Fitzgerald, Cards agree to four year, $40M deal

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Tennessee Titans Wide Receiver Debate
Published 3/11/2008 by Jimmy <info@musiccitymiracles.com> at Music City Miracles: Front Page Posts
... a #1 receiver in this draft, and even if there is it would take a couple of years for that guy to get there.  It is dumb to put all your eggs in that basket. Bottom line: I am not upset that the Titans let any of the guys in free agency go elsewhere.  I will be upset though if they aren't making a push to get a guy that might be available.   Thoughts.... Update [2008-3-11 14:29:3 by Jimmy]: The Cardinals must have read what I wrote and got scared.

Cheap Shots #118
Published 3/11/2008 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... I’ll write more on it probably tomorrow after work and can read it a bit more. [Sports Illustrated] March Madness Announcers: CBS’ line-up is out, and once again I am disappointed that the Eye will not pair Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery. I am relieved that James Brown will be staying in the studio. [Awful Announcing] Fewer Crackers For Fitty: Or at least re-negotiated ones. The Arizona Cardinals come to a new deal with the wideout. [ESPN] Flipping Off The Heat: Tbe real karma comes when they miss out on Michael ...

Larry Fitzgerald: Signs new 4-year deal to stay in Arizona
Published 3/11/2008 by Footballguys and hosts Cecil Lammey and Sigmund Bloom at Footballguys Blog
... For a team that supposedly had no leverage, the Cardinals come out looking pretty good today. Larry Fitzgerald, due $14.6mm in 2008, signed a new 4-year, $40mm contract today ending weeks of speculation that he would have to be traded in order for the Cardinals to field a 53-man roster. ...

Cards Guarantee $30 Million To Fitzgerald
Published 3/11/2008 by Vince Verhei at N/A
Cards Guarantee $30 Million To Fitzgerald The Cardinals and Larry Fitzgerald agreed on a restructured contract, freeing up some badly needed cap space for Arizona and ensuring Fitzgerald would not be released. The basics: Four years, $40 million, $30 million guaranteed, $15 million signing bonus, and $8.8 million in 2008 cap room for the Cardinals. posted 3-11-2008 at 3:28 PM by ...

FITZGERALD DEAL CREATES $8.8 MILLION IN CAP ROOM
Published 3/11/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
The good needs for the Arizona Cardinals?  Their contract extension with receiver Larry Fitzgerald has created roughly $8.8 million in 2008 cap room , according to John Clayton of ESPN.com. The bad news?  His cap number for 2008 is still $7.6 million. In all, Fitzgerald has $30 million in guaranteed payments over four years, which equates to an average amount of cap space of $7.5 million per season, just for the guaranteed money.  There’s another $10 million in non-guaranteed money, and Fitzgerald is likely to earn every penny, barring a career-limiting injury or an unexpected ...

Larry Fitzgerald Off Radar Screen
Published 3/11/2008 by thelandryhat at The Landry Hat | A Dallas Cowboys Blog
For those of you speculating and wondering about wide out Larry Fitzgerald joining the Dallas Cowboys can stop it now. He just signed with the Cardinals in a huge deal that makes him one of the richest wide receivers in the NFL. He’s worth it. It seems the Cardinals finally want to compete. However, the contract, which guarantees him $33 million over 3 years, surely will cause the Cowboys heartburn. Why? It’s a lot more guaranteed dough than Terrell Owens got in his contract that is up for negotiation.

Packers losing grip on Chillar
Published 3/11/2008 by Brian Carriveau at Green Bay Railbird Central
... "Over the final two years of his old deal, Fitzgerald was scheduled to make $14,592,500 in 2008 and $17,355,000 in 2009," reports John Clayton of ESPN. "That put the team in a tight cap bind -- with less than $400,000 of cap room remaining -- so signing players was tough until they struck a deal with Fitzgerald. They had only 48 players on their roster and only 16 players on defense." ...

Fitzgerald Gets Paid, Cards Fans Rejoice
Published 3/11/2008 by Dave at Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball
... Cardinals fans can take a breath of relief today, because Arizona signed Larry Fitzgerald, their best player, to a four year extension. ...

Arizona Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald signs extension, Boldin on way out?
Published 3/12/2008 by JScott <info@bucem.com> at Buc 'Em: Front Page Posts
The Arizona Cardinals signed WR Larry Fitzgerald to a four year contract extension. This immediately eliminates Fitzgerald from any possible trade situations as the Cardinals have now freed up over $8 Million in cap space with the new deal. This move does make WR Anquan Boldin's future in the desert a little sketchy. Anquan is clearly the better Receiver Now and is making significantly less than Fitzgerald. Almost 7 million less a season. Despite freeing up over $8 million in cap space this off-season, the Cardinals are still headed for cap space headaches in the near future. ...

Afternoon News and Notes: Give us us free
Published 3/12/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
... I’m still here, still using the computers. I guess you can call me Kunta Kinte. UFC is losing a bunch of it’s stars?  [Yahoo] Isn’t Bill Crystal a little too old to be playing baseball? [Yahoo] Isaac Bruce wants to wear #80 in San Fran, wasn’t there another guy that used to wear that number?  [Instant 49ers] Larry Fitzgerald is still a Cardinal, did you really think they would let him go?  [ESPN] Beckett has a bad back? [NY Times] Moss’s charges are dropped, not ...

Leinart in spotlight as Cardinals open camp
Published 5/2/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... Receiver Anquan Boldin and defensive tackle Darnell Dockett could also draw interest at this camp. Boldin's contract situation became an issue when the Cardinals rewarded Larry Fitzgerald with a four-year, $40 million contract. Dockett also reportedly wants to rework his deal. ...

Boldin vows to leave, but he'll be 30 by then
Published 7/24/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... after his rookie contract exploded in value through incentives. The four-year deal Fitzgerald signed this offseason provided needed salary-cap relief while, in theory, giving the team three years to reach a resolution on Boldin. ...

Another round in Boldin-Cards fight
Published 8/19/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... "I can be productive on the field but that's as far as it goes. I will try to detach myself from the organization as much as possible. As long as I'm here, I can't see myself as a happy member of this organization at all, not with this situation being what it is. I don't see it being rectified, either. The relationship with me and the organization is done. I'm here to uphold my contract, that's it." Boldin has three years remaining on his contract. The Cardinals reworked receiver Larry Fitzgerald's deal with two years ...