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Mike Evans ranked among the league's bottom-10 receivers in yards per target (5.9), passer rating when targeted (69.8) and catch rate (48.4%) during his injury-riddled, career-worst 2025 season. Evans stands out as THE primary red-zone weapon inside a Purdy-Shanahan system that has consistently ranked among the league's best units. Evans is my WR20 and that feels low.
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Career-worst efficiency in 2025, but Mayfield's struggles may be culprit; Evans is WR20 and could rank higher.
Mike Evans, age 33, ranked among the league's bottom-10 receivers in yards per target (5.9), passer rating when targeted (69.8), and catch rate (48.4%) during his injury-riddled, career-worst 2025 season. However, Evans and QB Baker Mayfield were largely banged up for all of 2025. Evans still demanded plenty of targets (27.3% targets per route run, 8th), and some advanced separation metrics still paint him in a favorable light. The decline may have been more attributable to Mayfield's performance than Evans' decline. Evans has missed 12 games during the last two seasons, though 2025 was the only time he played fewer than 13 games in his 12-year career. Ian Hartitz rates him 4/10 on the Washed Scale and projects a TD-spike campaign similar to 2025 Davante Adams. Hartitz views Evans as THE primary red-zone weapon inside the Purdy-Shanahan system and ranks him WR20, believing that feels low and he's a prime candidate to be ranked far higher during the season.
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