Saints RT on Houston

Who only gave up two sacks last year.

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"I've never felt more individually responsible for the destruction of an offense before," Strief said. "I mean, I've just never been in a situation ... I mean, hats off to him (Houston). That's a game that you fear as a lineman. I had no answers. And I think I really gave us no chance to get anything going."

When asked if he was just talking about the sacks or other plays as well, Strief said, "I don't feel like I did a good job at any point in that game. ... I think I was physically and mentally beaten. And that's disappointing, because you just can't be in that situation. As a professional athlete, you can't be in the situation that I was in today."

When asked if he can attribute any of the team's struggles to the absence of Coach Sean Payton, Strief said, "I have a very hard time attributing what happened today to not having a head coach, because he can't block anybody. At the end of the day, I don't know what Coach Payton being here would have done to make me block somebody."

I really think by the end of this season, Houston will be mentioned up there with Hali. He's only going to get better.

Houston is going to be a monster, which will only help Hali. As will someone stepping up at NT whether is Powe or Poe this year, also helping our Dorsey and Jackson tremendously which helps Hali and Houston even more. Especially if Flowers, Routt, and Berry can lock down receivers. We really just need a NT to step up, and Powe did that the second half of the Saints game.

I hope Kendrick Lewis is ready to go soon. Having him patroling around is always a huge plus.