Former Arizona Cardinals legend Larry Fitzgerald has never formally announced his retirement from the NFL, but he clearly has moved on from his playing days.
He is adding television broadcast analyst to his resume.
According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, Fitzgerald is joining ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown” pregame coverage for their weekly Monday night broadcast.
Fitzgerald will not participate on the program full-time, though. He is slated to be on it five to seven times this coming season.
He will make his debut in Week 1 as the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks play on Monday night to close out the league’s Week 1 schedule.
Since he last played in 2020 with the Cardinals, Fitzgerald has had a role as minority owner of the Phoenix Suns, has a podcast with Tom Brady and Jim Gray and now adds television work.
Fitzgerald, known for his class and dignity in everything he said about football, will now have a venue to give potentially strong opinions about players, coaches and play in general before games. We will see if he does or if he remains more guarded in his opinions.
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