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Larry Fitzgerald’s last game with the Cardinals?

By CM Towle

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The upcoming Wild Card round could be wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald’s last game with the Arizona Cardinals.

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The Cardinals are preparing to play the Carolina Panthers in the Wild Card round on Saturday, and considering the team’s sudden offensive woes due to losing two quarterbacks, the game could very well be the end of their season.

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If it is, it’s possible that it’s star receiver Larry Fitzgerald’s last game with Arizona as well.

The NFL Network reports that the Cardinals are likely to ask Fitzgerald to take a pay cut next year. He is due to make $15 million in 2015.

“I’m told the ball is in his court, as far as how much he wants to accept and how willing he is to help their salary cap situation,” NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport said.

Questions about the 11-year veteran’s future with the Cardinals have been cropping up in recent weeks. Some saying he’s likely to be traded instead of cut, and others saying that Fitzgerald himself doesn’t expect to return to Arizona next season. Currently though, Fitzgerald is completely focused on winning a game on Saturday.

“It has not crossed my mind,” Fitzgerald said Wednesday, per Fox Sports. “I’m in the midst of an opportunity that doesn’t come too often, so all my energy and everything is focused on helping my team win.”

Earlier in the season, Fitzgerald said he knew that his salary would have to be addressed in 2015.

“I could go out this year and get 2,600 yards and that cap number is still going to have to be addressed, know what I mean?” Fitzgerald said, via the Cardinals’ official website. “It doesn’t matter how well I play or how bad I play, it’s going to be addressed. I don’t even think about it.”

Arizona general manager Steve Keim said near the end of the regular season that the team would have to make a “good business decision” when it came to dealing with Fitzgerald and his contract in 2015. Keim also said they would like Fitzgerald to retire a Cardinal and that his cap hit is already accounted for. F

itzgerald has said that he would prefer to remain a Cardinal.

The facts are, however, that the Cardinals have a pretty tight cap situation and you could easily argue that they’re going to be paying way too much for a veteran receiver come 2015. On the other hand, there’s little doubt that Fitzgerald can still play and if the Cardinals don’t find a common ground, there will be plenty of other teams knocking at his door.

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