AP

When Washington first expressed interest in cornerback Josh Norman, one potential twice-per-year series instantly became far more intriguing: Norman facing off against Odell Beckham Jr. of the Giants. But another NFC East rivalry now becomes more compelling, too.

When the Panthers, Norman’s former team, visited Dallas on Thanksgiving last season, Norman and Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant got into it a little. Or maybe a lot.

Bryant was held to two catches for 26 yards, and after the game Norman said while entering the locker room, “Hey, they need to get Dez’s 70 mil back,” in reference to the big contract Bryant signed last July.

Via Michael Florek of the Dallas Morning News, Norman said that the problems began before the game, when Bryant went toward Carolina’s defensive backs and began calling for Norman.

“They came back, told me, I put my thinking cap on and I went to work,” Norman said at the time. “I went to a dark place. I went to the bat cave. I went Dark Knight on him. The thing is, the crazy thing about all that is, he started from the first play and after that, it was nothing. There’s no pact between lions and men between the white lines. None. And if my intensity is all out four quarters and the other opponent is not, that’s not my fault.”

Late in Carolina’s romp over the Cowboys, Norman was making Bryant’s “X” gesture to the crowd.

The crowd gets a chance to let Norman hear it, and vice versa, for the second straight Thanksgiving. That’s when Norman and his new team will return to Dallas.