Cardinals Sign Fitzgerald
Two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald signed a $40 million, four-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals on Tuesday just before leaving on a South American vacation he surely can afford. The deal includes $30 million guaranteed, a generous figure for a franchise that was long considered one of the stingiest in sports. The contract also includes a no-trade clause, which means Fitzgerald would have to approve any move to another team. “This is what I wanted to happen,” he said on a conference call during an airport layover. “There was a great deal of dialogue through this whole process and everybody got what they wanted. The Cardinals wanted to restructure Fitzgerald’s incentive-laden rookie contract because he had reached many of the benchmarks and was to receive $14.6 million in 2008 and just under $17.4 million in 2009.
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This a pretty good move on the cards part. especially by saving money in cap. do you think Fitzgerald should have played somewhere else or The Cards to trade for someone or a high pick?
I agree with you that this was a good move by the cardinals. They get to have two pro-bowl receivers now. The only thing they have to worry about now is fitzgerald or boldin complaining about how many catches they get. Fitzgerald could have gone to a bunch of different teams, but I think that he likes to play in Arizona, and that Matt Leinart is a good enough quarterback. The Cardinals also have the option to trade Boldin now, if there is a desperate need at a position, or someone they really want in the draft (this is highly unlikely though).
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