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previous item. ... HC Lovie Smith spent a lot of time just watching football during his year away from the game in 2013. One of the things he noticed was the difficulty defenses have stopping two big wideouts. “It’s a tough matchup for them,’’ Smith said. “It’s as simple as that.’’ Smith made a point Thursday of creating just such a matchup for Buccaneers’ opponents by selecting Evans with the seventh overall selection in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Reported by the Tampa Tribune
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Again, following the trade of wideout Mike William to the Bills earlier in the offseason, the Bucs were left with just one starting-caliber wideout. That was the 6-5, 230-pound Vincent Jackson, their leading pass catcher each of the past two years. Now, Jackson will be teamed with a virtual clone in the 6-5, 231-pound Evans. “We have our twin towers now,’’ GM Jason Licht said. “We couldn’t be happier to have him on our team. This is what we wanted.’’ Smith has dreamt of an offense that included Evans for almost a year, saying he first noticed Evans while watching Texas A&M games at his Chicago home last season. So it should come as no surprise to fantasy football owners that Evans is expected to step in immediately as a starter for the Bucs, who have all but replicated the situation Josh McCown worked in a year ago in Chicago when he had Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery as his top two targets. McCown threw 13 touchdown passes and only one interception while compiling a 109.0 passer rating in eight games, including five starts. Giving him two big targets again in Tampa, Smith said, was one of the Bucs’ goals. Mission accomplished.
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