Derek Anderson Meets A Media Moron - video

 Derek Anderson had every right to cut off the moronic questions by Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic during a post game press conference after the Arizona Cardinals were thrashed by the 49ers on Monday Night Football, 27-6.
 During the game, Anderson was shown briefly laughing at something his teammate Deuce Lutui said on the sidelines during the second half of the blowout. Instead of focusing on what went wrong on the field, Somers went for the easy mark by making a controversy out of a small moment between two players.
 Some media morons, like Doug Farrar of Yahoo, put the blame on Anderson for blowing up at Somers. They feel that a quarterback should never laugh during a loss nor lose his cool at a press conference.
 Farrar and company should call out their media crony Somers instead. A reporter shouldn't create irrelevant stories by instigating a response with inflammatory questions. Even the usually judgmental crew at ESPN unilaterally said the questions were out of line.
 Death and the loss of loved ones is far more important than the game of football. At every funeral I've been to, there has been at least one incident of laughter, either during the eulogy or from people greeting each other in attendance. Does that mean that the jokers and laughers thought the whole death and mourning process was funny? No.
 Should teams tell their cheerleaders to stop dancing if their team is down by 20 points? Should there be no upbeat music played during the final minutes of blowouts? Should players be required to wear black to press conferences if they lose by more than 20 points?
 Laughing at a comment made by someone during a tough loss might do more to boost morale than sitting stone faced. What if Anderson had turned to Lutui and yelled, "What are you joking about? This losing shit isn't funny man!" He'd be getting killed by Somers and Farrar for losing his cool in the face of adversity.
 With dozens of cameras pointed at every small detail on the field, it's easy to spin stories that say Anderson isn't taking the game seriously just because of a two-second exchange with his teammate. Had their been so many cameras on the field during the '70s, we'd probably have shots of Archie Manning briefly laughing while his Saints were getting beaten again and again.
 Anderson did well to speak his mind to Somers and walk away. I wouldn't blame him if he went Jim Everett on Somers for being a punk like Jill, I mean Jim Rome.