Frustrated Tom Brady Instigates Brawl That Leads To Teammate Mike Evans Punching Saints’ Marshawn Lattimore; Did Brady Get Ejected?

Published 09/18/2022, 3:59 PM EDT

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Tom Brady and the New Orleans Saints have a storied history. So do the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And things get heated when big rivalries are involved. Even on this Sunday night, the match between the Bucs and Saints, nerves were high, and things were heating up. So much so, that a trash talk moment turned into a full-on brawl on the field, leading to Brady losing his last top-tier receiver in Mike Evans. No. 13 for Tampa Bay got thrown out of the game for shoving Marshon Lattimore to the ground. 

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Even Marshon Lattimore got ejected just before that starting the fight with Leonard Fournette who responded to the shove. But did not get any penalties. The penalties have started a debate on social media. And this issue will surely reverberate for a long time in the NFL community. Brady did not get ejected for his involvement, but then again, he physically did not get involved. 

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Mike Evans’ Insane Sucker Punch After Tom Brady and Leonard Fournette Trash Talk Lattimore

The instant reaction from the commentators was, “Mike Evans punched a guy.” Mostly, NFL players can keep their contact with the game. But, sometimes, things can get personal and roughed up. And this isn’t even the first time the two have locked horns. In an eerily similat situation, Evans and Lattimore got into it almost exactly two years ago. Here are both the brawls for your peruse: 

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And here are the best responses from Twitter to this uncommon sight in a sport famous for its excessive violence. 

 

 

 

Some users were quick to blame Evans all over Twitter: 

 

 

Some even thought this was a long time in the making, and Evans was looking for a reason: 

It all happened so fast. Brady came down the field claiming it was interference, the refs didn’t pay heed and he began talking trash with Marshon Lattimore. After that, it was lights out by Mike Evans, who came running from behind Brady and pushed the secondary to the ground.

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The whole fiasco has taken the whole NFL world by storm. Yes, Tom Brady was seen getting agitated throughout the game. And right after this debacle, the team started getting back in momentum. 

Watch this story: Tom Brady Went to The Same High School As This Controversial MLB Hall of Famer Who Was Also A 14x All-Star

 

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Utsav Khanna is an NFL Author at EssentiallySports. He did his PGDM from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and went on to work in Public Relations. A deep interest and love for the sport of NFL drew him towards working in Sports Journalism.
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