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After practice: Fitz strikes again

Ron Wolfley wasn't around, but Larry Fitzgerald was feisty, and he took it out on everyone else. First there was a tackle of quarterbacks coach Byron Leftwich (whom we learned earlier in the day would be calling the plays against the Raiders on Saturday). Then later, Brittan Golden was up.

It started innocently enough. Fitz starting yelling into the stands to get the attention of Golden's young daughter, who was sitting with Golden's wife off by themselves, but close enough to hear Fitz. Once Fitz figured she was looking, he went to work, playfully taking down Golden and then rolling on top of him for good measure. When he got up, he made sure to tell Golden's daughter he was stronger than her daddy. All Golden could do was shake his head and smile.

-- For a second straight practice, David Johnson put a hella-jump cut on rookie linebacker Haason Reddick. There's no better teaching tool for Reddick at his new position than having to deal with Johnson on a daily basis, I suppose.

-- Tyrann Mathieu, on one play in the pull-up-don't-tackle practice, rolled past receiver Jaron Brown on a TD catch at the goal line. The Badger made sure everyone knew it wouldn't have been a completion in a regular situation. "I would've knocked his teeth out," Mathieu bellowed.

-- It wasn't the best practice for quarterback Drew Stanton. Carson Palmer had a rest day, and Stanton couldn't seem to connect often enough, especially in the red zone drill. He was intercepted once by Patrick Peterson on a pass to Fitzgerald in the end zone, although it looked like Fitzgerald was looking for a fade and Stanton was looking back shoulder.

-- The pass rushers-versus-offensive linemen one-on-one was interesting. I can see why they like rookie Will Holden. His footwork looked solid when he was going, locking up the third-stringers he saw. Robert Nkemdiche looked explosive. He and Frostee Rucker beat guard Evan Boehm on back-to-back tries at one point.

-- The Cardinals were done early. Really early. The final horn blew at 3:48 p.m. I'm guessing they were efficient in what they wanted to get accomplished. I'm sure Arians will touch on it tomorrow.

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