The Bucs-Saints rivalry went up another notch on Sunday when Mike Evans and Marshon Lattimore were both ejected for fighting with each other in the third quarter of the Week 2 game at the Superdome.
It appeared to stem after Lattimore said something to Tom Brady, prompting Leonard Fournette stepped in and gave a little shove before Evans soon came running in and threw Lattimore to the ground.
Marcus Maye, who was trying to calm Lattimore down before he was hit, went after Evans and Lattimore got up from the ground and helped Maye tackle Evans to bring him to the ground as a full-on scuffle broke out.
Both received offsetting penalties in the 3-3 game.
It is not the first time Lattimore and Evans have taken issue with one another.
In 2019, when Jameis Winston was the Bucs quarterback, Winston came from the sideline after a play pointing and poked Lattimore in the back of the helmet. As Lattimore turned around, Evans came running in and knocked him to the ground, in similar fashion to what happened on Sunday, leading to a brawl on the sideline.
It will be interesting to see what kind of discipline they each face and what may happen the next time these two teams square off against one another.
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