We're a long, long way from "failure-in-progress."

Bruce Arians was asked about Justin Bethel -- who has looked pretty good in practice -- and the coach was blunt in his assessment. This time, it was in a good way. "If he plays at the level he's playing at right now, he's going to have a great year," Arians said. Bethel's confidence has returned after his broken-foot-related struggles of a year ago, Arians added. Throw in some praise for Brandon Williams' game against the Cowboys along with practices -- Arians said as a press corner, Williams is going to get beat every so often, like he did on the long pass in the Hall of Fame game -- and the coach sounds a lot more confident about his No. 2 CB role.

(Of course, after the signing of veteran Tramon Williams, this is what the Cards have to work with. Aeneas Williams isn't walking through that door. But I do agree that Bethel has looked solid.)

"At the end of the day, I want to be the starter, but all three of us are going out there and work as hard as we can and we all want to see us all get better," Bethel said on the "Red Sea Report" Tuesday.

-- WR John Brown (quad) is back at practice today on a limited basis. T D.J. Humphries (hamstring) will miss another day.

-- Arians said he wants to see more consistency from punters Matt Wile and Richie Leone. There is time to improve, Arians said. But over the next couple weeks, if he doesn't see improvement, Arians said the Cards won't be adverse to making a move there.