Multiple reports -- first by Pro Football Talk -- have Larry Fitzgerald closing in on a one-year contract extension with the Cardinals. (Pure coincidence, by the way, that I happened to touch on Fitz's future -- and his lack of a contract -- this morning.) It's no secret that retirement has begun to be a possibility for the wide receiver. Whether that has become less of a possibility for Fitz, I can't say. He's been steadfast in saying he will consider such things when the season is over.

What this move does tell me though is that the Cardinals want to make sure that if Fitz does decide to play in 2018, it is as a Cardinal. They made a similar move much earlier last year -- training camp in 2016, for the one-year extension for 2017 -- to get that certainty. You don't want to be in a situation when the contract expires in the spring and Fitz doesn't have a contract in place and he is a free agent. The Cardinals -- and ownership -- want to make sure Fitz stays right here as long as he is playing. We'll see if the news comes out Friday. It would make some sense.

UPDATE: And the deal is now done.