Justin Bethel came flying down the field on the Cardinals' second punt of the game and lit up return man Adam Humphries after a one-yard return, Bethel's helmet flying off and Bethel emotionally jumping up and celebrating. Last week, Bruce Arians said Bethel had to decide if he wanted to play. This week? "He looked like Justin," Arians said.

"It felt good to get back to my regular self, especially when it comes to special teams," Bethel said. "I definitely felt I was myself, playing at the level I should be playing."

Bethel might've been talking about everyone. The Cardinals had an off Week 1. You can talk about being overconfident or overhyped or too anxious or whatever, but the Cards clearly put that game in the rear view Sunday (Jimmy Garoppolo clearly showed this week it wasn't a fluke of a game either, before he got hurt against the Dolphins.) It's a week-to-week thing, and the Cards have to go cross country this week to play an early kickoff game in Buffalo. But for now, the ship has been righted. Pretty emphatically.

-- Bethel said he predicted he'd have three special teams tackles in the game, and he had three tackles.

-- Training camp MVP Jaron Brown was excellent Sunday. He had a huge 27-yard reception on third-and-10 that helped spark a touchdown drive (Michael Floyd's one-yard TD catch) and, of course, hauled in the 51-yard touchdown with 20 seconds left in the first half. With Floyd's future in Arizona uncertain because of upcoming free-agent status, Brown (who will be an unrestricted free agent himself) is an intriguing option.

"All his catches seem to be in the biggest time of the game," fellow wideout Larry Fitzgerald said.

-- Bruce Arians wasn't happy that David Johnson ran the wrong route in the end zone, not only possibly costing the Cardinals a TD pass but nearly costing Carson Palmer an interception when Brent Grimes dropped the ball. Palmer, however, was forgiving of his star back. "He had just run like 90 yards and broke a bunch of tackles," Palmer said. Close -- it was right after Johnson's awesome 58-yard catch-and-run into the red zone. "I was tired from just jogging down."

-- The Cardinals, after forcing five turnovers Sunday, are now a plus-7 after two games and have yet to turn the ball over. It won't last -- not like that -- but it's impressive.

-- Don't forget coming back out to University of Phoenix Stadium tomorrow for the weekly "Monday Nights at the Big Red Brew Haus" event. This week, running back David Johnson will be in the haus.

-- Patrick Peterson's first interception of the season, on a long bomb try from Jameis Winston to Mike Evans, had to make Fitzgerald proud. Peterson ended up behind Evans and then expertly kept his body up against Evans, cleanly squeezing Evans until the ball got over the 6-foot-5 Evans' hands and into Peterson's.

Of course, later Peterson could have had a second pick, but he dropped it. On the drive, the Bucs eventually scored on a TD pass to Evans over Peterson. "Usually when you drop an interception, bad s* happens," Arians said.

-- Linebacker Chandler Jones got a sack in the waning moments, but he had a very quiet night. The Cardinals will need more QB pressure from him going forward.

-- Arians wasn't thrilled kicker Chandler Catanzaro missed an extra point. I'm not sure of the snap on the play, but a later snap on another Cat Man kick looked a little low. Rookie Kam Canaday is going to be watched carefully after his opening game.

-- After two games, no defender is playing better on the Cardinals than safety Tony Jefferson. He too is going to be a free agent after the season. Not sure what will happen with him, but he's played excellent football.