Buccaneers send Saints a message before kickoff

Football is just a game, but it's more than just a game when it comes to the rivalry that is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints. Both teams hate each other and it goes way back. Most notably, the Mike Evans-Marshon Lattimore feud that has existed practically since the cornerback game into the […]

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Football is just a game, but it's more than just a game when it comes to the rivalry that is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints.

Both teams hate each other and it goes way back. Most notably, the Mike Evans-Marshon Lattimore feud that has existed practically since the cornerback game into the league in 2017.

Last year, the two got in a major fight that resulted in a one-game suspension for Evans. The Bucs also pulled off their first regular season sweep since 2007, so, there's certainly bad blood entering this week's game.

And the Bucs kicked things off in the most NFL way possible when they huddled at the Saints' midfield logo before kickoff.

The Saints are not going to like that, at all. The Bucs know what they are doing, here, but you gotta love the gamesmanship. This is what rivalry football is all about.

We'll soon find out how the Saints respond.