Connor Williams' first two games with the Seahawks haven't been perfect, not according to the veteran center's high standards.

Yet when you consider the injury he is coming back from, a torn ACL that happened late last season, as well as the fact that he didn't sign with the team until mid-August, and didn't begin practicing until a week after that, it's hard not to be impressed with what Williams has accomplished so far, played every offensive snap and one of the most demanding positions on offense other than quarterback.

"I thought he played well," Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said of Williams' start with the Seahawks. "For what we asked him to do and how fast he ramped up—if you ask him, he's probably frustrated a little bit with how he played in the first game; I thought it was pretty dang good. Then I thought you say a big jump in the second game, so if we can stay on that trend, we'll be cooking."

But even if his head coach is impressed with Williams is doing given the circumstances, Williams isn't willing to grade his performance on a curve.

"Yeah, it's definitely not my standard or how I want to play," Williams said. "I'm just trying to get back to the level I want to be playing at."

So how long will it take for Williams to feel like he is back at that level? He can't say for sure, but he sees progress and knows there's plenty of time not only for his play to improve but for the entire line to get better playing as a unit.

"It's been about a month, and it's a long season, so I'd say we're in the early phases of it, but it's just head down, one day and a time, and continue to get better week by week," Williams said.

Williams, who spent the past two seasons playing for the Dolphins, Seattle's Week 3 opponent, called his first month with the Seahawks, "a bombardment of information," but he has also enjoyed that process learning a new team and organization.

"It's been good," he said. "It's starting to slow down and staring to kind of feel accustomed to the building and the people, and can find my place and niche on the team, so I'm catching up."

Williams signed so late in the process because of his injury, which meant missing a good portion of training camp and the preseason. It's hard for any player to come back from an ACL injury as quickly as Williams did, let alone a 310-pound lineman who's job us to go to battle with other 300-plus pound players, but Williams' goal all along was to pull off exactly what he did this summer, joining a team and making it back to start the season opener.

"When I was in free agency and we said we were going to play Game 1, we meant it," he said. "So I've just kind of expected it from Day 1, and I'm on that track now."

Much like Williams, Seattle's entire offensive line feels like it hasn't played up to its standard as a unit through two weeks, though it is worth noting that left tackle Charles Cross has been outstanding. And the progress that is likely to continue for Williams should serve as a big reason for optimism that the O-line will improve. Good offensive line play requires cohesion, an no one player is more important to that than the center, who is usually tasked with making protection calls and being in lockstep with the quarterback. Williams has already done a good job orchestrating things for the line, but as he gets more comfortable playing with his new teammates, the line should continue to grow around him.

"O-line, it's got to be five as one, it's got to be an organism, so obviously it's about us all coming together and learning each other's games and just continuing to develop together," he said. "My game's not the same as it was in Miami, it has to change and mold into what's best for us as a unit."

And now, as Williams looks to continue his week-by-week growth, he'll do so against his former team, an experience he's looking forward to while also saying, "It'll definitely be interesting. I don't think I'll be able to speak until after the game, but I'll definitely be interesting and I'm excited to go against them."

Williams will not, however, be seeing his former quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, who was placed on injured reserve this week after suffering a concussion Miami's Week 2 loss to the Bills.

"It was awful," Williams said of Tagovailoa's injury. "You obviously never wish for something like that, and definitely with his history, just, prayers out for him and his family… I'm just wishing the best for him. Prayers for him."