One of the dominant storylines of the early 2010 season has been the Packers’ Clay Matthews. He is getting the press on defense that Michael Vick is on offense (adjusting for the fact that offense always gets more press than defense anyway).
Coming out of Week Two, Don Banks, in his weekly “Power Rankings,” regarding the Packers as the #2 team in the league (behind the New Orleans Saints, who will no doubt drop after their shameful overtime loss on Sunday). And in his brief remarks on the Pack, he highlighted Matthews’ amazing start to the season":
The Packers lead the NFC through two weeks with 61 points, but that's not their most impressive statistical feat so far. Green Bay outside linebacker Clay Matthews has six sacks, which is more than 25 of the league's 32 teams have amassed. Given the Bears' early pass protection problems, Chicago might want to pay a little extra attention to No. 52 on Monday night.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/don_banks/09/22/power.rankings.1/index.html?eref=sihp#ixzz10jx3OELo
Meanwhile, in this week’s MMQB, Peter King gives a fascinating bit of background information about the Packers’ roster moves involving Clay Matthews…
The Green Bay Packers can thank Brett Favre for one more thing, other than a lot of memories, when they take the field tonight in Chicago.
The Packers traded Favre to the New York Jets for a conditional draft choice in 2008. The pick became the Jets' third-rounder in the 2009 draft because Favre played more than 50 percent of the snaps in the 2008 season. So when the Packers started looking for an extra pick to pair with the 41st and 73rd overall picks to send to New England for the 26th overall pick in the first round on that draft day, GM Ted Thompson reached into his trove of choices and pulled out the Favre pick -- the 83rd. He sent the three picks to New England for that first-rounder and a fifth- to get a prospect many in the league thought had some holes because of a very spotty college career. The prospect started only eight games in five years, but Thompson had a feel for him. He thought the prospect would be just what his front seven was missing. And so the deal got made, and Thompson used the ultimate headache that had been the Favre nightmare to help him get his man.
NFL sack leader Clay Matthews.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/09/26/Week3/3.html#ixzz10jwI9qdt
Well, after his ridiculous start to this season and all the press he’s been getting, Matthew won’t be able to sneak up on Jay Cutler tonight. But that doesn’t mean he won’t get to him.
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