Percy Harvin and Golden Tate reportedly got into a fight before last year’s NFL Super Bowl when both men were wide receivers for the Seattle Seahawks.
More from NFL
- NFL rumors: Aaron Rodgers sets Jets up for Super Bowl run with new contract
- NFL rumors: Dalvin Cook suitor maintaining very ‘real’ interest
- Packers training camp news: Jordan Love struggles, Bakhtiari schedule, position switch
- 3 Cowboys who won’t be on the roster after training camp
- Packers: Aaron Rodgers reached out to Jordan Love this offseason
It has been less than a week since the Seattle Seahawks made the surprising decision to trade dynamic playmaker Percy Harvin to the New York Jets for a conditional draft pick.
In the time since, a number of stories have emerged that suggest Harvin was such a problem in the Seattle locker room that it earned him a ticket out of town. Considering the king’s ransom the Seahawks traded to the Vikings in the first place to acquire Harvin, not to mention the financial commitment they made to him, one imagines he was quite the jerk for Seattle to decide to trade him.
One incident stands out in particular as interesting, if nothing else. As was rumored earlier this week, there was apparently quite the kerfuffle between Harvin and fellow former-Seahawk Golden Tate at last year’s Super Bowl.
On NFL Gameday morning, Michael Robinson said that he was the one to break up the fight between Harvin and Tate. As passed along by Ian Rapoport:
Wow. @RealMikeRob says he actually broke up the fight between Percy Harvin and Golden Tate before the Super Bowl. #GameDayFirst
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 19, 2014
It is interesting to note that both men has since moved on to new teams, though in Tate’s case there is reportedly a whole different set of issues between him and quarterback Russell Wilson.
Talent usually trumps in the NFL, but for whatever talent the Seahawks saw in Harvin, they decided he was not worth the headache anymore. Fighting his teammates was probably only one piece of the puzzle, but a significant one nonetheless.
More from FanSided
- NFL rumors: Aaron Rodgers sets Jets up for Super Bowl run with new contract
- MLB Trade Grades: Dodgers land Amed Rosario from Guardians
- Colorado gives Pac-12 a possible death knell with move to Big 12
- NFL rumors: Dalvin Cook suitor maintaining very ‘real’ interest
- Braves get dose of bad news on Max Fried as ace nears return