Larry Fitzgerald Sends Sincere, Heartfelt Postgame Message to ESPN's Chris Mortensen

The longtime ESPN personality is battling throat cancer.

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Last night the Packers were playing with house money and probably should've just gone for two to ice their playoff game in regulation against the Cardinals. But they didn't, and because of that Larry Fitzgerald added two more catches to an already stellar game, one of which was the game-winning grab (and the other of which was a 75-yard scamper with a tackle that delayed the inevitable for about two minutes).

After the game, which may be the defining contest of Fitzgerald's Hall of Fame career, he took a moment to shout-out well wishes to ESPN's Chris Mortensen, who is currently on leave from the network as he battles throat cancer. While it served as a nice moment for those watching at home (and nobody would blame you for tuning out of a postgame interview, I mean seriously) the question of whether or not Mort saw it was answered quickly via his Twitter feed:

Thumbs up.

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