Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans and New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore got into a fight during Sunday’s game.
Lattimore and Evans have a history. As division rivals, these two have gone head to head on multiple occasions, and were even in a previous incident similar to this one.
The first time, Evans felt he was defending his sideline. When a Buccaneer pushed Lattimore in the back, the defensive back responded by shoving said player. This prompted Evans to get involved, resulting in a full-on brawl.
Not the first time Evans knocked down Lattimore...pic.twitter.com/Ob1yLn5M9W
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 18, 2022
On this occasion, it was more so about history. These two players quite clearly don’t like each other.
Crazy stuffhttps://t.co/PRETm52dV5
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 18, 2022
Marshon Lattimore fights Mike Evans: Best memes and tweets
As always, social media had a field day with the incident.
FanSided’s Josh Hill explained the history between these two sides in detail:
"“Evans and Lattimore have had beef going all the way back to the start of their careers in the NFL and it seems cooler heads have not prevailed over time. If there was a prop bet for whether or not Evans and Lattimore would fight whenever the Bucs and Saints meet it would be the easiest money anyone ever made gambling on football.”"
As frustrating at that may be for fans of both teams — especially when you consider how talented the players are — it speaks to their competitive nature.
Jameis watching Mike Evans deck Marshon Lattimore pic.twitter.com/ZXaAQKKwHB
— Annie Agar (@AnnieAgar) September 18, 2022
i love how much marshon lattimore and mike evans hate each other
— charles (“you look good” - andy reid) mcdonald (@FourVerts) September 18, 2022
Mike Evans shoving Marshon Lattimore. Seems to be an annual thing at this point.
— Chris Rosvoglou (@RosvoglouReport) September 18, 2022
Wow, a repeat of 2017, Bucs WR Mike Evans came flying off the bench to shove Saints CB Marshon Lattimore after Lattimore was jawing with Brady and Fournette/Lattimore shoved each other.
— Mike Triplett (@MikeTriplett) September 18, 2022
Evans and Lattimore both TOSSED. https://t.co/FrBah8JrZ1
Put Mike Evans and Marshon Lattimore in the booth and let’s finish this pic.twitter.com/c7M4DgnexP
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) September 18, 2022
Nobody:
— FanDuel (@FanDuel) September 18, 2022
Mike Evans & Marshon Lattimore: pic.twitter.com/NSS5duFnX6
Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Mike Evans and New Orleans Saints CB Marshon Lattimore were both ejected after a brawl on the field. pic.twitter.com/zr7Eg8FpJk
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 18, 2022
Mike Evans & Marshon Lattimore every time they play each other: pic.twitter.com/NhQOPNa9dZ
— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) September 18, 2022
Regarding the Marshon Lattimore-Mike Evans ejections. A fierce rivalry. NFL NEXT GEN STATS: Mike Evans has caught only 48% of his targets when Marshon Lattimore has been the nearest defender in their careers. Evans averaged 1.7 yards of separation on those targets.
— Ed Werder (@WerderEdESPN) September 18, 2022
What’s funny is Mike Evans saw who it was talking smack and went out of his way to take a swing against Marshon Lattimore😂😂😂 #WhoDatNation
— Cole Thompson (@MrColeThompson) September 18, 2022
Mike Evans and Marshon Lattimore every time it is time to fight each other. pic.twitter.com/evCNfkiBAj
— theScore (@theScore) September 18, 2022
There was more where that came from.
It’s going to be a long week for one of these teams.