Thread: NFL 2017: draft, deals, and season

Larry Fitzgerald expected to sign Cardinals extension

Larry Fitzgerald is expected to soon sign a one-year contract extension with the Arizona Cardinals, a source informed of the situation told NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.
The new deal would keep the veteran wide receiver under contract through the 2018 season. Pro Football Talk first reported the development.




Fitzgerald has continued to be a steady, high-level performer for a Cardinals offense that has been significantly hampered by injuries to Carson Palmer and David Johnson. At 34, he's on pace for a third consecutive 1,000-yard season. Last week, he became the sixth player in NFL history to push past 15,000 career receiving yards.
Heading into Sunday's game against the Houston Texans, Fitzgerald has caught 60 passes for 677 yards and three touchdowns in 2017.
Fitzgerald closing in on an extension with the Cardinals comes as somewhat of surprise since the 10-time Pro Bowler was contemplating the possibility of retirement last offseason. However, in July, Fitzgerald told NFL Network's Steve Wyche he wasn't ready to retire.
"I can still play at a high level," Fitzgerald said. "If my number is called I can still make a play."
Fitzgerald has certainly proved that. The big question remains what changes could come to the desert this offseason? Palmer's injury spurred talk of the possible end of the Palmer-Fizgerald-Bruce Arians era in Arizona. At 4-5, the Cardinals are sitting dangerously close to missing the playoffs again, and changes could be in the cards.
Giving Fitzgerald an extension will at least give the Cardinals some certainty -- and insurance -- in their passing game.

Larry Fitzgerald expected to sign Cardinals extension - NFL.com

Here's a more "Fitzy" one

Fitz closes in on contract extension

Posted by Darren Urban on November 16, 2017 – 5:25 pm

Multiple reports — first by Pro Football Talk — have Larry Fitzgerald closing in on a one-year contract extension with the Cardinals. (Pure coincidence, by the way, that I happened to touch on Fitz’s future — and his lack of a contract — this morning.) It’s no secret that retirement has begun to be a possibility for the wide receiver. Whether that has become less of a possibility for Fitz, I can’t say. He’s been steadfast in saying he will consider such things when the season is over.
What this move does tell me though is that the Cardinals want to make sure that if Fitz does decide to play in 2018, it is as a Cardinal. They made a similar move much earlier last year — training camp in 2016, for the one-year extension for 2017 — to get that certainty. You don’t want to be in a situation when the contract expires in the spring and Fitz doesn’t have a contract in place and he is a free agent. The Cardinals — and ownership — want to make sure Fitz stays right here as long as he is playing. We’ll see if the news comes out Friday. It would make some sense.

http://blog.azcardinals.com/2017/11/16/fitz-closes-in-on-contract-extension/

Originally Posted by raycarey

I'm sure he'd prefer running routes for drew brees

Originally Posted by raycarey

fitzgerald needs to get out ASAP....maybe to the vikings?

Originally Posted by raycarey

athletes changing teams is the reality of professional sports....to pretend otherwise is juvenile.

Originally Posted by samsara

Id be surprised if fitz stays.

Originally Posted by raycarey

"fitz" is probably talking with the GM about a trade right now.

Originally Posted by raycarey

fitzgerald's agent needs to get him out of there before he has to waste another day with that franchise.

Originally Posted by raycarey

"fitz" is probably talking with the GM about a trade right now.

Originally Posted by raycarey

and by the way, you'll notice there's nothing about being "loyal"...whatever the fcuk that means in pro sports in 2017

Whiff

Originally Posted by raycarey

shame you never played the game....if you had, you might understand

You must have missed the part about loyalty. I guess they can't teach that one though huh? You either get it or you don't

Originally Posted by redhaze

Fitz will retire a Cardinal

#BeRedSeeRed

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OMG.

how long did that take you to compile?

looks to be about twenty minutes.






and what's most bizarre is that you're obsessively posting about a sport you never played...on a message board for a country you've never lived in.




carry on though...it's bringing me endless amusement.

Originally Posted by redhaze

#BeRedSeeRed

i fucking LOVE the skycam view. but they need to stop zooming!!!!! maybe 25% zoom max. not the 75% they did most of the pit/ten gm.

