The Arizona Cardinals paid a heavy worth for operating again Emari Demercado’s fourth-quarter fumble Sunday in opposition to the Tennessee Titans, as his gaffe in need of the purpose line was one in all a number of weird moments that led to the Titans storming again and upsetting Arizona.
Now his head coach is paying a worth as properly.
Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon is being fined $100,000 by the crew for an altercation with Demercado following the play on the sideline. Because the operating again was being consoled by left sort out Paris Johnson, Gannon bought in Demercado’s ear, after which appeared to strike the operating again’s chest or proper arm when he was strolling away.
Right here is the incident in query:
Gannon advised the media on Monday that he had apologized to each Demercado and the crew.
“I wakened this morning and didn’t really feel nice about it, actually,” Gannon mentioned.
“I simply advised them, I sort of let the second of what occurred get the higher of me there,” Gannon added. “Clearly, I attempt to be emotionally secure and calm as a result of my job is to unravel issues throughout a sport and lead the cost on that. So, it’s not likely who I’m, who I need to be, and I advised the fellows that at this time.
“So, it’s a mistake by me, and it’s identical to all people in there, all people made some sort of mistake yesterday, which culminates to why we didn’t win the sport. We are able to’t let it occur transferring ahead.”
Gannon is the primary head coach to be fined for such an incident since Bruce Arians in 2022. The previous Cardinals head coach, then with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was fined $50,000 for placing Buccaneers security Andrew Adams within the helmet throughout a Wild Card Recreation in opposition to Philadelphia.
In that incident, Arians got here onto the sector after Tampa Bay had recovered a fumble, and hit Adams on the helmet because the Tampa Bay security was pulling gamers off a pile.
“No, I’ve seen sufficient dumb (issues). You may’t pull guys out of a pile. We simply bought a giant play, nice area place, and he’s making an attempt to drag a man out of a pile,” Arians mentioned in a press convention. “And I used to be making an attempt to knock him off that man so he didn’t get a penalty.”
