Cards, Fitzgerald near crossroads
Arizona Cardinals03/08/2008 9:17 AM The Arizona Republic reports WR Larry Fitzgerald says he doesn't want to leave Arizona. The Cardinals say they don't want him to go. That, however, is an awful small plot of common ground in negotiations between two sides that seem to agree on little else. The restructuring of Fitzgerald's contract appears no closer to fruition than it was a month ago, and the rumblings of frustration are growing within the organization. Without a contract agreement, a day of reckoning is coming for the Cardinals. They are going to face the prospect of trading Fitzgerald or losing him a year from now, when they might have to cut him rather than pay his 2009 salary of $17.4 million. Read more