NFL Free Agency Preview: Wide Receivers ( 2024 )

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Mike Evans, Buccaneers agree to two-year deal


The new Mike Evans contract has a base value of $41 million over two years


Mike Evans planned to test free agency until his wife spoke up
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This new thread relates to the following thread:

Lions Free Agency Preview and Results: ( 2024 )

detroit-lions-forum.proboards.com/thread/1743/lions-free-agency-preview-results

This contract makes sense for both parties. Mike Evans now has a realistic chance of playing his entire NFL career with the Bucs. As it turned out, the Bucs did come to a 3 year contract agreement with QB Baker Mayfield on Sunday (yesterday).

For the Lions, if Evans would have hit the market as an UFA, the cost to sign him probably would have been significantly higher than what he signed with the Bucs. The contract he signed with the Bucs is one I would have been comfortable with if the Lions landed him as an UFA.

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Jaguars set to sign Gabe Davis

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I doubt the Lions were in the market for Gabe Davis. I'm also not anticipating the Lions being in the market for Calvin Ridley. Davis doesn't seem like a good culture fit for the Lions. Ridley's previous gambling suspension, combined with the cost factor, are why I don't think the Lions are a player for Ridley.

With the Bills, it seemed like Gabe Davis was very inconsistent from game to game. In some games, he was a positive difference maker. But in some other games, he was a different player. Maybe, a change of scenery, playing close to home (he's from the Jacksonville Metropolitan Area-Fernandina Beach) will lead to Davis becoming the player the Jaguars envision?

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Chargers release Mike Williams

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The combination of Mike Williams turning 30 this coming October and him coming off a torn ACL leads me to believe that if the Lions have interest in Williams, it would be a short term highly incentive based contract. More likely than not, another team will offer Williams a contract that the Lions wouldn't be willing to offer him.

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Darnell Mooney agrees to three-year deal with Falcons

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With Darnell Mooney coming off a disappointing season, after not building on his 2021 season in 2022, I'm surprised the Falcons gave him a contract with this much value. At a much lower price, Mooney would have been worth the Lions considering.

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Calvin Ridley to sign with Titans


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I didn't think Calvin Ridley would get a contract offer even close to the Titans offer. I have doubts that any other team was even close to the Titans in the bidding for Ridley. I understand that they want to surround QB Will Levis with talented players. But under these contract terms, the risk appears to be noticeably greater than the reward.

It didn't get any easier for the Lions to come to a contract agreement with Amon-Ra St. Brown.