The Facts:
Rumors of a Fitzgerald trade to the Patriots died down once the WR
restructured his contract early this month. To hear Cardinals GM Steve Keim tell it, the Patriots' interest never went beyond the speculation stage. Speaking at the NFL Scouting Combine on Thursday, Keim set the record straight: He's never received a phone call from the Patriots about the wide receiver.
Reported by NFL.com
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As NFL.com's Gregg Rosenthal noted, it will be interesting to see if that changes next offseason when Fitzgerald carries a salary-cap charge of $23.6 million. In a subsequent interview with Pro Football Talk on NBCSN, Keim recognized that at some point Fitzgerald may have to take a pay cut to stay in Arizona, and Keim admitted that an outsider could believe based on the cap number that Fitzgerald may not retire with the Cardinals. For now, the Cardinals have Fitzgerald under contract for one more year. But it will be an issue next offseason.
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