Mike Evans says his dropped TD was the biggest reason Bucs lost to Panthers

Mike Evans says his dropped touchdown pass on the third play of the game took the life out of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

According to Mike Evans, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers on the third play from scrimmage.

Bucs quarterback Tom Brady launched a perfect deep ball to a wide-open Evans, who was streaking across the field all by himself, after his defender had fallen to the ground.

The ball bounced off Evans’ hands and fell helplessly to the ground, turning a would-be 64-yard touchdown into a soul-crushing incomplete pass.

Tampa Bay didn’t score a touchdown the entire game Sunday, managing just a late field goal in a 21-3 defeat.

After the game, Evans admitted that while a single play isn’t the sole reason they lost Sunday, he thinks it was the biggest one (via The Athletic’s Greg Auman):

This is definitely one the future Hall of Famer is gonna want back:

Evans finished the game with 96 yards on nine receptions, but the one that got away will haunt him for a while.

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