The Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks play in their first division game of the season this Sunday at 1:05 p.m. at State Farm Stadium. The Cardinals still seek their first win of the season while the Seahawks hope to bounce back after their first loss of the season.
Several individual matchups will be key in the Week 4 game. Which ones are worth watching?
Seahawks TE Will Dissly vs. Cardinals S D.J. Swearinger
So far this season, the big defensive narrative for the Arizona Cardinals has been their inability to defend tight ends. They have given up at least 100 yards to two different tight ends and five touchdowns in three games.
To make things worse, Detroit Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson, who torched the Cardinals defense in the season opener, has only two catches for eight yards since.
Enter Will Dissly. He has scored three touchdowns already this season and had six catches for 62 yards against the Saints.
Will he be the next tight end to give the Cardinals trouble?
Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett vs. Cardinals CBs Tramaine Brock/Byron Murphy
Lockett appears to have finally broken out. He is the Seahawks’ No. 1 receiver and has had at least 10 catches each of the last two weeks. The Cardinals have been tested by players like Danny Amendola and Marquise Brown. Brock and Murphy will have their hands full.
Cardinals OLB Chandler Jones vs. Duane Brown/George Fant
Jones always comes up big against the Seahawks. He has 9.5 sacks of Russell Wilson, more than any other quarterback. He has had at least one sack in every game against the Seahawks.
He could have an advantage this weekend. Brown missed practice on Wednesday and Thursday with a biceps injury and his status for Sunday is up in the air. If ha can’t play, it will be his backup, George Fant.
Cardinals OLB Terrell Suggs vs. Seahawks RT Germain Ifedi
Suggs has mostly been invisible since his two-sack season opener. But he will face Ifedi, largely considered a disappointment since he was drafted. However, he continues to be the Seahawks’ starter. We will see if Suggs can bounce back.
Seahawks DE Jadeveon Clowney vs. Cardinals RT Jordan Mills/Justin Murray
Clowney has one sack and five tackles in three games for the Seahawks so far, which is a bit of a disappointment. However, the Cardinals have struggled at right tackle. Kliff Kingsbury hasn’t committed completely to either Mills or Murray. Both played last week.
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