The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and wide receiver Mike Evans have started preliminary contract talks, Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports reports. The fourth-year receiver is under contract through 2018, and has been one of the top receivers in the NFL since entering the league as a first-round pick in 2014.
Evans signed a four-year, $14 million contract as a rookie and the Bucs picked up his fifth-year option, worth just over $13 million, earlier this year. The Bucs will likely have to give him a top-tier contract, presumably setting new records on a per-year basis.