The Arizona Cardinals have reportedly fined head coach Jonathan Gannon $100,000 for his sideline altercation with running back Emari Demercado. 

Gannon was upset after Demercado dropped the football before crossing the goal line on what should have been a 72-yard touchdown that would have put Arizona up 28-6 early in the fourth quarter. 

Instead, the Cardinals went on to lose to the Tennessee Titans, 22-21. 

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A video posted to social media showed Gannon approaching Demercado, who was being consoled by left tackle Paris Johnson after the mistake, and confronting him. Gannon appeared to get in Demercado’s face before making brief contact with the running back’s arm as he walked away. 

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Gannon apologized for his actions on Monday, saying, “I kind of let the moment get the better of me there.” 

There will be no other discipline for Gannon than the fine, according to ESPN. 

Head coach Jonathan Gannon of the Arizona Cardinals leaves the field after a loss against the Seattle Seahawks following the game at State Farm Stadium on Sept. 25, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

This is the first time an NFL head coach has been fined for a player altercation since Bruce Arians, who was coaching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was disciplined for hitting safety Andrew Adams’ helmet during a Wild Card Round game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Bucs docked Arians $50,000 for the incident. 

Demercado’s blunder allowed the Titans to get back into the game, as rookie Cam Ward orchestrated a touchdown drive to cut the deficit. 

Demercado wasn’t the only Cardinals to falter. Several defenders failed to recover a red-zone fumble following an interception, allowing Tennessee’s Tyler Lockett to fall on the ball in the end zone for a wild touchdown. 

Head coach Jonathan Gannon of the Arizona Cardinals stands on the sidelines during the second half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans at State Farm Stadium on Oct. 5, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. (Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)

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After the Cardinals failed to pick up the first down, Ward led the Titans on a final drive capped by a walk-off field goal as time expired. 

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Deion Sanders’ health has been a closely followed topic this offseason. In June, reports surfaced that the Pro Football Hall of Famer was sidelined with an unspecified illness.

In July, Sanders revealed he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer. During a news conference with his doctors, Sanders shared that a portion of his intestine had been surgically reconstructed to function as a bladder.

In his postgame press conference on Saturday, Sanders predicted he was facing more blood clots. “Cat’s out of the bag, all right. I think I’ve got more blood clots,” Sanders said on Saturday. “It don’t make sense. I’m hurting like crazy… I’m not getting blood to my leg. That’s why my leg is throbbing.”

The blood clot issue resulted in the amputation of two toes on his left foot in 2021. Sanders was coaching at Jackson State at the time. In 2023, the two-time Super Bowl champion missed Pac-12 media day to address a blood clot in his right leg and another surgery to correct curved toes on his left foot.

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Sanders said Tuesday’s operation, which is known as an aspiration thrombectomy, is expected to take several hours. He plans to return to the sideline in time for Colorado’s practice on Wednesday.

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“I am having a procedure today,” Sanders said during a press conference on Tuesday. “Prayerfully, I’ll be right back tomorrow ‘cause I don’t miss practice. I don’t plan on doing such. It is what it is, and we found what we found… I have a wonderful team of doctors at UC Health and a wonderful team of trainers here.”

He added: “It has nothing to do with me working at the level I’m trying to compete at. It is hereditary. It is what it is… I trust God with all my heart and all my soul and all my mind.”

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders calls for a time out in the first half of an NCAA college football game against TCU Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Former NFL player Adam “Pacman” Jones attended Tuesday’s media session as a show of support. Sanders appreciates all the texts and phone calls from people expressing their concern over his health.

“I’ve got a lot of well-wishes, of people talking about: ‘You need to slow down. You need to take a break,’” Sanders said. “There’s nothing that I could’ve done to stop what’s transpiring. Nothing that I could’ve taken or something that I’m just not abiding by. It is what it is.”

Following his bladder cancer diagnosis and treatment, Sanders frequently needs to use the restroom, so the school introduced a portable sideline bathroom for him during games that’s sponsored by Depend underwear.

University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders speaks about his journey beating bladder cancer during a press conference at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado on Monday, July 28, 2025. (AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

“I’m going to go in there [surgery], and I’m going to get some of the best sleep in the world for, I think, four hours, the surgery is going to be,” Sanders said Tuesday.

“I’ve never been high a day in my life. I’ve never drank, smoked or anything. But when I get those surgeries, I am there on time.”

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The Buffaloes are 15-16 since Sanders took over as their coach leading into the 2023 season. They’re trying to get on track this season as they replace quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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The NCAA is officially moving transfer portal season in college football from December to January.

The Division I Administrative Committee voted Tuesday to adopt the proposed dates of Jan. 2-16 as the new transfer portal window for all FBS and FCS players in 2026.

College football players, including graduate transfers, now must wait until Jan. 2 to officially enter their names in the NCAA transfer portal and initiate contact with other schools. The reform is expected to be finalized at the conclusion of the Administrative Committee’s meetings on Wednesday.

The new 15-day transfer portal windows opens one day after College Football Playoff quarterfinals conclude. Players on the two teams competing in the CFP national championship game on Jan. 19 will get an additional five-day period from Jan. 20 to 24 to enter the portal after their season ends.

The Division I Administrative Committee also approved a reform around the transfer window exception granted to football players after a head coaching change. Effective immediately, starting five days after a new head coach is hired or announced, players will have a 15-day window to enter their names in the portal.

Until now, players were given a 30-day window to enter the portal immediately after a coaching change, which can lead to large numbers of players departing a program before the arrival of the next head coach.

Players at Arkansas, Oklahoma State, UCLA and Virginia Tech will be grandfathered in under the previous rule and are currently permitted to enter the transfer portal after head coaches at those programs were fired in September.

The FBS and FCS oversight committees initially proposed moving to a 10-day portal window in January but agreed to extend the window to 15 days in response to student-athlete feedback.

The Division I Administrative Council had already eliminated the 15-day spring transfer window in college football last month, formally moving the sport to a single offseason period for transfer activity.

While FBS head coaches have been pushing for a single transfer window since January, there are still expected to be challenges to this reform in the months ahead. Attorney Tom Mars wrote on X last week that “experienced antitrust lawyers will be at the courthouse before the sun comes up” to contest the new 15-day window as overly restrictive.

During the 2024-25 school year, more than 4,900 FBS players and more than 3,200 FCS players entered their names in the NCAA transfer portal in another record-setting year for transfer movement.