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From ESPN,

The Arizona Cardinals and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald reached agreement on a blockbuster four-year, $40 million contract that will free up much-needed salary cap room for the team. Fitzgerald announced the deal on his Web site, saying he will make $33 million over the first three years of the contract.

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. 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.

Before any of you want to blame the Eagles for failing to acquire Fitzgerald, you have to understand that it takes two to trade and Larry never wanted to leave Arizona.

Now the Eagles will turn their eyes to Roy Williams or Chad Johnson, two other receivers playing for teams who have publicly said that they will not trade. Roy Williams is set to be a free-agent next season, so maybe something could happen close to the trade deadline, but I doubt it. If the Eagles plan to upgrade the wide receiver position, they better hope for a steal in the draft.

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Eagles Make an Offer for Fitzgerald?

According to Delaware Online via Rotoworld, the Philadelphia Eagles have made an offer for Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

According the article, a league source confirmed that the Eagles have made an offer and they're dangling Reggie Brown and Lito Sheppard as trade bait. I may be wrong, but I think the Eagles would only trade one of these guys and then some of their nine picks in the upcoming draft. However, if they do offer both I'm a little uneasy with that, but not to the point where I wouldn't want the move to happen.

I'd prefer to have Larry and Reggie on the outside with Curtis running the slot, but the offense will be extremely upgraded regardless. I don't expect the trade to happen unless the Eagles are able to restructure his contract or sign him to an extension, though we do have the cap space to eat his big salary. Lets keep our fingers crossed.

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