Bethel localizes his leap
Posted by on April 30, 2013 – 10:20 amSometimes, a blog post is just simple. We all remember Justin Bethel’s video box jump coming to light when he was drafted last year. Well, it was apparently time to get a new jump in at the Cardinals’ facility. Sorry, no video, but there are pictures. Click the image below to see it much larger. That’s Jamell Fleming (who is 5-foot-11) holding the extra pad to increase the height. And Scott Wedige off to the side.
It actually looks a little like Adrian Wilson this way.
Tags: Jamell Fleming, Justin Bethel
Posted in Blog | 21 Comments »
By John The Draft Guy on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
Maybe Bethel should consider the Olympics.
By Eazy E on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
Athletic
By LadyBird04 on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
ARe the rest of the draftees in Phoenix yet? Any pics or story?
By Darren Urban on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
LadyBird —
RE: Draftees
They show up next week for rookie camp.
By LadyBird04 on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
Thank you Darren – Hope you can get some respite before the avalanche.
By mal on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
Darren-
That looks like Byrd-man in the background — did he shed his dreds?
By Darren Urban on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
Mal —
RE: Byrd hair
Yes.
By Rich on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
would rather see photos of him successfully defending against a pass
By gnomepete on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
Standing or running start?
By Darren Urban on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
gnome —
RE: Start
I’ll have to ask him. I wasn’t there.
By Andy Kw on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
The Arizona Cardinals are moving towards the right direction with the release of OG Adam Snyder.
-So right now, I assume all of our 2013 NFL Draft Picks will make the roster, here is what I think the 53 man roster will look like:
QB: Carson Palmer, Drew Stanton, Ryan Lindley
RB: Rashard Mendenhall, Ryan Williams, Stepfan Taylor, Andre Ellington
FB: Anthony Sherman
WR1: Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd, Andre Roberts, Ryan Swope, LaRon Byrd
TE: Rob Housler, Jeff King, D.C. Jefferson
OT: Levi Brown, Bobby Massie, Nate Potter
OG: Jonathan Cooper, Earl Wartford, Daryn Colledge, Chilo Rachal
C: Lyle Sendlein, Senio Kelemete
DE: Calais Campbell, Matt Shaugnessney
NT: Dan Williams, David Carter
DT: Darnell Dockett, Frostee Rucker
LB: Sam Acho, Daryl Washington, Kevin Minter, Jaspar Brinkley, Alex Okafor, O’Brien Schofield, Lorenzo Alexander, Reggie Walker
CB: Patrick Peterson, Antoine Cason, Jerraud Powers, Jamell Fleming, Justin Bethel, Jonathon Amaya
S: Rashad Johnson, Yeremiah Bell, Tony Jefferson, Tyrann Matheiu
K; Jay Feely
P: Dave Zastudil
LS: Mike Leach
By ored on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
the jumping ability may be fine for track but we need ballers on the football field,work on your game.jumping like a frog does’nt create tackles,don’t mean to sound harsh but players need to concentrate on the job at hand,jumping higher or farther is for the combine.now,if he has a shutdown year at db,then jump to the moon for all i care as long as business is taken care of 1st.
By chuck on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
i agree with you andy but matheiu will probably start or be a 3rd string at the least.And college will most likely remain number 2 guard for a good part of the season.
By John The Draft Guy on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
Saw this tweet on the side of the page.
RT @viccarucci: How important are undrafted FAs? 15 are in the Pro Football HOF. That’s 2 more than top overall pix & 7 more than Heism…
That is amazing. Victor Cruz Arian Foster James Harrison and Tony Romo are just a few undrafted FAs in the NFL right now. Training camp always gives that long shot a small window to catch someones eye.
Darren I ask you every year, is there anyone who people are talking about as that possible long shot FA for cards?
By Darren Urban on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
JTDG —
RE: UDFA
Since we haven’t even gotten on the field yet … based on need and college resume, early guess would be Tony Jefferson.
By bigredrage on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
just because bethel can leap doesnt mean hes not working on football. do you assume players do nothing but football stuff all day? on topic: i hope bethel steps up this year, seems like a good kid and has freak ability.
By Derick on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
Wow! Great athleticism! So funny people can talk about what justin Bethel needs to do at practice …like a 15sec Jump after putting hours of work on the field practicing daily changes anything. When Adrian Wilson did those same jumps as a young player he had haters too.. but look how his career turned out.
By Mike Ellingboe on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
@JTDG,
“RT @viccarucci: How important are undrafted FAs? 15 are in the Pro Football HOF. That’s 2 more than top overall pix & 7 more than Heism…”
Amazing on the surface, until we factor in the total number of players that fall into each category, and probably learn the percentage is closer to what we would have expected.
But I will agree, that comment caught my attention as well.
By AzDesertRat1953 on Apr 30, 2013 | Reply
It’s been over a year since the collage Leap, look how Small he Was.
Now he can still do it with all the muscle and the weight that goes with all that muscle, the Man is doing just Fine leave him alone.
As a Defender you practice your Leaping skills, running and standing.
If you are a defender on this Team you Better be able to leap like that or Fitz, Floyd, Roberts and Others, will put you out of a job.
GO CARDS!!!
By canadian redbird on May 1, 2013 | Reply
Andy re: Starting Line Up
Agree with most of your picks with the one exception being; there is no way that the Cards retain Lindley over Hoyer.
By Leeskicitizen on May 2, 2013 | Reply
Put Bethel in the backfield on short yardage touchdown attempts. If he scores one touchdown with a leap he would always be a valid decoy or scoring threat. Variety keeps the defense thinking.