Buccaneers' Mike Evans: Trending toward return in Week 12

Head coach Todd Bowles said Wednesday that Evans (hamstring) is trending toward a return to action Sunday at the Giants, Scott Smith of the Buccaneers' official site reports.

After Evans aggravated a strained right hamstring Week 7 against the Ravens, Bowles relayed that the wide receiver would miss the three games before Tampa Bay's Week 11 bye. Evans had been targeting a return to action after the bye week, but he'll need to get through practices Wednesday through Friday without issue before the Buccaneers give him the green light to play. Evans was seen on the field during the team's unofficial practice session Monday coming out of the bye, and his listing on Wednesday's injury report could be telling for his upcoming availability for Sunday's game.