Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans and Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore each had been ejected for his or her involvement in a several-player, after-the-whistle scrap within the fourth quarter of Sunday’s assembly within the Superdome.
This marked the second time since 2017 that Evans has been thrown out of a recreation within the dome for flattening Lattimore after the Saints high defensive again had been squaring off with one other Buccaneers participant.
This time, it began after a third-down incomplete cross with Tom Brady shouting at Lattimore. As Lattimore responded, working again Leonard Fournette stepped in and shoved Lattimore, who shoved Fournette again. That’s when Evans got here working in from close to the sideline and knocked Lattimore off his toes. Saints security Marcus Maye then tried to seize Evans, solely to have Evans slam him to the turf whereas each had been engulfed by a swarm of gamers from each groups. Officers conferred and elected to evaluate offsetting private fouls on simply Evans and Lattimore, and ejected each.
Lattimore and Evans have carried on a private rivalry since 2017, when Lattimore was the defensive rookie of the 12 months. Throughout a Saints victory in New Orleans that season, an altercation started alongside the Tampa Bay sideline when then-Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston pointed in Lattimore’s face and instructed him to return to his personal bench space. That’s when Evans blindsided Lattimore with a working begin, knocking Lattimore arduous to the turf. Solely Evans was ejected that point. He additionally was suspended a subsequent recreation.
Tampa Bay gained Sunday’s recreation 20-10.
