Kent Somers

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LaMarr Woodley spent the past three seasons with three different NFL teams, including the Cardinals, and at age 31, he’s an unrestricted free agent.

It’s clear his career is not trending upward. But to hear Woodley tell it, that’s not his fault.

In the latest installment of his podcast, Avenue 56 with LaMarr Woodley, Woodley rips his last two defensive coordinators: the Cardinals' James Bettcher and former Raiders coordinator Jason Tarver.

UPDATE: LaMarr Woodley rips Cardinals coach James Bettcher again

(Woodley's comments begin around the 34-minute mark of Avenue 56's episode seven.)

Woodley doesn’t mention either coach’s name, but it’s clear he’s referring to Bettcher and Tarver because Woodley spent only one year with each team.

The Raiders released him after the 2014 season. The Cardinals signed him to a one-year deal, and he played in 10 games last season before being placed on injured reserve with a pectoral injury.

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The Cardinals did not re-sign him.

Woodley said he didn’t fit in Oakland because he was moved from outside linebacker to defensive end. Woodley said he didn’t fit in Arizona because the Cardinals use their outside linebackers differently than Pittsburgh, where Woodley played his first seven years.

Woodley’s strongest criticism came in response to a host asking him why an NFL team should sign him.

“In Oakland, we had a dumb defensive coordinator and in Arizona, we had a dumb defensive coordinator,” Woodley said. “It was just two dumb guys. They thought we were like Madden players. They’d draw something up and on paper it looked good, but the players still have to go out there and run it. Those guys didn’t really listen to their players. They wanted to do it their way and their way only.”

Statistics suggest Woodley’s criticism of Bettcher was misplaced. The Cardinals ranked fifth in total defense in 2015, Bettcher’s first year as coordinator.

Asked for his reaction to Woodley’s comments, Coach Bruce Arians smiled slightly and said, “Good for LaMarr. I’m glad his name’s out there."

Woodley also blamed Bettcher for the Cardinals' 49-15 loss to the Panthers in the NFC title game.

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Woodley was on injured reserve and didn’t play in the game.

“In Arizona, we had one of the best defenses,” he said. “You look at the results that happened in the Carolina game. It wasn’t because we had bad players. No, our defensive coordinator he didn’t have the common sense to talk to his players to make the adjustments. Because he just wanted to do things his way those are the results we got, bottom line.”

To that scathing review, one of the hosts replied:

“Spoken like a true professional. I like it.”

Well, it was spoke like a true something. "Professional" wouldn’t be the word most people would choose.

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