Didn't watch it, but I saw some complaints on facebook and the like. Were they debuting a new system or just overusing/abusing a current one? Usually before it'd be like one or two overhead shots a game, if at all

theyve had the skycam for 7-8 yrs. nbc had it as an online option for snf way back in 2010 i think. its basically the madden view. as someone who used to run lgs for a few yrs and play madden rather a lot () its eerily similar to playing the gm. you can see how plays develop, see the QB viewpt, see mistakes, missed reads, bad blocks, etc. my only complaints are 1) way too much zooming after a pass/after the run goes past the LOS, 2) need a widescreen view because the far side opposite the hash mark started on is not viewable for 10 yds.

some people complain about too much motion (mostly the result of poor zooming). some people are just stupid (dont understand why its better). some people just dont like change. doubt it becomes the go-to angle/view. ideally, you could choose during a broadcast...

Originally Posted by samsara

nbc had it as an online option for snf way back in 2010 i think.

Oh yeah that's right that Sunday night online telecast was really great. No commercials, like a million different view options you could select between. I think they had a view where you could just look at the coaches face the whole game. It was insane the number of options. It was the best way to watch football. I would actually choose that over watching live TV. Not sure why they changed it really, it was great. I know they still have it through NBC Sports app but now its got ads, way less options, just not the same at all (still a very good quality stream though)

So basically the difference this game if I'm understanding correctly is they just used way more overhead views than normal and the zooming choices were questionable. That's kind of weird, I wonder why...

id say it was 65% skycam and 35% sideline view. oddly, they always went to the sideline view for red zone plays, which are THE BEST plays to see with the skycam. thats stupid. if they changed that and limited zooming to only 30+ yd passes (with minimal zoom), then it would be perfect.

looks like the seahawks are done for sure now. chancellor and sherman on IR the same week. no recovering from that, id think.

Uh oh, let's not go playing the "what if" game now lol.

Kidding. Obviously losing those players is a major blow and will change the trajectory of their season. They still have Wilson and a good record so making the playoffs remains a possibility...but going anywhere in the playoffs beyond wild card round would probably be a tough task

Originally Posted by samsara

looks like the seahawks are done for sure now. chancellor and sherman on IR the same week. no recovering from that, id think.

Yes, losing those two is big and some others are "Questionable" as well.

IMO, Sea v. ATL is a 'picke em.'

A dose of reality will come to the casual followers of the Seahawks that still think their SB window is open. The serious followers are aware but many of the fairweather fans are slower to catch on.

Originally Posted by samsara

looks like the seahawks are done for sure now.

Been a rough football season around here in general. UW was chasing a national championship tonight they are struggling with Utah and out of a shot at the Pac-12 championship. Bad year here.

Originally Posted by samsara

How bout them rams.

Pretenders....




Skol Vikes!

rams didnt make the big plays. kupp was horrible. cost them the gm possibly.

Originally Posted by samsara

rams didnt make the big plays

Minnesota's relentless defense might have had something to do with that!

The Rams appear to be a good team don't get me wrong, but its pretty rare for a team to go from 4-12 one year to world beaters the next with basically the same cast of players. A little bit of reversion to the mean wouldn't really be all that surprising.

Props to Minnesota though, hell of a season for them so far

Originally Posted by redhaze

The Rams appear to be a good team don't get me wrong, but its pretty rare for a team to go from 4-12 one year to world beaters the next with basically the same cast of players. A little bit of reversion to the mean wouldn't really be all that surprising.

They've made some pretty big additions, this year. Woods, Watkins, Wentworth, Barwin...But I get your point.

Originally Posted by redhaze

Props to Minnesota though, hell of a season for them so far

Due in no small part to this guy...

The guy is a beast, no doubt about it

Watching Dallas and Eagles now.

More injuries this week (no surprise).

Yeah, the Vikes are strong.

Wash got beat in the end (ha-ha).

Seattle v. ATL games starts soon.

No idea what to expect tonight.

ATL up 14 - 0 within minutes in the 1st Qtr.