Thursday, April 17, 2014

Matthews: Opponents will double team Peppers in upcoming season

In an article recently published by USA Today, Packers LB Clay Matthews, when asked who he thinks opponents will double team in the upcoming season when he and newcomer Julius Peppers blitz, said that he believes the latter will be the more aggressively defended one due to to his height and weight: 

"They're going to double (Peppers)," Matthews said. "And that leaves plenty of opportunities for me. I haven't had too many one-on-one opportunities, and when you do, you're expected to win — at least in our locker room — the majority of the time, because that's supposed to be a mismatch."

Let's hope he's right. I like Matthews, but compared to Peppers he's simply not as good.

1 comment:

Brandon said...

Maybe his thinking is that it'll be easier to double Peppers. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out where Peppers is coming from and maybe Peppers is still generating that type of respect from offensive lines. Matthews is more likely to move around before the snap, potentially making it harder to adjust the protection pre-snap to double him.