Each NFL team’s best ever 1st-round draft pick
'04. player. 32. <p>Throughout their history, the Arizona Cardinals haven’t had a ton of success in the first round of the draft. But they had a ton of it with receiver, Larry Fitzgerald, whom they took No. 3 overall in 2004. The Cardinals went to three NFL Championship Games, winning two when they were in Chicago.</p> <p>But during the Super Bowl era, they didn’t come close to a championship untlil 2008 with Fitzgerald. He made what could have been the game-winning touchdown if not for the heroics of Steelers quarterback “Big Ben Roethlisberger. Fitzgerald is also playing well this year, helping a Cardinals team to the playoffs and possibly more.</p><div class=. WR. Pittburgh. Larry Fitzgerald
At 6’3”, 225 pounds, Fitzgerald is one of those physical, modern-day receivers that bully small corners. But Fitzgerald, at least in his prime, had excellent speed and hops to go get the deep ball. Fitzgerald is still and good route-runner and along with death and taxes, he will still make the catch.
Here in his 12th year, Fitzgerald is still going strong with 99 catches for 1,131 yards and seven touchdowns with two games left. And for his career, he’s No. 15 on the all-time receiving yards list with 13,282 yards. Look for him to enter the top 10 next year as he continues his journey that will surely end in the Hall of Fame.
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Larry Fitzgerald
WR, Pittburgh
Throughout their history, the Arizona Cardinals haven’t had a ton of success in the first round of the draft. But they had a ton of it with receiver, Larry Fitzgerald, whom they took No. 3 overall in 2004. The Cardinals went to three NFL Championship Games, winning two when they were in Chicago.
But during the Super Bowl era, they didn’t come close to a championship untlil 2008 with Fitzgerald. He made what could have been the game-winning touchdown if not for the heroics of Steelers quarterback “Big Ben Roethlisberger. Fitzgerald is also playing well this year, helping a Cardinals team to the playoffs and possibly more.
At 6’3”, 225 pounds, Fitzgerald is one of those physical, modern-day receivers that bully small corners. But Fitzgerald, at least in his prime, had excellent speed and hops to go get the deep ball. Fitzgerald is still and good route-runner and along with death and taxes, he will still make the catch.
Here in his 12th year, Fitzgerald is still going strong with 99 catches for 1,131 yards and seven touchdowns with two games left. And for his career, he’s No. 15 on the all-time receiving yards list with 13,282 yards. Look for him to enter the top 10 next year as he continues his journey that will surely end in the Hall of Fame.
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