We just willingly let MIKE EVANS go into the record book versus us?

[Low Energy]

 

[NewOrleansFan]

LOL....Shanle leaving out how he was part of a historically bad 2012 defense that did, in fact, set some futility records back then.

So is today's lesson: you can be terrible overall, but never be so terrible as to allow one man to get a record?

PS..... I've got not one thing against Shanle, he played for the Saints during an overall great stretch. Just not understanding the cherry picking of this one thing to get so angry about. Everybody's all 'they should have had the entire team covering him".....but the Bucs could have just called one of those backfield tap passes for him, and with proper blocking he would have gotten it anyway.

But Payton would have put 4 guys on Evans. Let some other Bucs player score. Get the ball back and instruct his QB to kneel. Dude is petty AF.

 

[anoldfan]

With you 100%. If the Bucs are foolish enough to risk injury, and an interception or fumble that could lose them the game and cost them a playoff berth, then make them pay. Put 11 guys on Evans, I don’t care if the score a 70yrd TD to any other player, but you don’t just lay down and let Evans of all people get that record against you.

As you said that's the only place the ball was going, so that was our only chance to affect the game and get a touchdown by intercepting. It just made no sense to allow that.

 

[Saint KayBee]

In 3 years the culture of this team has gone from being schoolyard bullies to weakling getting bullied.

Pathetic and unacceptable.

When it was us we got no such respect, I remember people complaining about when Brees broke Marino’s record then complained more when he played the season finale. People complained when he went for it in 2008, too. And they gloated in 2018.

The rest of the NFL fandom doesn’t want to see this franchise ever be good or strong.

 

[RajCaj80]

I honestly feel like we should’ve brought the house and someone should’ve put Baker in the dirt. If they’re going to run a play there, they should’ve paid a price for it.

I also think it’s possible it wasn’t on our radar that they would run a play to Evans to get him a record.

The crowd was only chanting Mike, Mike, Mike at the end of the game. I think someone in the crowd near the sidelines even had a digital sign with his total yards

 

[mg6035]

It's a straw that broke the camel's back thing. Icing on the cake of this season. Everyone in that stadium knew what was happening. I know there are bigger fish to fry but you do not let that happen in that situation. But hey, first world problems.

The ONLY chance we had was to force an interception. If they are so desperate to get him the record make him throw it to him with 6 men surrounding him. If Rizzi didn’t know that then he should be fired for that alone. If he knew it, and sat back and let him have the record he should be fired for that too. There is no explanation acceptable for why he did what he did there. None

 

[Nolan]

It really doesn’t matter - especially to the players.

It’s a personal accolade that made him a lot of money. All these players are typically friendly to one another once game is over - so as much of a d-bag Evans is… the Saints players are ok to see him get his milestone and get paid because at the end of the day it’s a business.

It’s strange as fans because we want the players to harbor the same ill-will towards our rivals but they just don’t.

I had no issue with Mike getting his money. I'm certainly not of the mindset that players don't deserve what they bring in, and even knowing about the bonus going into the game - I had a feeling he would get it and wasn't salty about that. I'm not an advocate of saving billionaires pocket change even if I don't like the dude.

It was all about circumstance for me. The game is over and they're telling you they're going to throw a quick pass to Mike Evans, and we don't even show any fight to stop it. Not even going to double him? Not even going to try and jump the route? It's a 1 score game after all. They're saying they're going to risk their playoff lives by trying to get their guy into the record book and to get him his bonus, and we put up zero fight versus a dude who has been one of the biggest heels toward this team of anyone since Roddy White retired.

 

[anoldfan]

In 3 years the culture of this team has gone from being schoolyard bullies to weakling getting bullied.

Pathetic and unacceptable.

Are you saying we've gone from Bounty gate to Charmin gate? Smells like it to me.

 

[NewOrleansFan]

I had no issue with Mike getting his money. I'm certainly not of the mindset that players don't deserve what they bring in, and even knowing about the bonus going into the game - I had a feeling he would get it and wasn't salty about that. I'm not an advocate of saving billionaires pocket change even if I don't like the dude.

It was all about circumstance for me. The game is over and they're telling you they're going to throw a quick pass to Mike Evans, and we don't even show any fight to stop it. Not even going to double him? Not even going to try and jump the route? It's a 1 score game after all. They're saying they're going to risk their playoff lives by trying to get their guy into the record book and to get him his bonus, and we put up zero fight versus a dude who has been one of the biggest heels toward this team of anyone since Roddy White retired.

This. I would have put 4 guys on Mike Evans and send 9 guys at Baker.

 

[Saint Greg]

I would’ve put all 11 guys on him.

 

[Low Energy]

I had no issue with Mike getting his money. I'm certainly not of the mindset that players don't deserve what they bring in, and even knowing about the bonus going into the game - I had a feeling he would get it and wasn't salty about that. I'm not an advocate of saving billionaires pocket change even if I don't like the dude.

It was all about circumstance for me. The game is over and they're telling you they're going to throw a quick pass to Mike Evans, and we don't even show any fight to stop it. Not even going to double him? Not even going to try and jump the route? It's a 1 score game after all. They're saying they're going to risk their playoff lives by trying to get their guy into the record book and to get him his bonus, and we put up zero fight versus a dude who has been one of the biggest heels toward this team of anyone since Roddy White retired.

 

[Broad St. Saint]

Softer than Charmin.

 

[Bill]

Jerry’s low in his 11-year run? 1078.

And he posted those receiving numbers playing only 12 games that year!

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

Bucs fans on here watching a bunch of grown men seething and crying behind their keyboards about an irrelevant play must be at an all time high.



I know I would be.