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The Lions had pretty good coverage on most of the passes but it didn’t matter.
“He’s a Hall of Famer for a reason,” Lions defensive back Tracy Walker said. “He made a lot of great catches. I was in good position, but he just made a better catch. I can’t really do nothing about that.”
Like the rest of the offense, Fitzgerald started slowly, catching only two balls for nine yards through three quarters. But his long reception in the fourth seemed to ignite the crowd, and Fitzgerald didn’t slow down from there.
“He just made play after play after play,” Kingsbury said.
A fellow 36-year-old smiled in the Cardinals’ locker room after the game while discussing Fitzgerald’s day.
“I’m glad he’s on my team and I don’t have to play him anymore,” outside linebacker Terrell Suggs said.
Murray showed some good chemistry down the stretch with running back David Johnson and wide receivers Christian Kirk, Damiere Byrd and KeeSean Johnson, but he knows now what so many quarterbacks have learned through the years: when in doubt, throw it to Fitzgerald.
“The man’s still got it,” Murray said.
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