TEMPE, Ariz. — The Cardinals and Larry Fitzgerald have agreed to an eight-year deal that could pay the star wide receiver $120 million, making it one of the richest contracts in the NFL.
Fitzgerald and team president Michael Bidwill appeared at a hastily called news conference Saturday night to announce the agreement.
Fitzgerald holds most of the franchise’s receiving records and he shattered most of the NFL playoff receiving records in the team’s Super Bowl run during the 2008 season.
• Cardinals rookie running back Ryan Williams will have surgery soon to repair a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee.
Maclin, Patterson are back
PHILADELPHIA — Eagles wide receiver Jeremy Maclin and defensive tackle Mike Patterson, both of whom recently recovered from serious health scares, returned to the team and could be in uniform for Philadelphia’s regular-season opener.
• Norm Willey, a former Pro Bowl defensive end with the Eagles, died Thursday night in Newark, Del. He was 83.
Nicknamed “Wild Man,” Willey played in 92 games for the Eagles from 1950-57 and earned all-pro honors three times (1953, 1954 and 1955).
Footnotes.
Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor worked out for 17 NFL teams Saturday and said he wouldn’t appeal his five-week suspension at the start of the NFL season. Pryor, appearing in top shape, worked out at a high school stadium near his hometown of Jeannette, Pa. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.36 seconds and threw an array of passes in a tuneup for the supplemental draft Monday.
• The Seahawks waived kicker Brandon Coutu and defensive tackle Ryan Sims.
The Associated Press
