A league source said the NFL is reviewing an alleged autograph interaction between two referees and Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans, which was captured on video by a Carolina Panthers beat writer and posted on Twitter following the game.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 23: Mike Evans #13 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers walks onto the field durign warm ups prior to the game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on October 23, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
A league source with decades of experience as both an NFL player and a longtime executive told Yahoo Sports he wasn’t aware of anything a player would be required to sign for officials in a postgame tunnel or anywhere else. As the video made the rounds through the NFL on Monday, it drew some verbal groaning from some team executives and coaches who had the tweets and video shared with them. All agreed the interaction was not a normal occurrence in a postgame tunnel between a player and officials.“Never [seen that] in all my year’s in the league,” an NFC general manager said.
— the interaction could have been handled better regardless of whether it was an autograph request or anything else., an outlet with a long and detailed track record of covering NFL officials, posted a response from a source familiar with the league's investigation on Monday that claimed Evans was not asked for an autograph. However, the source declined to say what Evans was writing or why he was asked to write it.
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