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For the third time in their respective careers, Mike Evans and Marshon Lattimore were at the center of an on-field incident, and one of them will mi s time thanks to the altercation.The latest run-in between the Buccaneers receiver and Saints cornerback occurred in their Week 2 game in New Orleans, which resulted in a 20-10 win for visiting Tampa Bay. Their animosity flared up again in the early stages of the fourth quarter after Lattimore was seen getting in Tom Brady's face
Seth Griffith Women Jersey .Evans was quick to action against Lattimore, giving him a shoulder check that knocked him to the ground. (Evans has a significant size and height advantage at 6-5, 225 pounds, compared to Lattimore's listed 6-0, 192 pounds). That shove nearly resulted in a brawl between the two teams and saw both players ejected from the game.Mike Evans and Marshon Lattimore were ejected following a fight between the Bucs and Saints. (@sportingnews) MORE: Evans could be seen arguing his ejection, telling officials, "That's Tom Brady. What you want me to do?"MIKE EVANS SAID THATS TOM BRADY, WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO Scott Whittle (@TheScottWhittle) Speaking after the game, Evans described his involvement in the brawl by saying, "It gets spicy when you come to New Orleans." He later described his action as merely defending Brady:"I know we were trying to get a flag called and he wasnt calling it," Evans said. "All I see is Lattimore he punched (Leonard Fournette) in the face or something like that. Then, like, pushed Tom (Brady). Thats all I saw. I just pushed him."The NFL on Monday it has suspended Evans for one game "for violations of unnece sary roughne s and unsportsmanlike conduct rules."Fines also are expected to be handed down in connection with the incident, per , but Evans is the only player suspended.NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan wrote to Evans in explaining the
Pat Lafontaine Women Jersey suspension:After a play had ended, you were walking toward your sidelines. When you noticed your teammates engaged in a confrontation with Saints players, you ran toward that area on the field and violently threw your body into and struck an unsuspecting opponent who was part of that confrontation. You knocked your opponent to the ground and a melee ensued involving players from both teams. Your aggre sive conduct could have caused serious injury to your opponent and clearly does not reflect the high standards of sportsmanship expected of a profe sional.Evans is now set to mi s the Buccaneers' Week 3 game against the Packers, but he can still appeal the ruling and is expected to do so, reports .With that, The Sporting News looks at their previous history of run-ins:MORE: Evans and Lattimore have two prior incidents to their Sunday meeting, on Nov
Kyle Okposo Women Jersey . 5, 2017 and Sept. 13, 2020. Here is a video breakdown of those fights:Mike Evans and Marshon Lattimore have history (: ) JayOnSC (@JayOnSC) Nov. 5, 2017Evans and Lattimore first got into it in 2017. The i sue, again, arose from Lattimore getting in the face of the team's quarterback in this case, former Buccaneers signal-caller Jameis Winston.Video from the incident shows Winston shoving his finger into the back of Lattimore's helmet; the Saints cornerback retaliated by turning around and pushing Winston in the chest (Winston had exited the game with shoulder sorene s and was on the Bucs' sideline).Moments later, Evans hit Lattimore in the back, even with significant distance between the cornerback and Winston. The Bucs receiver attempted to straddle Lattimore before Saints defensive back De'Vante Harris came to defend his teammate.Several Buccaneers players then separated Lattimore from the scrum. The incident occurred in the third quarter with the Saints enjoying a 30-3 lead. Evans was called for unnece sary roughne s, though neither he nor Lattimore were suspended for the incident.Former Buccaneers coach Dirk Koetter denounced both Winston and Evans for their involvement in the incident:"Totally, totally unacceptable behavior, first by Jameis and then by Mike," Koetter said at the time ( ). "Jameis cannot, under any circumstances, come off the sideline when he's not even playing in the game. And trash talking is trash talking, but to go out and tap another player, touch another player, whatever you want to call it at all on the field that's inexcusable."If I would have known what I know (now), Mike probably should have been ejected
Johan Larsson Women Jersey . And maybe Jameis should have been ejected."Winston was fined $12,154 for his role in the incident specifically, taunting vs. Lattimore.MORE: Sept. 13, 2020The second meeting between Evans and Lattimore was relatively tame, at least compared to the first and third incidents. This time the incident occurred early in the second quarter following a 6-yard run by Tampa Bay's Leonard Fournette.Lattimore was irritated after he covered Evans, and shoved him in the back; Evans responded by shoving back and knocking his helmet off. This time, Lattimore was called for the personal foul.The two were later seen jawing at each other throughout the game, though it never came to blows (or shoves). To date, Evans has incurred $40,588 in fines and a one-game suspension for his run-ins with Lattimore. Per Spotrac, both are related to the Nov. 7, 2017 incident (specifically, a brawl and taunting).A suming a potential
Marcus Johansson Women Jersey appeal is not succe sful, he will now sit out another game, without pay, as a result of the latest incident, and is expected to be fined as well. Lattimore has only a $10,500 fine stemming from his confrontations with Evans, this one related to the fight between the two players in 2020. He was levied the fine five days later, . He was not suspended for the incident.A fine could be forthcoming for the latest confrontation, but has not yet been announced.