Mike Evans is excited about the prospect of lining up alongside Antonio Brown for Tampa Bay, believing his fellow wide receiver can help the high-flying Bucs "a lot".
Tampa improved to 6-2 on the season with a hard-fought 25-23 win over the New York Giants on Monday, pushing them a game ahead of the New Orleans Saints at the top of the NFC South.
Next up is a clash between the division's top two on Sunday - and Tampa are set to be boosted by having Brown available.
The 32-year-old, a seven-time Pro Bowler, has not played since Week 2 of the 2019 season when he was briefly with the New England Patriots. He has been serving an eight-game ban at the start of this campaign, which has now been completed.
Evans is hopeful Brown can make an immediate impact for his new team - and also help make his job a little easier out on the field too.
Asked about the addition during his post-game interview with ESPN, Evans said: "Perfect. Perfect. He's an unbelievable receiver, one of the best of all-time, and he's going to help us a lot.
"Hopefully, he can take some double teams off me and make some plays, just like he always has."
The Bucs had appeared in danger of being on the wrong end of a shock result when they trailed the Giants 14-6 at half-time, but hit back to win for a second successive week on the road.
Evans caught an eight-yard pass from quarterback Tom Brady to put the visitors 22-17 ahead in New York, continuing the pair's strong connection when it comes to scoring touchdowns.
"Whenever we get a one-on-one opportunity in the red zone, he [Brady] likes to try and find me. He threw a great ball [for the touchdown]," Evans, who now has six TD catches for the season, said.
"When you come to work every day and work hard, you want the results to be 'Ws' [wins]. It's finally paying off and we just have to keep stacking them."
With fellow wideout Chris Godwin sidelined, Evans finished as the leading receiver for Tampa Bay. He had five catches for 55 yards, including that pivotal fourth-quarter touchdown.
Still, the Bucs had to repel a two-point conversion attempt from the Giants, who are now 1-7, in the closing seconds that would have levelled the scores.
"We got hit in the mouth - and credit to [Giants head coach] Joe Judge, as he had his team ready and they played their tails off - but we made enough plays to win the game," Tampa head coach Bruce Arians told the media after the game.
"You should never apologise for winning. I thought we were slow to start offensively. Defensively, I don't like to see people run the ball on us, but we made the plays that counted."