As his teammates were finishing up another day of on-field work Tuesday, Justin Bethel was finishing rehab on his surgically repaired left foot.
Draft weekend was filled with the Cardinals taking defensive backs, but the Cards’ top three current cover guys – Bethel, Patrick Peterson and Tyrann Mathieu – all are sidelined this offseason recovering from injury. All are expected back for training camp (assuming Mathieu’s ACL recovery goes well) and that is important for Bethel most of all.
Last year’s starter Jerraud Powers remains a free agent and seems unlikely to return, meaning it is Bethel in line to be
the full-time cornerback starter across from Peterson in 2016.