Keeping Stiff Upper Lip Is Best Advice for Derek Anderson, NFL Players

by Milton Kent

Filed under: 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, NFC West, NFL Media Watch, NFL Quarterbacks, NFL Analysis, Sports Business and Media

You saw a lot of things in Monday night's blowout in Foxborough, not limited to New England apply an old-fashioned beatdown on the Jets, Tom Brady strengthening his Most Valuable Player credentials, and a half empty stadium by the fourth quarter.

What you didn't see was shots of smiling New York players on their sidelines. Whether that happened as a result of the avalanche of criticism heaped on Arizona quarterback Derek Anderson from his moment of levity on the bench near the end of the Cardinals' loss to San Francisco last week is an interesting question.

A week later, Anderson's sideline chat with lineman Deuce Lutui and his volcanic reaction to being questioned about it after the game are teachable moments for players and the outlets that cover them.

We don't yet know whether Anderson has learned anything, but it appears that ESPN, which carried the game, including the shot of Anderson and Lutui talking and smiling, then plastered Anderson's blow up at the postgame press conference, hasn't.

 

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