Four former Cardinals players played in the American Century Championship. Carson Palmer did the best of the four players.
Over the weekend at South Lake Tahoe, the American Century Championship, a yearly celebrity golf tournament, took place and many former Arizona Cardinals players participated.
Carson Palmer, Larry Fitzgerald and Patrick Peterson have participated for years and Dwight Freeney also played this past weekend.
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current CBS analyst Tony Romo won the tournament in a two-hole playoff.
The Cardinals legend participated once again in the celebrity golf tournament at Tahoe.
Over the weekend, former Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald participated as he has for years in the American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe.
The future Hall of Fame receiver says no one is as talented as Murray in the NFL.
Future Hall of Fame receiver Larry Fitzgerald has not played in the NFL since the end of the 2020 season and appears to be retired, even if he won’t come out and admit it. However, when he talks about the Arizona Cardinals, the only team he played for, everyone still listens.
He likes what the Cardinals can do in 2022 and believes a lot in the talent of quarterback Kyler Murray.
He believes that Murray will be able to elevate the Cardinals.
“There’s nobody in the game that is as talented or has as diverse an array of abilities in terms of his athleticism, his ability to throw the ball going left or right,” Fitzgerald said on NFL Network while at Lake Tahoe for the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament. “He’s immensely talented. He’s a guy that everybody around the league has to prepare differently for.”
Fiz also likes the offensive talent around Murray.
“You bring in Hollywood (Brown) and Zach Ertz is now coming into his second year, better acclimated with the system. James Conner (is) fully healthy going back into the year,” he said. “I really like where they are.”
He admits they have a tough early part of the schedule with receiver DeAndre Hopkins suspended the first six games for testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance, but he feels Murray will take them through it.
“I know Kyler has the ability and the fortitude to lift this team up,” he said.
This is exactly what the next step is in Murray’s development. He is one of the league’s most dynamic players and offensive talents. Now, if he can elevate the team around him, the Cardinals will be true contenders for the playoffs and beyond.
An Arizona Cardinals legend expressed his support for former Clemson and current Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who will serve a six-game suspension when the 2022 season begins for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs. …
Longtime Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, an 11-time Pro Bowler and future first-ballot Hall of Famer, doesn’t believe the suspension will stain Hopkins’ legacy and still believes the five-time Pro Bowler and three-time first-team All-Pro will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame after his playing career is over.
“He’ll still be a Hall of Famer,” Fitzgerald said of Hopkins to TMZ Sports. “He’ll work through it. It’s just some adversity and, you know, he’s a tough guy, resourceful, and he’ll work his way through it.”
Fitzgerald and Hopkins were teammates with the Cardinals in 2020, Fitzgerald’s final NFL season and Hopkins’ first season in Arizona after being traded from the Houston Texans.
Hopkins’ suspension was announced by the NFL on May 2, and Hopkins released a statement that night, saying he was “confused and shocked” upon learning he had tested positive for a banned substance.
For his career (2013-21), Hopkins has amassed 789 receptions for 10,581 yards and 68 touchdowns.
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Fitzgerald believes that Hopkins will “work his way through” the adversity and still be a Hall of Famer.
The Arizona Cardinals must weather the first six games of the coming season without receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who received a six-game suspension after testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance. The suspension is a big blow to the Cardinals but potentially also for Hopkins’ legacy.
However, another receiving legend, former Cardinals great Larry Fitzgerald, doesn’t think the suspension will affect what people think of Hopkins’ career.
“I don’t think so,” he said. “He’ll still be a Hall of Famer. He’s talented. He’ll work through it. It’s some adversity and he’s a tough guy, he’s resourceful. He’ll work his way through it.”
Fitzgerald believes the Cardinals “have some talented guys” to handle things in the passing game while Hopkins is out. He mentioned the trade for Hollywood Brown and how they have tight end Zach Ertz.
“Obviously, it’s a big blow, but I think they’ll be able to weather the storm,” he said.
The Cardinals will face the Chiefs, Raiders, Rams, Panthers, Eagles and Seahawks before Hopkins returns in Week 7.
Here are the top 11 (mostly) active leaders heading into 2022.
