Jameis Winston was replaced by Ryan Fitzpatrick against the New Orleans Saints due to a shoulder injury, but he still managed to instigate a fight between cornerback Marshon Lattimore and Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans.
Jameis Winston instigated a big fight between the Bucs and Saints from the sideline
Mike Evans came flying in to fight on Jameis Winston’s behalf against the Saints.
While on the sideline, Winston poked the back of Lattimore’s helmet. That certainly wasn’t enough to cause a melee, but Evans came flying in to defend his quarterback and drilled the Saints cornerback, and chaos ensued.
Dirk Koetter was not pleased.
No players were ejected on the play, but the Buccaneers were assessed a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness on Evans. Koetter said Evans should probably have been ejected, and he wouldn’t be surprised if the wide receiver faces discipline from the league.
Koetter was right: Evans was suspended for one game. Winston received a relatively small fine for his contribution to the fight.
After the game, Winston told reporters he was telling Lattimore to go to the sideline and said that Evans was just trying to defend his quarterback.
It has been a frustrating season for the Buccaneers who fell to 2-6 with a blowout loss to the Saints.
Tampa Bay was lucky that the fight on the sideline didn’t result in an ejection, but it could end up costing Winston and/or Evans when the NFL doles out punishments later in the week.
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