Evans' scheme fit concerns and recent injury trend argue against his WR26 ADP.

Evans' Hall of Fame resume and 1,000-yard receiving season streak are undeniable, and San Francisco signed him as its first true alpha receiver since the Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel era. Kyle Shanahan's scheme can get him the ball on contested catches and go routes, but the question is how he fits. Shanahan's offense is built on scheming receivers into space for yards after the catch, and that has never been Evans' game; his size (6-foot-5, 231) and contested-catch ability travel to any offense, but the after-the-catch juice that defines this scheme does not play to his strengths. Age and health are bigger concerns: Evans has missed 12 games the last two years, a sharp decrease from his durability earlier in his career, and an uptick in injury rate at 33 is a pattern worth respecting. The source has him at WR31 against a positional ADP of WR26, a fade reflecting that the market is paying for a Hall of Fame-caliber name in an exciting new situation, but the scheme fit and recent injury trend argue against paying for anything beyond floor.