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was a hell of a rushing threat early in his career. He averaged over 100 attempts and 600 yards per year during his first four seasons in the NFL. However, over time, Wilson has been taking off less and less often and now it’s a rare occurence. During the 2021 campaign Wilson only rushed 43 times, totaling 183 yards and two touchdowns.
Even despite the dropoff in recent years, Wilson’s career numbers are still pretty solid – in fact he’s the active leader in yards per touch among quarterbacks and ranks high overall. Here are the top 11 (mostly) active leaders heading into 2022.
This is the closest we have come to hearing Fitzgerald refer to his career in the past. Winning a championship is now “water under the bridge.”
Arizona Cardinals fans have been hoping for some sort of finality to the career of legendary former NFL receiver Larry Fitzgerald. He played 17 years for the team, weathered retirement or trade rumors for roughly 10 years and then just didn’t play in 2021. He did not announce his retirement.
On Tuesday, he got as close as he could to saying he is retired, but he refuses to say he is retired.
At a charity event, according to ESPN’s Josh Weinfuss, Fitzgerald hasn’t announced his retirement because he does not consider himself retired.
“I’m not retired,” he told Weinfuss. “I’m 38 years old. I’m a long way from retirement. Yeah, a long way.”
In terms of traditional retirement, of course he is a long way off. We all know this was in regards to his NFL career, and he knows it.
He just won’t say it.
However, don’t count on a return.
A kid at the event asked him if he would come back and play. According to Weinfuss, Fitzgerald said, “No, I’m pretty good right now.”
He went beyond that with reporters.
“I had a great run,” he said, according to 12 News’ Cameron Cox. “I wouldn’t change anything. I wish I could’ve delivered more for the valley in terms of winning a championship, but that’s water under the bridge at this point.”
No, Larry Fitzgerald will not be playing in the NFL again. No, he will not say he is retired.
He will continue to not play football and one day, maybe this coming season or in the seasons to come, he will return to State Farm Stadium to be placed in the Ring of Honor and/or have his No. 11 retired. That will give Cardinals fans what they want — the chance to cheer him again and say thank you and goodbye.
Folks, it doesn’t look like Larry Fitzgerald is going to come back and play again.
Legendary Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald did not play football in the 2021 season but never formally announced his retirement. He has said publicly he has not had the urge to play and elaborated on that last year.
While fans are still waiting for some formal announcement that doesn’t appear to be coming, his latest professional profile comes pretty close to announcing it.
Fitzgerald joined LinkedIn for his business ventures.
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Cardinals fans may never formally get that retirement announcement. That doesn’t mean he isn’t retired. He clearly is, especially as he is now doing things like being the Executive Host for the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee.
However, it shouldn’t be far into the future when the Cardinals being him back to State Farm Stadium to be made part of the Ring of Honor and, perhaps, also to have his No. 11 retired.
This doesn’t sound like a guy with plans on playing another down in the NFL.
Larry Fitzgerald is giving Arizona Cardinals fans yet another sign that his NFL career is over. While he has not officially announced his retirement from the game, he sure is acting like a retired football player.
The Super Bowl will be played at State Farm Stadium next year.
Fitzgerald will be part of a ceremonial passing of the football at SoFi Stadium where this year’s Super Bowl will be played to signify the passing on of the Super Bowl from Los Angeles to Glendale.
Between Fitzgerald’s role as a part owner of the Phoenix Suns, his radio show and now his role on the Super Bowl committee here in Arizona, it is safe to say that he considers his playing days over.
What might the legendary former Cardinals receiver say during the Cardinals’ playoff game against the Rams?
The Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams face one another in the first round of the NFL playoffs. The winner will advance to the divisional round and face the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The game will air on ABC and ESPN with the regular Monday night broadcasting crew, but Peyton Manning and Eli Manning will once again have their alternate broadcast on ESPN2, known as the Manningcast.
When the Cardinals and Rams faced one another in Week 14 on Monday night, there was no Manningcast. One of the Mannings’ guests will be of particular interest to Cardinals fans.
Legendary Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald will be the first guest of the broadcast.
So if Cardinals fans want a break from the traditional game commentary from Steve Levy, Brian Griese and Louis Riddick, make sure to tune in to the Manningcast. You will hear the Mannings’ commentary, which is always insightful because of their experience of playing quarterback at a high level in the NFL. Plus, it will be fun to see what they get Fitzgerald to say.
