The Arizona Cardinals moved to acquire WR Robbie Anderson from the Carolina Panthers in a trade deal. This comes just a day after the Panthers’ head coach Steve Wilkes sent him to the locker room during the game against the Los Angeles Rams.
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The Cardinals needed a WR after Marquise Brown suffered a foot injury in the game against the Seattle Seahawks.
The injury is potentially serious and may mean the end of the season for Brown. The Cardinals immediately went in for a replacement.
TRADE: Cardinals acquiring WR Robbie Anderson. (via @RapSheet) pic.twitter.com/hZYIu7T3fy
— NFL (@NFL) October 17, 2022
Former NFL star Robert Griffin had this to say regarding the trade.
No excuses for Arizona, they have more than enough offensive weapons.
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) October 17, 2022
This fan can’t believe how quickly the trade happened.
Damn that was quick! Mans got shipped 😭😭
— Bean 8|24 🖤🐍 (@OtengM_11) October 17, 2022
A fan thinks it is a good trade.
Good because they'll actually use him all they know in Carolina is McCaffey and Mayfield is ass
— TJ (@TS0ML) October 17, 2022
This fan thinks it will send the wrong message.
Walking off the field gonna get very popular w players when they see it’ll get you traded the next day.
— Andrew (@POVDrew_1) October 17, 2022
A fan thinks he has figured out the reason this trade is happening so fast.
😂 Why would anyone want Anderson on their team. So I guess Hollywood Brown is done for the year huh?
— Clay Jensen (@mrhappygolucky) October 17, 2022
This fan is impressed by the Cardinals’ WR depth.
damn their wr core is actually pretty good
— goodie (@goodstuff778) October 17, 2022
Anderson is known for his speed and deep reception play. He averaged 14 yards per catch in four of the last six seasons. The wide receiver also has caught at least one 50+ yard receiver every season he has been in the NFL. All in all, the Cardinals are getting a good deal. They traded off a 2024 sixth round draft pick and a 2025 seventh-round draft pick to the Panthers in order to acquire Anderson. But why did the Panthers want to get rid of him?
Drama on the sideline between Robbie Anderson and the coach
The Panthers were playing against the Los Angeles Rams when a heated exchange of words ensued between Robbie Anderson and the Panthers’ position coach Joe Dailey.
The shouting match between the two started in the first half and carried on and off till the third quarter. It got so tense that the wide receiver was seen sitting on a cooler while the rest of the offensive line strategized in the third quarter. Things got heated again late in the third quarter as another shouting ensued between the two. Head coach Wilks had to step in to calm things down. Wilks sent Anderson to the locker room after that. The Panthers lost the game 24-10.
Anderson said he was confused as to the reason Wilks sent him to the locker room. Wilks, on the other hand, said nobody was bigger than the team.
“No one is bigger than the team. I’m not going to focus and put a lot of attention on one individual,” Wilks, who replaced recently fired Matt Rhule, said.
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