Joe is still seething because a high priest of an outfit that likes to gloss itself as some sort of superior football intellectual thinktank thinks so much of Mike Evans that he ranked Evans as just the 20th-best receiver in football.
And DK Metcalf was even lower.
Anyone who actually believes that and then turns around and holds their hand out looking for cash in return for convoluted player “grades” ought to be sent to a re-education camp.
Or be indicted for racketeering.
(What next, Sabby the Goat is going to charge $2,000 for a youth camp to teach kids the proper fundamentals? Josh Freeman wanting $500 a head to not show up at his football camp?)
A much more reasonable person with a much bigger platform than Sam Monson took to his SiriusXM satellite radio airwaves to defend Evans as a truly overlooked star of the NFL. The one and only Chris “Mad Dog” Russo discussed last week BSPN’s ranking of receivers made by some 80 NFL coaches, scouts and suits. Evans was ranked No. 8.
Russo didn’t have a huge problem with that but thought Evans may have been a tad too low and he shouldn’t be overlooked.
“Now Evans is a very underrated receiver,” Russo began. “He’s a Hall of Famer. He’s extremely underrated. He’s got size. He gets deep. He doesn’t say anything. He’s just very, very good.”
Russo believes Evans’ class should be trumpeted, including the fact Evans is a loyal team guy, not a diva, and has spent his entire career with the Bucs, including some really horrible years.
“He’s one of those receivers who doesn’t make a big stink,” Russo said. “You know a lot of these receivers [on BSPN’s top-10] have changed teams. You have to keep that in mind.
“[Devante] Adams has changed teams. [Cheetah] Hill has changed teams. [A.J.] Brown changed teams. Evans? Without a great quarterback [for most of his career] made sure he stayed with the same franchise. I give him credit for that.”
Russo is exactly right. Evans has always been locked in on the game, not all the ancillary stuff. And that attitude and focus seem have sure worked.
