Larry Fitzgerald and the Arizona Cardinals are trying to make it work.

NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Thursday’s edition of NFL Total Access that Fitzgerald’s agent and the Cardinals have started talks with the hope they can work out an agreement that will allow the star wide receiver to finish his career in Arizona.

Fitzgerald is due $16 million in salary next season, a high figure, but not at the heart of the matter. The Cardinals are looking for relief on the cap hit tied to Fitzgerald’s contract, a massive $23 million allotment that will severely limit what they can do in free agency.

The Cardinals would gain $9.2 million in salary cap space if they were to release Fitzgerald, though the team doesn’t plan to go down that road. A trade is a better possibility — Arizona would gain $16 million in cap space by moving their all-time leading receiver to another team.

via Dan Hanzus of NFL.com