The Arizona Cardinals had a different starting offensive line for the first time this season on Sunday. Trystan Colon got the start at left guard in place of Elijah Wilkinson, who suffered a neck injury during the week and was ruled out.
However, apparently Colon would have been in the starting lineup regardless of Wilkinson’s injury.
Head coach Jonathan Gannon told reporters on Monday “Colon started the whole week.”
Wilkinson was not on the injury report on Wednesday. On Thursday, his neck injury came up.
Colon had been splitting time at left guard in games, usually playing a couple of series. However Dennis Daley, in his return from injured reserve, got worked in at left guard like Colon.
If Wilkinson is able to practice normally this week, the starting left guard job should presumably go back to him.
But we will see if that was imply perfect timing for a benching.
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