Rift Between Kurt Warner & Larry Fitzgerald

[Epidemik]

Thanks to Larry Fitzgerald’s stupid brother, Marcus, there’s now a huge controversy surrounding his feelings towards quarterback Kurt Warner. During the Cardinals game against the Jaguars on Sunday, Marcus was busy attacking Warner on Twitter.

“Kurt Warner plays like a damn 80 year old! my brother just texted me during halftime pissed off,” Larry’s little brother tweeted.

And the tweets just kept coming.

“Kurt warner needs 2 stop bein a scary *** & throw the ball deep 2 my brother!damn this is annoying 2 watch!he throws 2 the rb’s 2 damn much!”

After the game, Marcus still couldn’t shut up

“Just got off the phone with my brother, Marcus tweeted after the Cardinals 31-17 victory over the Jaguars. “He’s happy about the win. But PISSED he didnt get the ball thrown 2 him much!” Sports.popcrunch.com

Just Throw Larry the F*ckin ball-TO

Interesting...

[Derrville]

Oh noes!!!

[zack54attack]

Damn straight he needs to get the ball more...



hes on my fantasy team : /

[dave]

I'm guessing this is all a joke.

Warner went 24-26. It doesn't matter what receiver he hit, he goes 24-26 and the team wins ... STFU.

[RainboUnicorn]

I hope this is a joke.

I thought Fitzy would be above all the Wide Receiver prima donna junk

[Bear Pand]

this story came off a gossip site, and that's exactly what it is

nothing to see here

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Asking an NFL WR to be over the primadonna stuff is like asking a high school girl to get over myspace and facebook drama.

[Nukleopatra]

That's the worst written article I've ever read.

Looks like something a VSN member would write.

[bucky]

If it's twitter, shouldn't it be traceable and verifiable?

I wouldn't believe the article until some real evidence shows up.

[SHOGUN]

A complete non-issue.

[Scorask]

It is a non issue, but it did happen, except for the part that Fitz texted his brother at halftime.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/12253596

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Larry Fitzgerald is not his little brother's keeper.

He says he had nothing to do with Marcus Fitzgerald's remark on Twitter critical of Kurt Warner after Arizona's 31-17 win at Jacksonville on Sunday.

"Just because my last name happens to be the same as my brother, I'm getting in trouble," Fitzgerald said with a smile in the Cardinals' locker room after practice on Wednesday.

He joked that he's told Warner that he has a new volunteer for the quarterback's camp.

"He's going to be taking out the garbage, whatever Kurt wants," Fitzgerald said.

Marcus added a later tweet saying he was just joking the first time and that his brother had nothing to do with the original message, which also said that Larry was upset -- using a stronger word -- about not getting the ball enough.

"He's young," Larry Fitzgerald said of his brother. "Everybody makes mistakes. Unfortunately, I've got to take it on the chin, but I still love him."

He said he has spoken to his brother, but he wouldn't get into the details of the conversation.

"I just told him I was disappointed in him and that's it," Fitzgerald said. "You know, I love my brother. It's as simple as that."

Fitzgerald said when he was first told about his brother's tweet on Sunday, "I kind of chuckled about it because anybody in here knows me and Kurt's relationship and that's never going to be affected by anything outlandish like that."

The all-pro receiver, who broke NFL playoff records for yards receiving, catches and touchdown catches last season, has 10 receptions for 105 yards in the first two games. Against Jacksonville, he caught four for 34 yards, including a 22-yarder for a touchdown.

It's hard to criticize Warner's decision-making, though, since the quarterback set an NFL completion percentage record by connecting on 24 of 26 attempts.

"Teams are going to always throw their best shot at you every week and I think it's important as a player to understand it's a team game," Fitzgerald said. "It's about what's best for the team. If I'm open, I know Kurt's going to find me. If I'm not, he's going to find somebody else who's going to move the chains, and that's what it's all about."

Fitzgerald recalled being on the sidelines as a ballboy with the Minnesota Vikings.

"I remember years ago watching Cris Carter and seeing him go with two or three catches but springing Robert Smith on a big screen play or clearing a route out for Randy Moss or doing something like that," Fitzgerald said. "That's about being a leader and being a team player."

Fitzgerald is very careful about his image, and the last thing he wants is to be considered selfish.

So is he upset about not getting the ball more?

"I'm OK, honestly. I'm really not too concerned with it," he said. "It's really early in the season. We're only in week three here. I'm going to get my opportunities. I know that. I've just got to make sure mentally, physically, psychologically I'm prepared when my opportunities come to go out there and play like I'm able to play."

Warner just smiled when he was asked if he had talked to Fitzgerald about the Twitter criticism.

"I gave him a little grief on it," Warner said. "He didn't say anything about it. We just had a little fun about it. It's obviously no big deal. As close as Larry and I are, I couldn't let it go without jabbing him a little bit."

[Kuzzy Powers]

Fitz catches 10+ balls for 120+ yards next week.

I GUARANTEE it.

[steeljake]

ummm... so the story is that a star wide out wants the ball thrown to him more?

[Scorask]

ummm... so the story is that a star wide out wants the ball thrown to him more?

Reading the quoted link probably would have cleared up any confusion. Here is a cliff note version for you....

The 1st story was about the star wideout's brother twittering that the star wideout was pissed about not getting the ball. The 2nd story cleared that up, the star wideout understands the word team, and that he will get his chances if he is open, otherwise the open man will get the ball. Clearly stated he just wants to win!

[Nukleopatra]

Larry's little brother is just afraid people will start to realize that big brother is along for the ride just like the rest of that team, as long as Kurt Warner decides to carry them.. or as long as his old ass can keep his body working.. Truth is, you can take Fitz out of that game completely, and Warner still breaks that record.

Fitzgerald is overrated as fuck to begin with. A season ending injury would scare up a few people for a few weeks, until Breaston comes in and puts up 1400 yards in his place.

So, big brother needs to start getting open, and actually hanging onto the football, before some of us start to catch on.

Those WRs sure looked impressive when Leinart came in to replace Warner against Jax... Poor old bastard actually had to start warming up on the sideline again.