Larry Fitzgerald, in the offseason from football, took to the baseball field and throw the first pitch at the Diamondbacks game Monday night. He also took a moment to discuss a few football-related things when it comes to the Cardinals (and Tyrann Mathieu). Fitz's offerings:

-- On the ACL recovery of safety Tyrann Mathieu: "Ty's running already. They're having to hold him back. He heals like Wolverine. He's so passionate and we love him dearly. We're so happy to see he's going to be ready to go for us in training camp. He can pick up right where he left off. He was defensive MVP — had he finished the season, he would have been right there in the conversation."

-- On where the Cardinals rank on paper going into 2016: "Coach (Bruce) Arians always says you can't rank anybody on paper. We've got to see what we are when we get to training camp and continue to build. We have a long way to go."

-- On his hindsight impressions about the NFC Championship loss: "It sucks that we played the way we did at that time. It wasn't a good game by any stretch of the imagination across the board. To work that hard to get to that position and not play up to your capabilities, it's tough to digest. We know that we have pretty much the same nucleus of men coming back and the same coaching staff, and we're really happy about that, and we've made some new acquisitions as well. We're happy with where we are. We believe we have a good football team.

"I try to put it behind me. You've got to put games like that behind you because if you dwell on it it will drive you crazy."