The line was bad, but not dramatically worse than last year in my opinion
The Colts knew the regular-season opener would be a challenge for an injury-ravaged offensive line that did not play a preseason game together. In addition to Johnson, four-time Pro Bowl center Jeff Saturday returned Sunday from a knee injury that required arthroscopic surgery Aug. 10.“We didn’t protect the passer very well, and some of that is due to the fact of the injury situation,” Colts president Bill Polian said on his Monday radio show. “But the bottom line is, injured or not, you’ve got to go out there and get the job done, and we didn’t get it done.”
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