Cardinals new HC Steve Wilks revealed during an interview with AzSports that veteran WR Larry Fitzgerald will return for the 2018 season, per Darren Urban.
“Larry [Fitzgerald] mentioned to me last night that he’s coming back for the 2018 season….he’s totally committed, those are his words,” Wilks said, per the Doug & Wolf Show. “We’re extatic to have him part of the Arizona Cardinals.”
Fitzgerald said recently that he planned to make a decision regarding whether he’ll return in “about a week or two” so this fits with that timetable.
Indications have been that Fitzgerald was leaning towards returning, despite the fact that the Cardinals will have a new coaching staff and quarterback in place.
Fitzgerald made it clear a few weeks ago that the only team he would play for is the Cardinals.
“There’s no chance,” Fitzgerald said on SiriusXM NFL Radio, via Alex Marvez. “This will be it. If it’s not with the Cardinals, we’ve seen the last of Larry Fitzgerald in the National Football League wearing No. 11.”
Fitzgerald signed a one-year, $11 million extension with the Cardinals back in November (NFLTR).
Fitzgerald, 34, is a former first-round pick of the Cardinals back in 2004. He agreed to renegotiate his seven-year $113 million contract and signed a two-year, $22 million deal with Arizona that was fully guaranteed included a no-trade clause back in 2015.
Arizona later gave him another one-year, $11 million extension before last season that kept him under contract through 2017. Fitzgerald is in line to be an unrestricted free agent next year.
In 2017, Fitzgerald has appeared in 14 games and caught 92 receptions for 982 yards receiving and five touchdowns. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 12 receiver out of 115 qualifying players.
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