The Arizona Cardinals, playing in the NFC West, regularly play some dominant players. PFF put together an interesting list of the highest-graded player against every team since 2020, provided they have played against them at least twice and have logged at least 100 snaps.
If you had to guess who that player might be against the Cardinals, you might say former LA Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald.
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Good guess, but that isn’t correct, although Donald does come up on PFF’s list as the top-graded player against two other teams.
Thet player to absolutely dominate the Cardinals is San Francisco 49ers tackle Trent Williams.
Williams has made a habit of mauling everybody in front of him, and the Arizona Cardinals are likely awaiting the day he retires. Across nine games against the Cardinals since 2020, Williams has recorded an unreal 96.9 PFF overall grade and a 97.5 PFF run-blocking grade. Arizona certainly has its own run defense to at least partially blame, but Williams is a freight train the team just can’t stop.
Williams has been arguably the best tackle in the league for years. That, combined with a lack of impact pass rushers since 2020 outside of Chandler Jones and generally a weak run defense, is a recipe for dominance.
Jones also struggled against Williams.
Williams comes up twice on this list as he is also the highest-graded player against the Detroit Lions as well.
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