Derek Anderson goes off on a reporter in press conference
It wouldn’t be a Cardinals’ prime time television event without one of their coaches or players going off on the media following the game.
During the closing minutes of Arizona’s embarrassing 27-6 loss to the 49ers on Monday Night Football, television cameras showed quarterback Derek Anderson (who was atrocious…again) and guard Deuce Lutui sharing a laugh on the sidelines. When confronted about the moment in his post-game press conference, Anderson went off.
In some respects I feel for Anderson. We’ve all been there; things aren’t going your way so a friend tosses out a, “Hey, things could be worse – you could be Jake Delhomme” comments to make you laugh. It’s not that you feel any better about the situation, but you share a laugh and it helps breaks up the tension for that moment.
But I don’t blame fans for being upset. The prices of NFL tickets these days are absurd and to watch your team look as pathetic as the Cardinals did on Monday night is bad enough. You don’t want to see/hear that your quarterback was on the sidelines yucking it up with another teammate on top of having to endure the on-field product. It’s not fair, and in defense of the reporter, he gave Anderson the opportunity to explain himself and Anderson instead got defensive.
Either way, this situation won’t matter soon enough. Anderson isn’t a part of Arizona’s future and given how bad he looked last night, he may not be a part of their present either.
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Ugh, I really wish the NFL would just announce this week that unless the winner of that POS division goes 9-7 they aren’t getting a playoff spot.
The 49′ers are 4-7 and that’s good enough to be a game out of 1st place.
From what I could tell from the video, DA just smiled and maybe chuckled on the sideline. It’s not like he was doubled over in laughter or slapping his knee. When you have a crappy night, sometimes you have to just smile in disbelief.
Sure, we can feel for DA, but his rant is way below some of the golden ones from recent years (see Green, Dennis or Gundy, Mike)… even then can’t poor DA perform to the highest standards!