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WATCH: Saints party in the locker room after beating Bucs 34-23

The New Orleans Saints defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and celebrated with their signature dance battle amid a locker room party.

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Well that was an exciting one, wasn’t it? The New Orleans Saints players certainly thought so, taking time to celebrate a hard-fought Week 1 win over the upstart Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Saints wideout Emmanuel Sanders shared a look at their postgame antics in the locker room, complete with a D.J. and all the energy fans have gotten used to seeing in recent years.

Sure, it’s not the same as watching Teddy Bridgewater revive “Choppa Style” after decades at the bottom of party playlists. But there’s some real charm in seeing Jameis Winston awkwardly mimic Bridgewater’s signature “bike life” celebration while Alvin Kamara and Craig Robertson are locked in a dance-off.

This is a sign of what is meant when analysts refer to locker room culture; the ease everyone has in sharing camaraderie, and how eager they are to cut loose are leaving it all out on the field. These sort of locker room celebrations have become a staple of Saints postgame activities, and it’s great to see them return for 2020. Maybe next time their music choices will echo a little more cleanly into Sean Payton’s media conference call.

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Watch: Choppa, Louisiana Philharmonic collaborate for Saints highlight video

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra remixed the 2003 hit single “Choppa Style” for a New Orleans Saints highlight video before the playoffs

The New Orleans Saints have ridden with the 2003 hit single “Choppa Style” as their anthem for several years now, often blasting it during big moments at the Superdome and in victorious locker rooms across the league. Saints quarterback Teddy Bridgewater popularized the song again during the 2018 season, when he introduced the “Bike Life” dance he picked up from the next generation of football players at his old high school in Miami.

But on Friday, two days ahead of their clash with the Minnesota Vikings during the wild-card round of the playoffs, the Saints dropped a remix. And they didn’t go to just anyone for such a special occasion: they brought Choppa, the man himself behind the big hit, as well as the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

Those artists and musicians collaborated on a special orchestral version of “Choppa Style” which the Saints then played over a highlight reel of the 2019 season’s biggest moments, which you can see in the video embedded below. This is as good as it gets, folks:

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