The official 2009 DRAFT thread

[imscott72]

Clay Matthews...More D!!

[red]

eh

don't like that

i would have rather gotten sintim

[channtheman]

Awesome pick! This draft is great!

[Partial]

Wow, big move from the Packers. Like it a lot!!!

[rbaloha1]

WOW DO NOT LIKE MATTHEWS1

[Charles Woodson]

wasnt clay matthews the one who was suspected of being on roids?

[Bretsky]

I saw Clay Matthews as the classic overachiever; short on talent but long on heart

Surprised

[Rastak]

Matthews?



Overall Football Traits

Production 3 Matthews walks-on to USC and redshirts during the 2004 season. 2005: He appears in 12 games in a reserve role and special team's player. He records eight tackles and one pass break-up. 2006-'07: Matthews appears in all 26 games during, making two starts and records 32 total tackles, including 4.5 TFL, two sacks, two forced fumbles and a pass break-up. Also notches two blocked kicks. 2008: He appears in all 13 games with 10 starts and records 56 tackles with nine TFL, including 4.5 sacks. He also forces and recovers a fumble, breaks up two passes and blocks a field goal. He is named the Trojans co-special teams player of the year in both 2006 and 2007. Earns second team All-Pac 10 honors during his senior campaign in 2008.

Height-Weight-Speed 2 Possesses a well-built frame along with above-average top-end speed for the position.

Durability 1 Suffered a broken bone in his left thumb against Nebraska in 2007 but did not miss any playing time due to the injury.

Character 1 A former walk-on that feels he has something to prove every time he steps on the field. Also comes from a tremendous gene-poll as his father Clay Matthews Sr. and uncle Bruce Matthews have combined for over 40 years of NFL experience.

Outside Linebacker specific Traits

Instincts/Recognition 1 Quickly finds and reacts to the ball quickly allowing him to get into strong initial position. Shows the discipline not to fall for play fakes and gets into drop zone in a timely manner against play action. Also does a good job of staying home backside against misdirection.
Pursuit/Point of Attack 3 Flashes ability to jar blockers in the hole. Possesses excellent flexibility in torso to turn pads and get skinny to slide by blocks at the line of scrimmage. Takes sound angles in pursuit. Some concerns to his ability to hold the edge against bigger NFL offensive tackles and tight ends. Needs to improve hand usage.

Tackling 2 Strong overall tackler. Does a nice job of wrapping up and finishing tackles. Breaks down well in the open field and is excellent at going down low and chopping out ball carriers legs. However lacks explosion as a tackler and won't deliver many knock out shots.

Pass Coverage 2 Lacks ideal experience in this department but shows a great deal of potential. Takes excellent angles to drop and does a nice job of reading quarterbacks eyes in zone coverage. Is loose in the hips and changes directions well giving him solid man-coverage skills. Ball skills are above-average.

Pass Rusher 2 Possesses good quickness and suddenness off the edge. Does a nice job of dipping low when coming off the edge making it hard for tackles to get proper hand placement. Excels at running the inside loop off of defensive line twists and stunts. Has the closing burst to get to be disruptive when having a clear shot at quarterback. However, he does not counter well once initially caught by blockers.

[gbpackfan]

Little surprised. Well, I think our day is done now.

[Gunakor]

Interesting pick... Not sure how I feel about this. He's a great athlete, but probably isn't a great fit for a 3-4.

OMG WAY TOO MUCH GIVEN UP THOUGH

Gave up our #2 and BOTH of our #3's.

[Sparkey]

OMG

#2 and both #3's for that ?

[retailguy]

Little surprised. Well, I think our day is done now.

3rd round done too! second and two thirds! WOW

[red]

whoa

my god we gave up the farm for him

2nd and both 3's

i really hate the pick now

[pack4to84]

2nd rd, both 3rd rd. Wow

[Bretsky]

WOW

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