The Tampa Bay Buccaneers can thank their big-play defense for their win over the New Orleans Saints after Mike Evans escalated a mini-brawl with Marshon Lattimore, writes JarrettBell.
You know what they say. Football is an emotional game.
There was even much talk in the visitor’s locker room about the jolt the Bucs received after the incident, as if a switch was turned on. Maybe so. Remember, emotional game. If the Bucs gained an extra edge after the fighting, they’ll take it. Fournette maintained that he mixed it up with Lattimore after the cornerback called him a vulgar name. It seemed that Fournette was coming to the aid of Tom Brady, who exchanged words with Lattimore after the cornerback covered a deep third-down incompletion that forced a punt. Then it was a push, a shove, a punch. Within seconds, two dozen players were engaged at midfield in the melee, although some, like Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan, were there as peacemakers.
In Evans’ case, there was little dispute. And it’s not a stretch to wonder whether his aggressiveness toward Lattimore was bad blood lingering between bitter rivals.when he came off the bench and blasted the then-rookie Lattimore in the back to ignite a brouhaha. Now this.
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