Mike Evans remains one of the NFL’s best young receivers in addition to being a fantasy football stud.
Fantasy football start/sit advice, Week 9: Mike Evans an easy call vs. Falcons
Mike Evans is having a career year as “the” guy in the Buccaneers’ offense.
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Now in his third season, Evans has caught 44 passes for 595 yards and six touchdowns in seven games. He is on pace to record 101 catches for 1,360 yards and 14 scores, all of which would be career-highs. That has helped him become the third-leading fantasy scorer entering Week 9.
Evans has been heavily featured in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offense thus far, which has no other proven pass-catcher with Vincent Jackson on injured reserve, not to mention no ground game with all of their running backs injured.
Expect Evans to keep producing when the Atlanta Falcons come to town on Thursday Night Football. It is the same defense he caught five passes for 99 yards and one score against in Week 1.
Fantasy Impact: Yahoo! ranks Evans as the second-best wide receiver in Week 9. He faces a Falcons defense allowing the seventh-most fantasy points to receivers this season.
Start Evans in all leagues this week.
