjitham7714]

The offensive players and scheme resonated with Baker. Even though this is a completely money and performance driven league, I think Baker stays if he gets “market value “. Go Bucs!!

[@pewterpirate4560]

Mike isn't "very good" he's put up unprecedented numbers. THIS is how a good organization takes care of it franchise players! 30 isn't old for the style Mike plays. He's still 6'5" and a great route runner

[@codystorms7169]

Thanksgiving at the Harrison house is going to be akward if MH Jr goes to the Pats lmao

[@mohammadmehdipakfetrat3142]

ryan tannehill is above avg when have o line actually

[@rjriverajr23]

Missed you guys

[@Kidkinsey]

Hey guys not telling u what to do. But don't take a week off again Nice to have you back🤣

[@pajamajordan2991]

So.. imma do a hot take and say, Baker stays in TB and the team takes a step backwards this year and drama and antics ensue I don’t think Baker can help it

[@alexanderbennett6919]

Can those mock drafts finally stop projecting an early round WR to the Bucs? Mike Evans & Chris Godwin with Baker Baking. Otten is a beast at TE. Rashad White is RB1. Fix the trenches in the draft and get Lavante David and Winfield Jr and Baker Mayfield this team is Playoff bound!

[@DonShitzInPantz]

Just bc there r lots of receivers coming in don’t mean they r good. Evans is proven! It’s also good to see loyalty n appreciation

[@HungryHippo7]

Think Brou was dead on with the quarterback analysis. It's not as if the QB odds somehow improve if you pick them lower and plenty of great QB, including Patrick Mahomes, have been picks outside the top 5. Drafting a receiver at 3 if your team doesn't have a quarterback and you have even some faith in the quarterback available could be franchise material is just atrocious process. That being said if they sign Baker, trading down seems like the best option to me, depending on what you can get. You can still get a very good wide receiver or offensive tackle and pick up another first in the process.

[@DrTurkMD]

God I hope the chiefs don’t draft McConkey

[@eduardocorralrodriguez5000]

It was just a week? Felt like 3 months under water

[@dlozuna]

That god y’all are back I can finally eat 😅

[@barkleyll]

🤣🤣🤣 Wilds he just can't help himself with a Mac Jones take