The San Francisco 49ers’ Week 5 win over the Seattle Seahawks had plenty of edge, and Mike Evans supplied one of the night’s sharpest moments.
Near the end of a play, Evans and Seahawks cornerback Trevon Diggs got into it after exchanging words. Evans then turned, grabbed Diggs by the shoulders and twisted him around so he could read the name on the back of Evans’ jersey - a move that landed somewhere between pure disrespect and pure comedy.
Afterward, Evans said he wasn’t just trying to clown Diggs. He said he genuinely didn’t realize who was jawing at him at first.
"I was blocking him until the whistle," Evans said. "He said something like I'm doing extra, or something like that.
I didn't know that was him at first. I played against him a few times, and we've always been cool.
He was a good player. I honestly didn't know it was him, because in the helmet, it's hard to tell sometimes.
We were talking trash, and I think I pushed him. I was like, 'Who are you?'
I looked to make sure. I was like, 'Oh, it's f---ing Diggs.'
Then he pushed me. Should've been a penalty."
Evans and Diggs knew each other well enough to have a little history behind the exchange. They had met three times before, with Evans and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beating Diggs and the Dallas Cowboys in the 2021 and 2022 regular seasons before the Cowboys got the upper hand in an NFC Wild Card game in January 2023.
Diggs’ path to this moment has taken a sharp turn from the peak of his career. In 2021, he led the NFL in interceptions, earned first-team All-Pro honors and picked up the first of his two Pro Bowl selections. He followed that with another strong season in 2022 and then landed a five-year, $97 million contract extension with Dallas.
Since then, injuries have changed the picture. Diggs has moved from the Cowboys to the Green Bay Packers and then to the Seahawks, who elevated him from the practice squad for Sunday’s game.
That’s what made Evans’ name-check such a viral piece of business: a player once sitting near the top of the league’s defensive mountain suddenly getting the full trash-talk treatment while fighting for a roster spot.
49ers offensive tackle Trent Williams loved it.
"Mike plays with an edge," 49ers offensive tackle Trent Williams. "He plays with a huge edge.
Something that you wouldn't expect a receiver to have. But that was pretty funny."
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