LaMarr Woodley rips Cardinals defensive coordinator

After playing the first seven years of his career under Dick LeBeau with the Pittsburgh Steelers, free-agent linebacker LaMarr Woodley isn't a fan of his last two defensive coordinators.

"In Oakland, we had a dumb defensive coordinator and in Arizona, we had a dumb defensive coordinator," Woodley told said on his own podcast, via Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic. "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."

Woodley is specifically talking about current Cardinals coach James Bettcher and former Raiders defensive coordinator Jason Tarver. Woodley even chalks up the NFC Championship blowout loss to the Carolina Panthers to Bettcher's play calling.

"In Arizona, we had one of the best defenses," Woodley 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."

Woodley, 31, is still looking for a place to play this season. The former sack machine, who's tallied 57 over his career, may find it difficult to get another NFL job at this point.