Battish General Manager, Jason Licht, expressed his feelings about Mike Evans' departure from the Buccaneers, stating that the team had a verbal agreement that Evans could return for a 13th season and that he felt the team did everything they could to prevent him from leaving. Licht added that there were no hard feelings about Evans' decision to leave the team and expressed his pride in his support for Evans. The future of the Buccaneers' wide receiver group will now be decided by Emeka Egbuka, Chris Godwin, and Jalen McMillan.