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Johnson against the secondary would also be an acceptable answer to this question.

While I’m hoping that Charlie Johnson is back for week 1, there is some reason to take heart even if he sits. Both Ugoh and CJ have faced Williams 3 times. Williams has 4 sacks against CJ, with just 1 against Ugoh. A sign of the wide gulf in physical abilities between the two Colts LTs or just a fluke of small sample, I don’t know. Even taken as totally representative of their respective abilities we’re all too familiar with the lapses and inconsistencies in Ugoh’s game to have too much confidence.

Williams has recorded a sack in all 3 of his matchups against Charlie Johnson with 4 total. I would call that troubling. This leaves us with the question, does likely blindside pressure make up for a likely inability to contain Dallas Clark, or will a deep receiving corps lacking a convincing answer from the Texans side make any pressure too little, too late?

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