On routes in man coverage against each other last season, Richard Sherman came out on top of Larry Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald only beat Sherman
four times on 17 routes run, but Fitzgerald doesn't need to create separation to beat defensive backs. It wasn't a fair fight last year between the two because Fitzgerald didn't have a quarterback who would trust him to go up and get the ball.
Carson Palmer has struggled to start the year, but
he played very well in 2012 and if he can recover some of that form, then Fitzgerald could cause some major problems for Sherman.