Free agent receiver Larry Fitzgerald told his new SiriusXM Mad Dog Sports sports radio show with Jim Gray that he has no desire to return for his 18th NFL season, but that he did not rule out returning to the field this season. .
“For now, I’ll be a radio station,” Fitzgerald said Here we go. “To be honest with you, I don’t want to play right now. I don’t know how I’ll feel in September, October and November, but as of today I don’t feel like it.
“I think I have to be respectful of that. Football is not one of those games that you want to play around here and not be completely committed and prepared to prepare and do the things that need to be done. “
.@LarryFitzgerald about his future in the @NFL: “I just don’t feel like playing right now.” Listen to a special edition of the ‘Let’s Go! with @TomBrady, Larry Fitzgerald i @JimGrayOfficial‘tonight at 18:00 ET a @MadDogRadio. https://t.co/nDNoOB5MOX pic.twitter.com/2IeBqSbGi4
– SiriusXM (@SIRIUSXM) August 20, 2021
The full interview will air at 3pm MST on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio channel.
Fitzgerald, who has played 17 seasons, is already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with a career that has seen him lead the league in receptions twice, record nine 1,000-yard seasons, win 11 Pro Bowl selections and an All – Select Pro, win the 2016 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award and record a whopping 942 yards in just nine career playoff games.
He enters 2021 with 17,492 career yards, second forever behind only Jerry Rice (22,895). The Cardinals legend also ranks second all-time behind Rice (1,549) with 1,432 receptions and is sixth to receive touchdowns (121).
Fitzgerald finished 2020 with a low run of 409 receiving yards and a single touchdown. He scored 54 catches on 72 goals from quarterback Kyler Murray.
Fitzgerald was inactive at the end of the 2020 season, an 18-7 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, due to a groin injury. The match marked the first outing lost due to injury since 2014, although Fitzgerald lost two more matches last season on the COVID-19 reserve list.