Arizona Cardinals’ Pro Bowl wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is still figuring out whether he’ll play professional football next year or it’s time for him to retire. The 35-year-old confirmed this himself in a text message to ESPN’s NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
According to Schefter, Fitzgerald told him that he would take some time to think about his decision and “collect his thoughts” after a troubling season in which the Cardinals had the worst record in the NFL.
Larry Fitzgerald also wasn’t himself in 2018, managing to catch 69 passes for 734 yards and six touchdowns. In the three years before that, Fitzgerald had at least 1,023 receiving yards in each of them.
The fact that Arizona has hired former Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury as their new HC reportedly won’t affect Fitzgerald’s decision. Kingsbury, on the other hand, would like to see the 11-times Pro Bowler playing next year.
“I’ll leave it to these guys who write the checks,” – sais Kingsbury of Fitzgerald. “Like I said, what a great role model, what a great leader to have on your team, and I would be honored and love to work with him. He’s a guy that I’ve admired from afar for a long time, and I think we all hope that he’ll be back.”
Larry Fitzgerald, who was drafted third overall by the Cardinals in the 2004 NFL Draft, has 1,303 receptions for 16,279 yards throughout his career. He finds himself third on the all-time career receptions list behind Tony Gonzalez, trailing 23 catches, while he is second on the all-time receiving yards list behind Jerry Rice.
