But to expect Derek Anderson or any professional athlete to walk around with a frown or a scowl on his face for 3 hours because his ass and his teams ass is getting handed to them? come on. I saw the clip, he smiled for a few brief seconds and that was that. It got blown out of proportion because it was a pretty shitty game in a shitty division where the winner of that division loses to the visiting team first round in the playoffs. If you want Derek Anderson to have a mean angry scowl on his face every time the cardinals are playing shitty that means he'd have a permanent scowl that could never smile or laugh or be happy ever.
People want to point out Tom Brady getting on his O line, and yelling and demanding and point out that he's a leader and thats why. But I guarantee you that if Anderson yelled at his team mates like Tom Brady Sportscenter would be running with the news story of how Derek Anderson explodes on his team and is throwing a temper tantrum and being a bad leader by not leading by example or some shit and he would still be up shit creek without a paddle.
Harrison didn't leave his feet or spear him, he ran through him helmet in the numbers. Its how people have been taught to hit since they were younger, I remember being taught that way. Who honestly wants to play defense any more? Not only do you have to be concerned with getting the man with the ball down but you have to be concerned with how you tackle him, and God forbid that player puts his head down and runs into yours because its your fault for not moving your head in time and its a helmet to helmet hit. You can't touch a receiver after 5 yards ever, but if that receiver some how pushes off of you or the Quarterback throws a piss poor pass 5 yards behind you and the receiver has to come back to catch it well thats pass interference on you as well.
As a defensive player you have everything going against you, and everyone watching you and lord help it if you hit a player too hard because that will be a flag because a referee doesnt want to get in trouble with the league thats trying to implement a safer game. Even though thats how kids are being taught to hit, and tackle going all the way back to pee wee football. So after 15-20 years of being taught one way now you get to the NFL and theyre saying you're doing it wrong? Good luck. Oh and by the way you cant hit a quarterback in the leg, the helmet, or the chest. they have a strike zone from the waist to the belly button anything below or above and thats a flag.