Clay Could Be Too Costly

wpr
Preferred Member Topic Starter

7 years ago

If GM Ted Thompson wants to free up money to re-sign Nick Perry, JC Tretter, T.J. Lang, Eddie Lacy and others in the offseason, he might want to think about releasing Clay Matthews, who'll count $15.2 million against the salary cap in 2017. Do I expect Thompson to even consider cutting Matthews? Not really, but

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Best option would be for Clay to swallow his pride and agree to re sign for considerably less $

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DakotaT
Select Member

7 years ago

Best option would be for Clay to swallow his pride and agree to re sign for considerably less $

Originally Posted by: wpr

Yeah right. You have a lot more faith in human beings than I do.

yooperfan
Veteran Member

7 years ago

Best option would be for Clay to swallow his pride and agree to re sign for considerably less $

Originally Posted by: wpr

I agree, but I'm guessing he won't.
In that case bring out the ax.
The Packers don't get 15.2 million dollars in value from him, he's still good but not that good.
Plus Green Bay has another guy that falls into that category who should renegotiate as well.

Smokey
Veteran Member

7 years ago

With only 13 tackles and 3 sacks so far in this 2016 Season, Clay Matthews may not even reach Pro-Bowl status this season. You will however see him flinging his hair around and showing off his mussels in nationally seen commercials.

Face it, he's having a poor season as is Julius Peppers . Clay may be about to exit as did A.J. HAWK !

gbguy20
Veteran Member

7 years ago

I've never seen clay fling mussels

wpr
Preferred Member Topic Starter

7 years ago

Yeah right. You have a lot more faith in human beings than I do.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

Yes I do. BUT I never said he was going to redo his contract. I said that was the best option. It was implied "For the Green Bay Packers" not for Clay. No doubt there are 3-4 teams out there who are more than willing to give him the full value of his current contract or more. So why would he ever agree to take less simply to play in Green and Gold?

Smokey
Veteran Member

7 years ago

I've never seen clay fling mussels

Originally Posted by: gbguy20

Nice catch . 😕 LOL

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

7 years ago

Always felt Clay was a one-trick pony and when he moved to Middle/Inside LB I thought that was quite unselfish of him.

You folks always want a player to take a pay cut and when a player is outplaying their contract, you don't say a damn thing. You're no different and no better than the greedy owners of the NFL.

wpr
Preferred Member Topic Starter

7 years ago

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

Yeah and so?

isocleas2
Member

7 years ago

#10

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

I appreciate what Clay has meant to the organization and he still has a few more good seasons in him. But he peaked awhile ago and may be regressing, I'd rather spread that 15m cap hit out and resign Lang/Tretter/Jones/Perry

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