Clay Matthews: Packers "told me there was no room for me'

wpr
Preferred Member Topic Starter

4 years ago

Clay Matthews is from Southern California, went to college at the University of Southern California, and is working for the hometown Rams now. Life is good. But the veteran linebacker also admitted he wasn't prepared to leave Green Bay, until he was told he wasn't wanted. Matthews told Mike Silver of NFL Network that he [more]

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It will be interesting to see how the Smiths compare to CM3 over the next couple of years.. I don't mind not keeping Clay. It's business. We probably will only hear his side of the story so we don't know if Gute strung him and his agent along or not with no intention of re-signing him. I'm not even sure it matters.

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Cheesey
Preferred Member

4 years ago

Early in his career, he was a power that had to be planned for by offenses. Then in my opinion, he went downhill.
He “lost” something.
Either way, he was at the end of the line. And as it is in today’s NFL, there is no “loyalty” on the players or management end.
You are only as good as your last game. And if you aren’t getting the bucks you think you deserve, or the playing time you think you deserve, you will get cut or “whine” your way out of town.

nerdmann
Premier Member

4 years ago

Originally Posted by: Cheesey

He stopped juicing after the Mike Neal scandal. Allegedly. Bottom line is, the Packers were right. It was time to move on. This way he doesn't have to move inside.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

wpr
Preferred Member Topic Starter

4 years ago

He stopped juicing after the Mike Neal scandal. Allegedly. Bottom line is, the Packers were right. It was time to move on. This way he doesn't have to move inside.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

It's interesting that you mention Neal. That was a similar cutting of the ties. Neal wanted to come back and Ted Thompson and CO didn't even make him an offer.

On Monday, Neal spoke to Journal Sentinel beat writer Michael Cohen in a wide-ranging interview that he hopes will shed light on the events of the last few months. Among the nuggets he shared:

» The Packers never offered him a new contract.

» He definitely wants to play football in 2016.

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

4 years ago

He stopped juicing after the Mike Neal scandal. Allegedly. Bottom line is, the Packers were right. It was time to move on. This way he doesn't have to move inside.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

You are the only one who claims Clay juiced. It's old.

KRK
Veteran Member

4 years ago

I think he did.

His physical appearance earlier in his career was much larger, puffier, with more of a visor head. I have no personal knowledge that he did, but the decline in performance, quickness, and strength along with my perception of his change in appearance leads me to guess he did.

Regardless, it was time to move on.

In Luce tua Videmus Lucem KRK

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