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Arians delivers a soft warning

Larry Fitzgerald has already created a legacy that would look pretty nice even if he walked away from the game tomorrow, but that didn't stop him from being angry (enough that he bellowed an expletive) for not being able to bring in a catch at one recent practice of what was basically an errant throw. That's what you notice about Fitz, how much he works whenever he is on the practice field.

You also notice that he's always on the practice field. He doesn't get banged up often, not in the offseason. Not every player can say the same. It's something Bruce Arians said he noticed when it comes to soft-tissue problems.

"He knows how to train," Arians said of Fitz. "He's tweaked (hamstrings), but he keeps going. He knows how to train. These young guys, they don't know how to train when they go by themselves, or they hire somebody who trains them to run track. Not move around and hit the ground and push things. So they get soft-tissue injuries when they get to (training) camp."

Arians said there was a "long conversation" Thursday morning on the topic with the team in their final meeting of the offseason.

"You get a soft-tissue injury this year (in camp), you're probably going to get cut," Arians said. "It's just too competitive."

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