Sacks leader Matthews expected to return Sunday for Packers

Finley88Beast
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14 years ago

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81b7406a/article/sacks-leader-matthews-expected-to-return-sunday-for-packers?module=HP_headlines

NFL sacks leader Clay Matthews, who missed the Green Bay Packers' previous game because of a left hamstring injury, will return for this weekend's meeting with the Minnesota Vikings, a team source told NFL.com senior writer Steve Wyche on Tuesday.

The return of Matthews, who has 8.5 sacks in five games this season, is even more important given that backup linebacker Brady Poppinga sustained a knee injury during Sunday's overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins and will require arthroscopic surgery.

In addition to Matthews, Green Bay's decimated defense could have several more reinforcements for the Vikings game. The Packers re-acquired safety Anthony Smith in a trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday, and cornerback Al Harris (knee) and safety Atari Bigby (ankle) are eligible to come off the physically unable to perform list this week.

Other injured defenders include defensive linemen Ryan Pickett and Mike Neal and linebacker Brandon Chillar.

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millertime
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14 years ago

Hell yes

MassPackersFan
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14 years ago

Thank Odin.

bigfog
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14 years ago

Man, if Matthews comes back, along with Pick, Neal, Chillar and Harris in some capacity, plus Smith, gotta feel good about the defense against Favre and Co.

The offense on the other hand? Not so much.

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gbguy20
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14 years ago

Man it was pathetic watching our defense without him. Its great that he is an amazing player and all, but its terrible that our defense relies so much on him. anyways its great that hes back for the vikings, hoping to see a dlineman back and atari ready to play.

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gbpfan
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14 years ago

good news like some say o-line needs to get better.

shield4life
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14 years ago

Probably best news we've got this season.

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nerdmann
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14 years ago

"gbguy20" wrote:

Agreed, they totally held him out so he'd be available against Favre.

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zombieslayer
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14 years ago

MN doesn't have the OL to contain Matthews. This might be the easiest job Matthews has had all year.

Favre though has one of the fastest, if not the fastest release in the NFL. Should be an interesting match up.

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Packers_Finland
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14 years ago

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lol McKinnie or Loadholt vs Matthews. They gotta at least put an extra blocker in there, which would hopefully open the door for Jenkins or Raji.

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