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Why Fitzgerald couldn't be stopped

By Alan Grant
ESPN The Magazine

Monday, February 2, 2009

So last week I told you that the best way to stop Larry Fitzgerald is to keep Kurt Warner from throwing the ball to him. A funny thing happened in the Super Bowl, though. For much of the first half, anticipating the Steelers' pass rush, the Cardinals' coaching staff simply chose not to throw to Fitzgerald. Arizona's coaches knew the defense would roll its coverage towards the Cardinals' playmaker. And the Steelers did. They used safety Troy Polamalu at the line of scrimmage to bully him, with c ...

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