{"id":11649,"date":"2025-01-06T11:38:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/tampa-bay-buccaneers-wide-receiver-mike-evans-makes-nfl-history-helps-lead-team-to-playoff-berth\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T11:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:38:21","slug":"tampa-bay-buccaneers-wide-receiver-mike-evans-makes-nfl-history-helps-lead-team-to-playoff-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/tampa-bay-buccaneers-wide-receiver-mike-evans-makes-nfl-history-helps-lead-team-to-playoff-berth\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans makes NFL history, helps lead team to playoff berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5k6o0dg000g3b6mp5uxc7xk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            For a while it looked like it would not happen but in the final seconds of Tampa Bay\u2019s 27-19 win over the New Orleans Saints \u2013 not only did the Buccaneers clinch playoff berth but NFL history was made.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5k6w3ro000o3b6m3jzdczox@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans extended his streak of 1,000-yards in a season for the 11th in a row to tie Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice for the most ever consecutively.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5k76qf5000y3b6ms6m03k8j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            After the Tampa Bay defense forced the Saints to turn it over on downs, the Buccaneers offense got the ball back with less than 40 seconds to go in the game and Evans needing five yards for the record.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5k904ji00003b6mseclrej4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield threw the ball immediately to Evans who hauled it in for nine-yards to get to 1,004 yards for the season.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5k5ixf4001j2cp07fpghym4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            With legendary quarterback and a former teammate of Evans, Tom Brady, on the call for Fox, he called it \u201cone of the greatest things\u201d he\u2019s seen as Buccaneers teammates mobbed him to celebrate the feat.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5k6ooji000i3b6mc2vlgbjp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The 31-year-old Evans is the first player in history to reach the 1,000 yard plateau in their first eleven seasons.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5kddx8s000y3b6m8j9tpals@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            He also received a $3 million bonus following the accomplishment, according to Spotrac.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5k95d8n00023b6m77i9tm3n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            With the win, Tampa Bay won the NFC South for the fourth consecutive year and eliminate the Atlanta Falcons from playoff contention. Atlanta lost to the Carolina Panthers 44-38 in overtime on Sunday.    <\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/twitter\/instances\/cm5kdpqbw00133b6my1inqwrc@published\" class=\"twitter\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter__tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE NFC SOUTH RUNS THROUGH TAMPA BAY  pic.twitter.com\/9ZMCulBv1Q<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) January 5, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>    WM.UserConsent.addScript({&#8220;async&#8221;:true,&#8221;src&#8221;:&#8221;\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&#8221;}, [&#8220;data-share&#8221;,&#8221;measure-ads&#8221;])<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5k9aih100063b6mgjxqo50a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            After the game, Evans said, \u201cI was hoping we got a stop because I can\u2019t pass up history.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5kcg9ra000g3b6m4tuy21xc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI\u2019m happy they let me go out and get that. It\u2019s hard to do for 11 straight years. To be tied with one of, if not the greatest receiver of all time, it means a lot to me and my family.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5kcebmh000c3b6mxteq468p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Evans was drafted by the Bucs in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft out of Texas A&amp;M. He has spent his entire career in Tampa, including inking a two-year extension with the franchise this past offseason.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5kcf87r000e3b6mv6jqey98@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Mayfield applauded Evans for always putting the team first.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5kaj91700093b6mzktmx1uj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThat\u2019s why you love him,\u201d Mayfield told reporters. \u201cWe\u2019re lucky to have him. He\u2019s underappreciated throughout the media and the league. He\u2019s one of one. He deserves that. You saw the stadium erupt. You saw the sideline erupt. You can tell how much people care about him and what that means for everybody around him.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5kcglmy000j3b6m732q4870@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The Buccaneers will host the Washington Commanders in the wild card round on January 12 at 8 p.mET.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a while it looked like it would not happen but in the final seconds of Tampa Bay\u2019s 27-19 win over the New Orleans Saints \u2013 not only did the Buccaneers clinch playoff berth but NFL history was made. 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