"It clearly has to be something because it just keeps happening right?" Jordan said. It's a very apparent situation."Īs to why the emotions never died down, Jordan doesn't know. "I talked to Mike about it, and it went from 'Ah, it's nothing,' to 'They don't like each other.' It is what it is. "That's real-life beef," Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan said. There was a time when Evans said he intended to apologize to Lattimore for the first incident, a move he has called "childish" and has taken responsibility for starting.īut as the years have gone on, the time for making up has passed. Winston said he did not talk to Evans about the fight following that game, keeping his conversations with him to things outside of football. When it goes beyond that, things happen unfortunately, but you learn from it and try to move on." Everyone wants to compete and play hard, but you play to the letter of the law. I'm sure Marshon doesn't want to get kicked out of the game. "I think Mike obviously doesn't want to get kicked out of a game. "These guys have been together for a long time. "I think it's an emotional game, and I think it's a very hard-nosed team that we're playing," Brady said Friday. He said it meant the world to him that Evans wanted to defend him and didn't think he deserved a suspension. Both Lattimore and Evans were thrown out of the game, and Evans received another suspension.īrady called Evans' suspension "ridiculous" on his "Let's Go!" podcast the day after the Bucs' 20-10 win over the Saints. 18, Evans and Bucs running back Leonard Fournette initiated a bench-clearing brawl after Evans came to the defense of Bucs quarterback Tom Brady, who appeared to have words with Lattimore. In their first meeting this season on Sept. But at the end of the day Marshon is my teammate, and I love Mike. I hate that I interfered with initiating the rivalry when I was with Tampa. Said Winston: "They're the best at their craft, right? It's been that way for the past five years and that's on the page for everyone to see. We get physical, and it's a good matchup." "Two competitors, two of the best in the business and we go at it. Lattimore is officially being listed as questionable on the injury report heading into game day. The two players have met 11 times, including playoffs, with a 12th meeting looming Monday if Lattimore can return from an abdomen injury, which has kept him sidelined since leaving the game against the Seattle Seahawks on Oct. The rivalry shows no signs of letting up five years later, and it could actually be getting more intense. When asked about Winston feeling a sense of responsibility for starting the rift, Evans simply said, "It is what it is," and said he maintains a close relationship with Winston. Mike was a competitor, he was like, 'That was my quarterback.' And that's how he was over there." So I've got to understand the risks that had, what that could've been for Marshon. I don't necessarily think that was fair, but Mike was my teammate, my receiver. I just remember Marshon being on our sideline, being competitive. "There was a benching that I was not comfortable with. "I was not in a good place because I had just gotten took out of the game," Winston recalled. One of the most heated player rivalries in the NFL was born. Other players joined the fray, and while Evans wasn't thrown out that day, he was eventually suspended for a game. Lattimore shoved Winston, Evans rushed in to defend his quarterback, blindsiding Lattimore and sending him to the ground. So Winston poked Lattimore in the helmet and told him to go away. He was frustrated, irritated and really didn't want to deal with Lattimore, then a rookie cornerback for the Saints, who was walking near the Bucs sideline. Winston, then with the Buccaneers, had just injured his shoulder in the third quarter of an eventual loss to the Saints. Maybe Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans and Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore would've walked away and never considered each other more than competitors that face off twice a year.īut Winston couldn't help himself on Nov. If he had held back his temper, perhaps things would've gone a lot differently. New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston almost cringes when he thinks about it now. The Bucs and the Saints renew their heated rivalry Sunday (1 p.m., FOX) - as starting quarterback Derek Carr tries to battle through an injury he suffered in Week 3. NFL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans SaintsĮditor's note: This article originally posted on Dec. Jameis Winston talks being on both sides of Marshon Lattimore-Mike Evans rivalry You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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