He might be considered expendable by the old team Cleveland Browns, but he still earns chance to prove his value to another team, the Arizona Cardinals, who signed a two-year contract with the free agent quarterback Derek Anderson.
Anderson is aware that he will be offered only the backup job with a chance to push up for the starting job from Matt Leinart, who has become the Cardinals’ leading role as the only quarterback on the team’s roster since Kurt Warner announced his retirement in the early offseason.
“We have seen a tremendous amount of growth from Matt. He has worked hard,” coach Ken Whisenhunt said Wednesday, “but I am also excited about Derek and there will be competition at that position. That’s not anything different than what we have at other positions.”
While playing in the Browns jerseys, Anderson had five up-and-down seasons, losing his starting job to Brady Quinn at the start of last season, winning it back, losing it again and re-gaining it again when Quinn got hurt. He made the Pro Bowl in 2007 when he threw for 3,787 yards and 29 touchdowns, leading the Browns to a 10-6 record, but he knows well that Leinart is ahead of him on the depth chart, and it would be a hard competition to win the starting job over him, and he will be just fine with the No. 2 role.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Released by the Browns, QB Anderson found backup job in Cardinals
He might be considered expendable by the old team Cleveland Browns, but he still earns chance to prove his value to another team, the Arizona Cardinals, who signed a two-year contract with the free agent quarterback Derek Anderson.
Anderson is aware that he will be offered only the backup job with a chance to push up for the starting job from Matt Leinart, who has become the Cardinals’ leading role as the only quarterback on the team’s roster since Kurt Warner announced his retirement in the early offseason.
“We have seen a tremendous amount of growth from Matt. He has worked hard,” coach Ken Whisenhunt said Wednesday, “but I am also excited about Derek and there will be competition at that position. That’s not anything different than what we have at other positions.”
While playing in the Browns jerseys, Anderson had five up-and-down seasons, losing his starting job to Brady Quinn at the start of last season, winning it back, losing it again and re-gaining it again when Quinn got hurt. He made the Pro Bowl in 2007 when he threw for 3,787 yards and 29 touchdowns, leading the Browns to a 10-6 record, but he knows well that Leinart is ahead of him on the depth chart, and it would be a hard competition to win the starting job over him, and he will be just fine with the No. 2 role.
Anderson is aware that he will be offered only the backup job with a chance to push up for the starting job from Matt Leinart, who has become the Cardinals’ leading role as the only quarterback on the team’s roster since Kurt Warner announced his retirement in the early offseason.
“We have seen a tremendous amount of growth from Matt. He has worked hard,” coach Ken Whisenhunt said Wednesday, “but I am also excited about Derek and there will be competition at that position. That’s not anything different than what we have at other positions.”
While playing in the Browns jerseys, Anderson had five up-and-down seasons, losing his starting job to Brady Quinn at the start of last season, winning it back, losing it again and re-gaining it again when Quinn got hurt. He made the Pro Bowl in 2007 when he threw for 3,787 yards and 29 touchdowns, leading the Browns to a 10-6 record, but he knows well that Leinart is ahead of him on the depth chart, and it would be a hard competition to win the starting job over him, and he will be just fine with the No. 2 role.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Cardinals LT Gandy may end season early
Arizona Cardinals left tackle Mike Gandy has undergone surgery to repair a sports hernia in Philadelphia. The recovery may take three to six weeks, so it is likely that the player will be placed on injury reserve.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt says the operation was performed Friday in Philadelphia and the recovery time is expected to be three to six weeks. Whisenhunt says no decision has been made on whether to keep Gandy on the active roster or place him on season-ending injury reserve.
Gandy has been bothered by the injury for several weeks. He missed the Dec. 6 game against Minnesota Vikings but wore back his Cardinals jersey to play last Monday night’s game against the San Francisco 49ers.
Gandy did not finish that game and left in the third quarter. Jeremy Bridges was selected to replace the tackle who had started 31 consecutive games for the Cardinals before missing the 30-17 win over the Vikings.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt says the operation was performed Friday in Philadelphia and the recovery time is expected to be three to six weeks. Whisenhunt says no decision has been made on whether to keep Gandy on the active roster or place him on season-ending injury reserve.
