That's my option as well. At least we get to hold off for a second.adrenaline said:Welp, guess I'm going with Randle.
IndeedUwe Blab said:Schefter said on twitter that Fitz will play.
That's pretty black and white and likely incorrect. Fitz can easily play at less than 100% and still contribute more as a decoy then whoever they just called up from the practice squad. He demands attention and draws coverage.Lol, Fitzgerald will never play as a decoy. Either he plays, or he gives the Cardinals a better chance to win by allowing a receiver to start in his place that can play at 100%.
Jay Glazer reported on the FOX Sports pre-game show that Larry Fitzgerald (hamstring) will be about "80 percent" for Sunday's 4:05ET tilt with the Lions.
There are only about 15 NFL receivers we'd take over Fitzgerald at 80-percent health, making him at worst a mid-range WR2. Of course, the hamstring will be susceptible to in-game aggravation, but Cards doctors wouldn't have green-lighted Fitz for a Week 2 game unless they believed he would likely avoid setbacks. Keep him in fantasy lineups. Fitzgerald is in a lot better place than Roddy White, who's about 60 percent with a high ankle sprain.
TEMPE, Ariz. – Whenever it comes to Larry Fitzgerald, a lot of attention gets focused on the Cardinals.
So when the Pro Bowl wide receiver left Sunday’s game late in the third quarter, the questions started. Should he have even been playing? How bad is his hamstring? Will he play next week?
But a post Monday from Pro Football Talk suggests Fitzgerald didn’t actually aggravate his hamstring during the game. The report, which was quite vague, even quotes a team spokesman, who supposedly said Fitzgerald wore down during the game, which was the reason for taking himself out.
In the fourth quarter, after Fitzgerald had come out and after he had his left hamstring wrapped with what looked to be an ice pack, Cardinals vice president of media relations Mark Dalton announced in the press box that Fitzgerald was out with a hamstring issue and his return would be questionable.
Fitzgerald did say this after the game: “I didn’t have much in the second half, just because I was fatigued. I didn’t want to be a liability for my team.”
However, Fitzgerald also talked about trying to “fight it out early,” which would suggest the hamstring was troublesome and could’ve led to fatigue. Fitzgerald said he “would’ve been good if I was 80 percent,” and also discussed his inability to separate from defensive backs and how the pregame adrenaline psyched him out a little bit.
Either way, Fitzgerald’s hamstring will continue to be a topic this week.
I love the fact that Fitz is such a gamer. His lack of injury history leads me to believe he knows how far to push his body to avoid further injury, and prolong his season. That being said, I hope the fact he took himself out will lead him to be in better shape against the Saints. I can't bring myself to bench him with that matchup.TEMPE, Ariz. – Whenever it comes to Larry Fitzgerald, a lot of attention gets focused on the Cardinals.
So when the Pro Bowl wide receiver left Sunday’s game late in the third quarter, the questions started. Should he have even been playing? How bad is his hamstring? Will he play next week?
But a post Monday from Pro Football Talk suggests Fitzgerald didn’t actually aggravate his hamstring during the game. The report, which was quite vague, even quotes a team spokesman, who supposedly said Fitzgerald wore down during the game, which was the reason for taking himself out.
In the fourth quarter, after Fitzgerald had come out and after he had his left hamstring wrapped with what looked to be an ice pack, Cardinals vice president of media relations Mark Dalton announced in the press box that Fitzgerald was out with a hamstring issue and his return would be questionable.
Fitzgerald did say this after the game: “I didn’t have much in the second half, just because I was fatigued. I didn’t want to be a liability for my team.”
However, Fitzgerald also talked about trying to “fight it out early,” which would suggest the hamstring was troublesome and could’ve led to fatigue. Fitzgerald said he “would’ve been good if I was 80 percent,” and also discussed his inability to separate from defensive backs and how the pregame adrenaline psyched him out a little bit.
Either way, Fitzgerald’s hamstring will continue to be a topic this week.
TEMPE, Ariz. – Whenever it comes to Larry Fitzgerald, a lot of attention gets focused on the Cardinals.
So when the Pro Bowl wide receiver left Sunday’s game late in the third quarter