The University of Phoenix crowd started roaring before the ball ever hit his hands.
Larry Fitzgerald just didn’t notice.
“When you’re playing, you can’t hear anything,” said the Cardinals wide receiver, a playoff hero once again. “It’s like everything is going in slow motion.”
That must have been how the Packers defenders felt, as they tried in vain to corral Fitzgerald on the first play of overtime. He caught a broken-play throw from Carson Palmer and didn’t go down until 75 yards later, a catch-and-run which reminded many of his Super Bowl XLIII sprint past a pair of Steelers safeties.