stillers4me
10-23-2011, 11:41 AM
In the desert valley, where only the sun shines more than Larry Fitzgerald, the Arizona Cardinals are desperately trying to find room for their star wide receiver. Not in their offense. Just on the football field.
Maybe something like the night in Tampa, Fla., nearly three years ago when he had so much space on one game-changing play he nearly denied the Steelers a sixth Super Bowl trophy.
Not that Fitzgerald has ever needed a whole lot of room to maneuver. He didn't need a lot of space when he was at Pitt, not when he caught 92 passes in 2003 to set a Big East Conference record that still stands.
And he hasn't needed it for most of his dazzling career in the National Football League, where he is the only player to catch 90 or more passes in five of his first seven seasons.
Space is something most receivers need to make an impact. Not Fitzgerald. All he needs is the ball. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin called him "the best in the world" at what he does, and what he does is catch the ball in traffic as well as, if not better than, any wide receiver in league history............
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11296/1184034-66-0.stm
Maybe something like the night in Tampa, Fla., nearly three years ago when he had so much space on one game-changing play he nearly denied the Steelers a sixth Super Bowl trophy.
Not that Fitzgerald has ever needed a whole lot of room to maneuver. He didn't need a lot of space when he was at Pitt, not when he caught 92 passes in 2003 to set a Big East Conference record that still stands.
And he hasn't needed it for most of his dazzling career in the National Football League, where he is the only player to catch 90 or more passes in five of his first seven seasons.
Space is something most receivers need to make an impact. Not Fitzgerald. All he needs is the ball. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin called him "the best in the world" at what he does, and what he does is catch the ball in traffic as well as, if not better than, any wide receiver in league history............
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11296/1184034-66-0.stm