Bucs LB shoves assistant during sideline skirmish (VIDEO)

When a team is out of the playoff hunt and on the way to a 41-0 beating at the hands of a division rival, it's understandable if frustrations start to surface.

Tampa Bay outside linebacker Adam Hayward might have wanted to find a better outlet though. In the second quarter of the Bucs' loss to New Orleans, Hayward and defensive front seven coach Bryan Cox found themselves exchanging shoves, with Hayward looking to escalate the situation before smarter teammates involved.

Hayward better hope his coach lets bygones be bygones. Because even at 44, Cox, who wasn't exactly a shrinking violet during his 12-year NFL career, is still likely the baddest man inside that locker room.

As a rookie in 1991 with Miami, Cox, angry with a chippy hit on his kicker, challenged the entire Cincinnati Bengals bench to a fight. He was also known for inventing extreme mental scenarios in order to make him hate his opponents, as this one from his tenure with the Chicago Bears in 1997 details.

Via Sports Illustrated:

"Bryan Cox walks into his Northbrook, Ill., home to find his wife being raped by a man in a Packers jersey. Cox's four kids have been kidnapped, and the ransom note lies right in front of him, on Packers stationery no less. "

Bucs head coach Greg Schiano called the altercation a "heat of the moment" thing after the game. If I'm Hayward, I'm probably volunteering to jog back home to Tampa from New Orleans until I'm sure Cox has put the incident behind him.