reflexblue

Doesn't sound like BB and Caserio regret passing on Matthews. Not that they would really say what they felt in a press conference.

Belichick, Caserio discuss Packers LB Matthews - Extra Points - Boston.com

"Clay's a good football player. When you look at that USC defense, they had a lot of good players. I think the Packers are happy they have Matthews, and we're happy with the players that we have on our team."

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Kasmir

I wish Caserio hadn't put it that way -- that kind of faint praise is locker room material for Matthews.

Synovia

I don't think that means anything.

Have you ever heard BB badmouth one of his own players? He'd pretty much have to badmouth Brace/Butler to say anything else.

KontradictioN

The Packers are fighting for their playoff lives in the NFC North. We're 11-2 and the best team in the NFL right now. Did you think that Matthews wasn't going to play hard anyway?

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ScottishPat

I still wish we had taken Matthew's if I'm honest, he would have been perfect in the 3-4 last year with TBC on the other side (10.0 sacks, I think?). If we have the option of taking a top pass rusher I HOPE BB doesn't trade the pick away for picks.

Nikolai

Yep, Clay Matthews is pissed. Might as well forget the game and sit by the fireplace with some hot chocolate instead.

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apple strudel

Totally not enough to interpret, unless you're Rex Ryan.

Kasmir

Belichick makes it a policy of carefully overpraising the opposition. Part of his relentless attention to detail. Probably seldom matters, but you never know when a particular player might have something going on in their life that is distracting them. Insults, accidental or otherwise, can have a focusing effect. Caserio's remark is uncharacteristic of the way Belichick coaches press interactions.

Rob0729

If you took what Belichick said in press conferences about other teams, you would think he regrets passing on a lot of great and a lot of not so great and downright mediocre players. The only player I have never seen him speak less than glowing about is Freddy Mitchell.

Belichick may have regretted passing on him or he may not. The last place you can really get evidence either way is one of his press conferences.

Patspsycho

He wouldn't have fit in our 2 gap. Knock on him in college was his zone coverage skills, which our system requires- he had a tendency to overpursue which is good for the Packers 1 gap, but not for us.