After another shaky game, should the Seahawks stick with Cary Williams?

It’s been an inconsistent first season in Seattle for Cary Williams, Sunday’s performance against Arizona included. So will he keep his starting job with the Seahawks?

710 ESPN Seattle’s Brock Huard believes he will, in part because of a lack of alternatives on Seattle’s cornerback depth chart.

“Because Jeremy Lane, unless he makes some unbelievable strides, has been much more of a nickle guy than an outside guy,” Huard said. “But I will tell you this: Cary is going to continue to be challenged and … it’s about in those big moments fundamentally doing the right thing, and he still falls back to poor fundamentals.”

Lane is coming off an injury and could make his season debut on Sunday. Seattle’s other options at cornerback are Marcus Burley – who like Lane has also been more of a nickelback – and rookie Tye Smith.

Williams has been beaten deep at times this season, notably in Seattle’s Week-5 loss to Cincinnati.

The Cardinals attacked Williams and, surprisingly, Richard Sherman as well while gaining 363 yards through the air in their 39-32 win over Seattle.

Williams was defending on two potential turning points, neither of which went the Seahawks’ way. The first was an arcing 27-yard touchdown pass from Carson Palmer to Michael Floyd that put Arizona up 12-0. Williams credited Palmer for making a strong throw and Floyd for his outstretched catch.

“It was good placement and it was a great catch and he made a great play, man,” Williams said. “Sometimes that’s what happens in the league and that’s why you get paid the big bucks to go out there and make plays like that.”

Another key play came while the Cardinals were trying to ice the game, driving for what would be their final touchdown. On third-and-3, Palmer threw an out-route towards Williams off his back foot, leaving a precarious pass hanging in the air on its way to the sidelines toward Arizona’s fourth receiver, Jaron Brown.

“That should be a pick-six,” Huard said. “That should be one of those that a corner, and a good corner, and a guy of his caliber, sits and salivates and says, ‘You throw this to me. I dare you to throw it to me right now. You’re going to throw this late and you’re going to throw it inside and soft and behind. I’m gonna pick it, I’m gonna six it, I’m gonna house it and I’m going to be the difference-maker.’

“Instead, he’s just lost right now, both in technique and in confidence that the guy comes all the way around and catches that conversion. It’s really disappointing in critical moments to see the technique and fundamentals really falling apart.”

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