The Arizona Cardinals will welcome back starting right tackle Jonah Williams this week from injured reserve and that presumably means he will return to the starting lineup, where he was to start the season before suffering a knee injury in the first quarter of the season opener.
But it is going to be hard to improve on the play of Kelvin Beachum, at least in pass blocking.
Beachum struggled in relief of Williams in Week 1, but has been fantastic since.
In Week 1, he allowed a pair of sacks and a hurry, according to PFF.
Since then, in eight games (he missed one game with a hamstring injury), he has allowed a total of one sack and one hurry and has been perfect (no sacks, no hits, no hurries) in the last five games.
He has been doing that next to a backup right guard in Trystan Colon, who is in the starting lineup because Will Hernandez suffered a season-ending knee injury.
Williams was the clear-cut starter before the season and there were major questions at right tackle based on Beachum’s play in Week 1. But now you wonder if Beachum or Williams would be the better option over the rest of the season.
We will see if Williams jumps right in this week and gets all the snaps on Sunday or whether the Cardinals will split time and ease Williams back.
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