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Another Injury Issue For Mike Evans August 18th, 2026Some Bucs fans love blaming various muscle issues and “soft tissue” problems players deal with on everything connected to One Buc Palace. They grumble about the Bucs’ strength and conditioning staff, the heat, Todd Bowles and more. Did Joe mention Todd Bowles? Mike Evans often was the focus of those fans’ rage. Evans had hamstring issue summer after summer. Well, Evans is 3,000 miles away now and today he left 49ers practice with a tight quad muscle. This was noteworthy because Evans sat out two weeks of 49ers camp with a quad issue. And, per reports, he had a foot wrapped in ice today, too. Meanwhile at One Buc Palace. Zyon McCollum was back practicing after a tweaked groin kept him out a week. Various Bucs players also are near the end of the injury comeback trail, including receiver Jalen McMillan. The Bucs re-hired speed coach Roger Kingdom, a member of the 2020 Super Bowl staff, to help cut injuries this season. The former college football player and Olympic gold medal hurdler left the team after the 2021 season.