In an effort to have Green Bay Packers fans really dig deep and come up with another asinine reason for how the Minnesota Vikings are trying to be like the Packers, the Vikings went out and signed a player at a position of need on an affordable contract that OK, MY GOD, JUST HAPPENS TO BE CLAY MATTHEWS BROTHER, JESUS, LEAVE IT ALONE.
WE DID WHO?
Casey Matthews is a linebacker who plays any linebacker position. At least in the NFL thus far. Having attended Oregon during the Chip Kelley era, Matthews probably isn’t best known as a stout defender, but a guy that had to run up and down the damn field because, oh my god Chip, slow the hell down for a second. He was drafted in 2011 by the Eagles, and has played all three linebacker spots for Philadelphia. I do not really know if he has played any of those spots well, however. In 2014 he got an opportunity to start 11 games for the Eagles and did about as well as when he started three games for them in his rookie year, meaning – I don’t know – he hasn’t really improved. Basically, he’s the “less than” Matthews brother.
OK, SO NOW WHAT?
Well, I guess he competes for playing time? The Vikings are a f*cking MESS at linebacker right now, so he’ll get an opportunity to play I suppose. Aside from maybe-injury prone Anthony Barr and partially dead Chad Greenway, there is no other starter-quality linebacker talent on the team. Audie Cole? He’s consistently done well, but never breaks through to be a regular starter. Gerald Hodges? Same deal. Solid, but not great. Michael Mauti? He has the knees of an 80-year old man, so let’s not ask too much of him. Point being, linebacker is a position that needed some depth and help, so a low-key signing of someone like Casey Matthews makes sense.
I wonder how it feels to be canon fodder.
DO WE CARE AT ALL?
This kind of seems like a redundant signing, after I’ve looked at what’s already on the roster. I think I’d rather have re-signed Jasper Brinkley than Casey Matthews, or at least let Audie Cole have full reign of the opportunity. On the plus side, Chad Greenway must be PSYCHED because this means we are getting closer to having the “white linebackers” appear in a game together. Seriously … Greenway, Matthews, Cole, Mauti … they can hang out together and talk about kale, or the new mobile apps their working on! #whitepeople
OH COOL DID YOU KNOW THIS, PROBABLY!
Casey is the sixth member of the Matthews family to play in the NFL. The other family members include literally THREE other people named Clay. Clay! You are going to name someone that not once, twice, but THREE times? GTFO. God, I hate Green Bay.
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