Report: Todd Monken, Browns To Make A Run At Mike Evans
March 8th, 2026
Todd Monken isn’t dumb.
So, what about Mike Evans’ demand that he play for a Super Bowl contender with a top-shelf quarterback?
Maybe it helps to have a relationship with the right people. As a result, long-time Browns beat writer Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Cleveland is expected to make a run at Evans.
You know, the Todd Monken-led Browns? Evans’ former position coach and offensive coordinator with the Bucs? Yeah, those Browns.
This news elicited an interesting response from Walter Cherepinsky, the man behind the curtain at WalterFootball.com.
The Browns are expected to be interested in Mike Evans. – Mary Kay Cabot, Cleveland.com
This sounds like the loser nerd being interested in the head cheerleader for a prom date. Good luck, bro. It would be a very odd career move for Mike Evans to play in Cleveland.
So wait a minute: Joe swears that Evans’ fearmongering agent Deryk Gilmore issued a list of demands and criteria teams must meet in order to court Evans. Two of those reported demands were that the team have a shot at being a Super Bowl contender and/or have a top-shelf quarterback.
The Browns are neither.
Now, nobody knows Evans in the NFL quite like Monken, who groomed Evans from a raw, overly emotional player who often got into scraps with defensive backs and was bird-dogged by referees for offensive penalties into an elite, Hall of Fame-level receiver.
Joe can’t help but think this is a lost cause, but Joe fully understands why Monken would want to take a shot at Evans.
And to be honest, Joe would not be shocked one iota if this intel was nothing more than a sh!t-stirring plant by Gilmore to gin up a bidding war for Evans.