In his 15 NFL seasons, Larry Fitzgerald has caught 1,268 passes, gained 15,902 yards and scored 112 touchdowns. He's done about everything with a football that a receiver can do.
That changed on Sunday.
After catching a pass for a two-point conversion in the final minutes, Fitzgerald wound up and spiked a football for the first time in his life.
It was as much a release of frustration as it was a moment of celebration, and it showed what an 18-15 victory over the 49ers meant to a downtrodden team on the edge of fracturing.
But to hear Fitzgerald tell it, the reason for the spike was strictly personal.