Mike Evans subito protagonista, al mini-camp dei rookie

Mike Evans riceve con una mano sola...

Ha avuto luogo ieri a One Buc Place la prima giornata del mini-camp che ha visto la partecipazione dei vari rookie dei Bucs. Ottima impressione ha destato la prima scelta di Tampa Bay, Mike Evans, che al di là della ricezione "da circo" a una mano immortalata nella foto qui a fianco, si è mosso molto bene confermando, ammesso che ce ne fosse bisogno, di essere in possesso di numeri e qualità molto interessanti.

Queste, dal sito ufficiale dei Bucs, le prime impressioni di coach Lovie Smith, a proposito della prima scelta, il WR Mike Evans:
"You talk to the players about doing something to make the coaches notice them, and seeing how guys can perform on the center stage," said Smith. "Great catch by Mike Evans out there today, but he's been doing that all week. He's a good football player."

Ancora l'Head Coach, sempre a proposito di Evans:
"He has excellent hands; you saw that in college," said Smith. "So we haven't been surprised about an awful lot [Evans has done]. You take a player that high in the draft, you expect to see some spectacular plays from him, and we've gotten that. When you draft a player that high, you expect him to do a little bit more than just the ordinary. We've seen Mike do that. Mike had a great college career, made a lot of plays like that, and a lot of times what you see in college you get a chance to see at the next level, too."

Queste invece le prime dichiarazioni rilasciate dall'ex giocatore di Texas A&M:
"I think all the rookies are equal," he said. "Just because we were drafted in Round One or Round Two, it doesn't really matter. I'm just going to go out here and compete like everybody else. I just want to learn the offense as fast as possible and get up to speed with the rest of the guys," said the rookie. "I just want to be the hardest worker I can be and the greatest teammate I can be."