“Oh no,” he said Monday. “I’ve always been the big guy.”
Given how much Bruce Arians seems to shy away from fullbacks, it’s not even clear if one could call Shipley – the Cardinals’ backup center/guard – a fullback, even after his lead block from the backfield opened up just enough room for running back Andre Ellington’s one-yard touchdown run in the Cards’ season-opening win.
“I don’t know what I’m called,” Shipley said. “I’m kind of the irrelevant guy at that point.
“I just do what I’m asked to do.”
Normally, that’s filling in on the offensive line.