Gandy has been bothered by the injury for several weeks. He missed the Dec. 6 game against Minnesota Vikings but wore back his Cardinals jersey to play last Monday night’s game against the San Francisco 49ers.
Gandy did not finish that game and left in the third quarter. Jeremy Bridges was selected to replace the tackle who had started 31 consecutive games for the Cardinals before missing the 30-17 win over the Vikings.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Cardinals QB Warner is likely to play against 49ers next Monday
Although suffering a hip pointer in Sunday’s victory over the Minnesota Vikings, the Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is still expected to start the team’s next game at San Francisco next Monday as the injury is not considered to be serious enough to prevent the quarterback from playing.
Obviously there is another reason for keeping Warner active. The quarterback’s importance to the offense was highlighted again in the game, as he threw for three touchdowns and 285 yards. Missing the previous week’s game because of concussion symptoms and wearing back his Cardinals jersey in time to play last Sunday’s game, Warner did not seem to have any lingering discomfort while playing against the Vikings. So the team may feel it safe to have him play another game.
The Cardinals need a win over the 49ers, who beat them 16-20 in the season opener. By winning next Monday’s game, the Cardinals would also clinch their second consecutive division title.
Obviously there is another reason for keeping Warner active. The quarterback’s importance to the offense was highlighted again in the game, as he threw for three touchdowns and 285 yards. Missing the previous week’s game because of concussion symptoms and wearing back his Cardinals jersey in time to play last Sunday’s game, Warner did not seem to have any lingering discomfort while playing against the Vikings. So the team may feel it safe to have him play another game.
The Cardinals need a win over the 49ers, who beat them 16-20 in the season opener. By winning next Monday’s game, the Cardinals would also clinch their second consecutive division title.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Cardinals starting quarterback yet to be decided
The Arizona Cardinals have two more days left to make a decision on the starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. Kurt Warner or Matt Leinart? Coach Ken Whisenhunt said he may not have the idea until Sunday night.
Warner sustained a concussion on Nov. 22 while playing against the St. Louis Rams, but still took part in all the practices with starters last week. However, he did not wear back his Cardinals jersey to play last Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans as there were some lingering post-concussion symptoms. So Leinart started the game last Sunday with little preparation.
Warner said he feels much better this week, and he indeed practiced on Thursday. But Whisenhunt did not want what happened last week happens again this week and would like to put off his decision on the starting quarterback in case of late setbacks to Warner.
Warner sustained a concussion on Nov. 22 while playing against the St. Louis Rams, but still took part in all the practices with starters last week. However, he did not wear back his Cardinals jersey to play last Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans as there were some lingering post-concussion symptoms. So Leinart started the game last Sunday with little preparation.
Warner said he feels much better this week, and he indeed practiced on Thursday. But Whisenhunt did not want what happened last week happens again this week and would like to put off his decision on the starting quarterback in case of late setbacks to Warner.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Cardinals could give up unhappy WR Boldin
The Arizona Cardinals may regret that they decided to keep unhappy wide receiver Anquan Boldin when he was asking for a trade or a contract extension. Now since the receiver did contribute to the team’s season, Cardinals could consider letting him go.
The Cardinals is 5-1 without Boldin over the last two seasons. And they have enough talented receivers to do the starting job well: Steve Breaston, Jerheme Urban and Early Doucet. Giving up Boldin is not really a loss.
And it seems that the Cardinals do have such a plan since they have seemed determined not to give the receiver a contract extension. Perhaps we will see Boldin looking for job this offseason. It is just doubtful if any team would like to have such a negative influence hanging around. It’s time for Boldin to change his attitude to his career whatever team's NFL jersey he is going to wear.
The Cardinals is 5-1 without Boldin over the last two seasons. And they have enough talented receivers to do the starting job well: Steve Breaston, Jerheme Urban and Early Doucet. Giving up Boldin is not really a loss.
And it seems that the Cardinals do have such a plan since they have seemed determined not to give the receiver a contract extension. Perhaps we will see Boldin looking for job this offseason. It is just doubtful if any team would like to have such a negative influence hanging around. It’s time for Boldin to change his attitude to his career whatever team's NFL jersey he is going to wear.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Cardinals vs. Panthers: will history repeat?
