"I got to say when they moved him to inside linebacker, I was a little skeptical," said Diggs on 247Sports' Railbird Central podcast on Friday. "My antennas went up because I wasn't sure. I got to say Dom Capers outsmarted me. I had no idea what was going on. I thought maybe something was going on personnel-wise, maybe they didn't like his performance that he was putting up outside rushing the passer. My first instinct was, 'Man, Clay Matthews is a pass rusher, he's an athlete, he's an animal, let him rush the passer.'"
Diggs admits that defensive coordinator Dom Capers and the rest of the coaching staff knew what they were doing all along.
Once Matthews made the switch to inside linebacker following the bye week last season, the Packers defense turned the corner.
The run defense, which was was the worst in the NFL last at the midseason mark, became respectable.
"After watching him a few weeks, I think it was a Sunday night game or a Monday night game, I watched him," said Diggs. "Man, he tore it up. He was playing like an animal. And that's what the position is all about. Middle linebacker is the absolute funnest position to play on the field. You get to run around, you see everything.
"You get to run around, you get to knock the crap out of people, especially if that's something you like like I do. It gives you free reign, especially if you've got a good defensive line in front of you that can protect you and keep you clean. And with a player like Clay Matthews, it's not going to do anything but benefit him."
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