Drastic call after team throws star out of game

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The Arizona Cardinals person made a determination to bolster their struggling offense, adding disgruntled receiver Robbie Anderson successful a commercialized with the Carolina Panthers.

Both teams announced the deal, saying the Panthers would person “undisclosed draught compensation” successful return.

A idiosyncratic acquainted with the commercialized said the Panthers would person a sixth-round prime successful 2024 and a seventh-round prime successful 2025. The idiosyncratic spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that immoderate details of the commercialized haven't been announced.

The commercialized could beryllium beneficial to some sides: Anderson's days successful Carolina appeared numbered aft helium was sent disconnected the tract and into the locker country by interim manager Steve Wilks during the 2nd fractional of the Panthers’ 24-10 nonaccomplishment to the Los Angeles Rams connected Monday (AEDT), pursuing a sideline statement with an adjunct coach.

The 29-year-old Anderson has been durable and productive for the Jets and Panthers implicit the past 7 seasons. His champion twelvemonth came successful 2020, erstwhile helium caught 95 passes for 1,096 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Anderson joins a Cardinals discourtesy that volition besides invited backmost three-time All-Pro DeAndre Hopkins, who missed the season's archetypal six games aft being suspended for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drugs policy.

But not each the quality for the Cardinals discourtesy is good. The team's starring receiver Marquise Brown suffered a ft wounded successful Monday's (AEDT) nonaccomplishment to the Seahawks and could beryllium retired for the season, according to ESPN.

The Cardinals big the Saints connected Friday (AEDT).

Anderson didn't look disappointed by the news, posting to societal media aggregate emojis, including a "fingers crossed" symbol.

The Cardinals (2-4) anticipation that Anderson's accomplishment — on with Hopkins' instrumentality — tin unfastened up an discourtesy that's been among the worst successful the NFL.

Arizona's coming disconnected a frustrating 19-9 nonaccomplishment to Seattle. The Cardinals didn't people an violative touchdown successful the game.

The Cardinals anticipation Anderson volition beryllium happier than helium was successful Carolina, which is going done its ain upheaval aft firing manager Matt Rhule past week pursuing a dilatory commencement to the season.

Anderson was adjacent with Rhule. The receiver played for Rhule successful assemblage astatine Temple, and signed with the Panthers successful 2020 erstwhile Rhule became the coach.

During the archetypal fractional of the Panthers' crippled connected Monday, Anderson got into an statement with receivers manager Joe Dailey. He was connected a stationary motorcycle aboriginal successful the 3rd 4th earlier sitting unsocial connected a cooler.

Anderson came disconnected the tract precocious successful the 3rd 4th erstwhile helium again exchanged words with Dailey. That was the past straw for Wilks, who got betwixt the 2 and sent Anderson to the locker room.

Neither Wilks nor Anderson seemed committed to a semipermanent aboriginal successful Carolina aft the sideline dust-up.

“You cognize everybody is being evaluated, arsenic good arsenic myself," Wilks said. "So we’ve got to fig retired what’s going to beryllium the close chemistry to enactment retired connected the field. And, astir importantly arsenic coaches, we got to travel up with the close crippled plan.”

Said Anderson: “I wouldn’t accidental I privation to beryllium traded, but I’ll fto things instrumentality its course.”

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