This is the definition of junkyard dog, a term that fits Markus Golden on a football field: a very mean and combative person willing to use any means necessary in defense of something.
Here is James Bettcher reminiscing about Golden from their four years together with the Cardinals:
“He’d walk around with a note pad, note cards … he is by-any-means-necessary-get-the-job-done guy,” Bettcher told The Post. “And I can relate to that kind of a person, ’cause that’s probably who I am.
“That’s why we gave him the nickname Junkyard Dog when he was in AZ.