In a Tuesday spot on The Jim Rome Show, guest-hosted by Bickley and MJ of Xtra Sports 910 in Phoenix, Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner adroitly handled questions regarding Twitter posts from the brother of receiver Larry Fitzgerald suggesting that the All-Planet wideout is frustrated by a lack of touches.
"He's gonna have his times and he's gonna have his moments and I'm not just gonna go back there and force something to Larry to get him the ball," Warner said. "You know I'm like anybody else, if I can throw the ball to [Anquan Boldin] and [Larry Fitzgerald] every time, I will do that."
Warner also made sure to give Fitz a little smooch on the rear end. "Great players become great players because when the games are on the line they get the ball and they make the plays and that's gonna be the case for Larry," Warner said. "It was the case for him in the playoffs last year and that's what makes him a great player."
But there's another more subtle message buried in those words: "Larry, when we're up by 14 or more points, let some of the other guys have some fun."
Kurt Warner shrugs off Fitzgerald frustrations
Posted by Mike Florio on September 22, 2009 8:15 PM ET
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So why doesn't larry get hated on when he wants the ball like T.O?
Nice try florio. Bait article. Not biting.
Kurt Warner is a born again christian.
God bless him
Anyone who criticizes Kurt Warner is an Anti-Christ
Because Larry is so not T.O..
kazkal says:
September 22, 2009 8:23 PM
So why doesn't larry get hated on when he wants the ball like T.O?
Probably cause no one has heard a word from Larry's mouth unlike T.O.
Bait? This sounds like something that really happened lol it is interesting that TO is the subject of a lot more scrutiny for similar actions.
Florio is trying to stir up the comment pot on a slow night...LOL!
Wasnt he the guy that got the boot when Eli came to town?
Notice Eli won the Super Bowel
Larry should get out of the retirement state and come east
AZ is for prune juice or soccer not the NFL
@kazkal
Its pretty simple really. TO wants the ball cause he *THINKS* he can do something with it. Fitz wants the ball cause he *KNOWS* he can do something with it.
Big difference.......
Force throws? They were running free.
"...Twitter posts from the brother of receiver Larry Fitzgerald".
So now tweets from relatives are relevant?
Twitter is for teenage girls. But VERY entertaining to say the least.
"Notice Eli won the Super Bowel."
Yes, yes he did.
kurt warner, larry fitzgerald, class acts and great players. These are articles are trying to make something out of nothing.