The Houston Texans are expected to be a top choice when free agency opens on March 15. Their salary cap space is about $60 million. The Texans, who had a strong inaugural campaign under head coach DeMeco Ryans, will try to recruit players in 2024 who could be able to advance them past the Divisional Round.
The Texans may chase wide receiver Mike Evans, a free agency, from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Evans was in attendance during the Houston Rockets’ 110-99 defeat to the New Orleans Pelicans on Jan. 31 inside the Toyota Center. During a brief halftime chat, Evans told Texans Daily, “I’m excited to see where I am going to end up,” when speaking on his pending free agency.
Evans is a Galveston native, and signing with the Texans would be a homecoming party for the future Hall of Famer.
The 30-year-old wideout played his college football at Texas A&M, where he recorded 2,499 yards and 17 touchdowns in two seasons before being drafted in the first round (No. 7 overall) by the Buccaneers in 2014.
Evans has played two games against his hometown team, where he has posted 188 yards on 11 catches. During the Buccaneers’ Week 9 loss to the Texans, Evans finished with 87 yards with four catches on Nov. 5 at NRG Stadium.
“What Mike has been able to do consistently is beat one-on-one coverage — just with Mike and his catch radius, he’s such a big target, and he’s fast,” Ryans said.
“You can’t get lulled to sleep. He has the speed, he has the size, he has the strength. No matter if you double cover him, whatever you may do, Mike always seems to find a way to make a play.”
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