Cardinals All-Pro receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr. moves inside to the slot position more this season than he did the last time he faced the Vikings a year ago.
That could be bad news for nickel backs Benny Sapp and rookie Asher Allen, a couple of 5-9 corners who could be bumping into and chasing the 6-3, 217-pound Fitzgerald in traffic on Sunday.
"I primarily stay outside," said Fitzgerald, the former Holy Angels star. "But I'll move inside from time to time in the run game and in the pass game. It's just something different that gives the defense something to look at."
Fitzgerald leads the NFC with 75 catches and has nine touchdowns, but he's averaging an un-Fitzie-like 11.0 yards per catch with a long of only 27.
That's because defenses have played blanket coverages designed to take away the deep ball Fitzgerald routinely caught during his record- setting 2008 postseason.
Moving Fitzgerald to the slot has been the Cardinals' way of trying to jump-start his big-play abilities.
"If I'm usually on the backside by myself [out wide], I'll see a lot of cover-2s, two-man and I just don't see a large amount of single-high [coverage]," Fitzgerald said. "So to free me up a little bit, they moved me inside to create some mismatches."
Moon isn't limit for Favre Vikings quarterback Brett Favre could surpass Warren Moon for most touchdown passes in a season by an NFL player who turned at least 40 before the end of that season. Moon had 25 for Seattle in 1997. Favre has 24 heading into Sunday's game at Arizona.