Polian corner up

It’s basically the transcript from the radio show

Q: Can you assess the offensive line situation?
A: In (right tackle) Charlie Johnson’s case, and in (center) Jeff Saturday’s case, they hadn’t played in a month, basically. In both cases, they were less than 100 percent. I think that will change as time goes by. They’ll get healed up, and they’ll get more practice, and their timing will be better. You couldn’t find a worse match-up than to get (Texans defensive end) Mario Williams coming off a month of inactivity because of a bad foot. It’s a very tough match up. We tried to help as best we could with chips, but there are going to be times when you simply can’t use the back to chip because they don’t allow you to with a blitz, and they’re able to get a one-on-one. To Charlie’s credit, he won most of them. As Howard Mudd, our former great offensive line coach, was wont to say, ‘You can be perfect for 59 plays and if you give up a sack on the 60th play, you had a bad day.’ Charlie gave up a sack and a pressure, I believe, but that was tough duty and frankly, that’s what kept me awake at night going in to the ballgame. I thought (guard) Mike Pollak had a good game at right guard. Ryan Diem had a little bit of an in-and-out game (at right tackle) – he, too, gave up a pressure and a sack, I believe. (Guard) Jamey Richard and Jeff were OK, but Jamey Richard was playing left guard for the first time. He had been playing center the whole time during the preseason and doing a great job there. You had the problem of cohesion because of the injuries and the match-up being the worst possible match-up you probably could get when you’re in that situation. We knew going in it was going to be a little bit difficult there, and it turned out to be what we hoped it wouldn’t be. I think it will get better. I think the injured players will heal up. Our young players will come on. It will get better as the season goes on. It was a rough day Sunday – understandable to some degree, and I think it will get better.