Mike Evans is a make or break pick in fantasy football
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Aug 22, 2026
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Sat, August 22, 2026
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The source views Mike Evans as a high-variance, binary outcome player for the upcoming season, noting he will either produce elite touchdown numbers or face injury risks due to his age (33); there is no evidence of non-injury related performance decline. Evans remains elite in efficiency, ranking in the top three for Average Separation Score (ASS) in each of the last three seasons, even while playing through injuries last year. The source identifies ASS as the most predictive wide receiver metric and has moved Evans up in their rankings, citing positive momentum and the belief that everything is lining up for a strong season.
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0:00I think Ryan Heath put it perfectly. He
0:02said, "Whatever happens with Evans this
0:04year, it will feel incredibly obvious in
0:06hindsight. Either he scores a zillion
0:08touchdowns for Kyle Shanahan, [music]
0:10or his hamstring falls off the bone like
0:12Texas barbecue because he's 33 years old
0:15practicing [music] next to a haunted 5G
0:18Chernobyl super EMF electrical
0:21substation. I don't think there's any
0:23risk of like non-injury related decline.
0:26We have a stat at Fantasy Points Data.
0:28It's the most predictive wide receiver
0:30metric. It's called ASS, average
0:33separation score. And according to our
0:35data, Mike Evans is the ASS god. He's
0:38top three in average separation score in
0:41each of the last three seasons,
0:42including last year when he was playing,
0:44you know, most of the year banged up.
0:45>> Yeah, Evans, we we know like how good he
0:47was in Tampa Bay, and it just feels like
0:50the drum beats are there for him to have
0:52a really, really strong season. Even an
0:54agist like myself has had to move Mike
0:56Evans up in the rankings because it's
0:58just everything's lining up.