The Arizona Cardinals made it to the NFC championship game by beating the Carolina Panthers 33-13 on Jan. 10, 2009 in Charlotte. And it was since then the Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme has been on a downward spiral. As the two teams will meet again this Sunday, will history repeat?
Not sure but obviously the upstart Cardinals are more confident than the Panthers in winning the game. The Cardinals was riding a three-game winning streak and coming off one of its biggest regular-season wins, 24-17 last Sunday night at the New York Giants. While the Panthers, still with Delhomme as the starting quarterback, is coming off a painful home loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Delhomme, throwing five interceptions in that playoff loss to the Cardinals as the starting quarterback wearing Panthers jersey and having an NFL-worst 13 this season, has said that memories of the playoff debacle have been flushed away. I hope forgetting the debacle will work for winning the game but I have not seen evidence showing that Delhomme will lead his team to win an Arizona defense that brings blitzes from all directions, a defense that bewildered Seattle’s Matt Hasselbeck and New York’s Eli Manning.
Not sure but obviously the upstart Cardinals are more confident than the Panthers in winning the game. The Cardinals was riding a three-game winning streak and coming off one of its biggest regular-season wins, 24-17 last Sunday night at the New York Giants. While the Panthers, still with Delhomme as the starting quarterback, is coming off a painful home loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Delhomme, throwing five interceptions in that playoff loss to the Cardinals as the starting quarterback wearing Panthers jersey and having an NFL-worst 13 this season, has said that memories of the playoff debacle have been flushed away. I hope forgetting the debacle will work for winning the game but I have not seen evidence showing that Delhomme will lead his team to win an Arizona defense that brings blitzes from all directions, a defense that bewildered Seattle’s Matt Hasselbeck and New York’s Eli Manning.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Cardinals lineman Elton Brown was ejected in Thursday game
On Thursday night while playing against the Denver Broncos, the Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman Elton Brown was ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct after bumping an official on the final play of the first half.
It seemed that Brown was carrying his argument toward an opposing player but bumped into referee Mike Carey. Arizona Coach Ken Whisenhunt thought it was unintentional.
“I don’t think it was intentional,” Whisenhunt said. “From what I saw, I think Elton was more focused on the football player from the Broncos because of the play and inadvertently bumped into the official. He certainly didn’t go after the official. But in those kind of situations, you always have to worry about the official, obviously, when guys are that big. It was unfortunate.”
The Cardinals was defeated by the Broncos 19-0 on Thursday night, ending their preseason with four losses. Hope they will give better performance in real season games.
It seemed that Brown was carrying his argument toward an opposing player but bumped into referee Mike Carey. Arizona Coach Ken Whisenhunt thought it was unintentional.
“I don’t think it was intentional,” Whisenhunt said. “From what I saw, I think Elton was more focused on the football player from the Broncos because of the play and inadvertently bumped into the official. He certainly didn’t go after the official. But in those kind of situations, you always have to worry about the official, obviously, when guys are that big. It was unfortunate.”
The Cardinals was defeated by the Broncos 19-0 on Thursday night, ending their preseason with four losses. Hope they will give better performance in real season games.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Cardinals coach will take his players to watch ““District 9”
The Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt decided to do what he did before the Super Bowl game one year ago-take the players to the movies.
Last year, Whisenhunt called off practice one day late in training camp and sent his players to the movies. As a result, the team surprisingly managed to the Super Bowl game. Something might be changed inside the players after watching the movie.
And for this year, even they just had a loss to the Steelers, Whisenhunt still decided to brace his players through a film. Whether it is superstitious or not, the players were already expecting it. Anyway, it will take them one day off the hard training camp. Whisenhunt said it wouldn’t have been pretty if he had changed his mind and tried to hold practice. And he had chosen the No. 1 box office hit alien thriller “District 9” because “it was different.”
Last year, Whisenhunt called off practice one day late in training camp and sent his players to the movies. As a result, the team surprisingly managed to the Super Bowl game. Something might be changed inside the players after watching the movie.
And for this year, even they just had a loss to the Steelers, Whisenhunt still decided to brace his players through a film. Whether it is superstitious or not, the players were already expecting it. Anyway, it will take them one day off the hard training camp. Whisenhunt said it wouldn’t have been pretty if he had changed his mind and tried to hold practice. And he had chosen the No. 1 box office hit alien thriller “District 9” because “it was different.”
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