{"id":197008,"date":"2025-10-08T07:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/197008\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T07:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:49:06","slug":"cardinals-fine-head-coach-jonathan-gannon-100k-for-sideline-altercation-nfl-will-not-take-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/197008\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals fine head coach Jonathan Gannon $100K for sideline altercation; NFL will not take action"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Cardinals have fined head coach Jonathan Gannon $100,000 for his sideline interaction with running back Emari Demercado<\/a> during Sunday’s game<\/a> against the Tennessee Titans, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Following an unforced fumble that negated a would-be 72-yard touchdown by Demercado, Gannon approached the running back, yelled in his face and then swiped his arm, appearing to contact Demercardo, video showed.<\/p>\n

The NFL will not take any action against Gannon.<\/p>\n

“We have been in contact with the NFL [Players Association], and the club which addressed the matter,” the league said in a statement obtained by Pelissero. “There is no further action from the league.”<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media Monday<\/a>, Gannon said he had apologized to Demercado and talked to the team about the incident.<\/p>\n

“I woke up this morning and didn’t feel great about it, honestly,” the third-year head coach said. “So in the team meeting I addressed it, I apologized to Emari, apologized to the team. I just told them I let the moment of what happened get the better of me.”<\/p>\n

Arizona held a 21-6 lead in the fourth quarter and Demercado could have increased the advantage to 27-6 had he not dropped the football prior to crossing the goal line. In the aftermath, the previously winless Titans rallied for a 22-21 win that led to the 2-3 Cardinals’ third straight loss.<\/p>\n

Gannon, 42, was previously the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive coordinator before taking on his first NFL head coaching job with the Cardinals in 2023.<\/p>\n

He has a 14-25 record through two-plus seasons entering a Week 6 game at the Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Cardinals have fined head coach Jonathan Gannon $100,000 for his sideline interaction with running back Emari…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1745,10949,49,48,87459,44,514,2208,64354,82],"class_list":["post-197008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-emari-demercado","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-regular-season","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}