Comments on: Matthews Discusses Recent Drop In Production

By: Matthews Has Shin Injury | Total Packers

Matthews Has Shin Injury | Total Packers — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:06:28 +0000

[...] Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews said injuries weren’t slowing him down earlier this week, that may not be the [...]

By: Abe Frohman

Abe Frohman — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:45:51 +0000

then they slide protection and chip him with a RB and the flat is open to a flare pass. Not worth the risk, in my opinion.

By: iltarion

iltarion — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:15:23 +0000

I assume Dom Capers is smarter than me so if it was this easy, I imagine he would have done it already, but my suggestion would be to have Matthews line up wider, especially on obvious passing downs.

In viewing the tape, it appears that the right guard is doubling Matthews when he spins to the inside. Because of this, the right tackle really only has to worry about the outside move. If you line Matthews out wider, the right tackle has to confront him farther up field where Matthews has the option, and room, to go either inside or outside.