After Cardinals running back Emari Demercado dropped the football inches short of capping a 72-yard run with a score, TV cameras captured images of coach Jonathan Gannon berating Demercado . During the exchange, Gannon seemed to initiate contact with Demercado.

On Monday, Gannon was asked about the exchange.

“I didn’t see the video,” Gannon told reporters, “but, yeah, I actually — I woke up this morning and didn’t feel great about it, honestly. And so in a team meeting, I addressed it. I apologized to Emari, I apologized to the team. And I just told him I kind of let the moment of what happened get the better of me there.

“Obviously, like, I I try to be emotionally stable and calm, because my job is to solve problems . . . during a game — and kind of lead the charge on that. So

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