Clay Matthews Re-Breaks Thumb
It's not looking good on the Clay Matthews injury front.
#Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Clay Matthews seemed to suffer a repeat injury. He did. Broken thumb again. Couldn’t cast & play last time
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 23, 2013
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Comments (51)
December 23, 2013 at 04:44 pm
Clay Mathews has many upsides. Durability, is not one of them.
This sucks.
December 23, 2013 at 06:52 pm
You can't blame a thumb injury on durability. That can happen to any player that steps onto the field.
Evan
December 23, 2013 at 07:25 pm
To say nothing of the fact that it wasn't fully healed. Reinjury was always a risk and he toughed it out for the team.
I can only imagine the bs people would be spewing at Clay had he been sitting out this whole time, waiting for his thumb to be 100%.
December 23, 2013 at 08:12 pm
How about the yearly hamstring injury - can I blame that on durability?
Evan
December 23, 2013 at 08:21 pm
Yes.
December 23, 2013 at 10:20 pm
Same page amigo.
December 24, 2013 at 09:45 am
Ya to go along with his play. On that injury it was the first time in a long long time, I personally saw him make a solo play. He has been handled by bigger stronger O linemen and is playing the wrong position, DOM.
Vic C said it best, the Pack like Dom and the 3-4 because you don't have to go out and pay defensive ends the big bucks, let a linebacker play that roll and save the money.
Urlacker could have done it but look at all the stops that would not have been made up the middle with him missing.
December 23, 2013 at 05:24 pm
lets see: cobb, rodgers, matthews, lacy, jolly- bulaga, finley and 10 more and people will bitch about our coaches
December 23, 2013 at 05:47 pm
Digital Trucker--Thanks for being a voice of reasonableness in a sea of irrational wannabe GM's.
December 23, 2013 at 06:04 pm
I completely agree that the fire everybody approach is ridiculous . However, I feel maybe the message from Capers has gone stale as is the trend with him. Our defense seems to lack consistent toughness and physicality. I've also noticed that offenses have screen calls timed perfectly against us. Our blitz packages are predictable and maybe a fresh start is necessary. It all really depends what DC's will be available next year. It's a little out there but if the Jets fired Rex Ryan and he was available as a DC, I think he could bring an edge to our D that we haven't seen since the SB run.
December 23, 2013 at 06:05 pm
Oh, M.D. Jennings doesn't help Capers cause......so terrible
Evan
December 23, 2013 at 06:08 pm
Yes. Nagler is driving the Rex train and I'm on board.
December 23, 2013 at 06:22 pm
Me too.
December 23, 2013 at 06:49 pm
Things like that don't happen with the Packers.
Evan
December 23, 2013 at 07:20 pm
A man can dream...
Though I'd say Capers was just as big a "name" as Rex, at least in football circles. Now Rex's personality probably isn't a fit with MM.
December 23, 2013 at 07:51 pm
I get the appeal for Rex. Problem is I don't think he would accept a DC position nor do I think he would toe the company line and keep his mouth shut enough. McCarthy wouldn't stand for his type of brash talk and Rex wouldn't agree to shut up enough to allow it.
December 23, 2013 at 10:22 pm
I think you're right. But there have got to be some younger defensive coaches around the league that come from the same style of defense that Rex does.
December 23, 2013 at 10:44 pm
Yeah the personalities may not mix at first glance, but I think McCarthy and Ryan are both passionate no bs coaches that could find a way to work together.
December 24, 2013 at 06:11 am
TheTK... I'm totally fine w/ finding a younger leader to hire as the DC. Rex has plenty of good qualities as a DC, but restraint isn't one of them. He's like his old man that way. Just doesn't know when to keep quiet. All his braggadocio doesn't help his players and put them in situations to succeed IMO. He had plenty to do w/ Sanchez bombing and I'd bet he'll do the same w/ Gino Smith next, just to name a couple.
tundravision
December 23, 2013 at 05:25 pm
I don't know if durability is the issue. He's an every-down player and caught a bad break with an injury that maybe....maybe.....he shouldn't have rushed back from. From what I've read about a Bennett's Fracture, its nothing you want to roll the dice with or you can suffer some pretty rotten long-term consequenes.
December 23, 2013 at 05:34 pm
His hamstrings have been issues since he was drafted.
December 23, 2013 at 09:39 pm
I've had a Bennetts fracture on my Right thumb. If it isn't fixed you would lose the function of the thumb eventually. I had a cast for over a month and a brace for a couple weeks. I don't know if Matthews had a bone graft on his first break, I doubt it, since I didn't. But my guess is after the re-break he will or has had surgery and might get a bone graft this time. It'll mean a longer recovery after surgery but it should help the bone heal more completely.
I had a bone graft when I broke my wrist. Usually take the bone graft from the prominent hip bone. After a bone graft surgery I was in a cast for 2 mon past the elbow and another month mid forearm.
The Bennetts fracture itself isn't such a problem as long as its repaired correctly. Again its possible Matthews gets a graft this time to ensure complete recovery.
December 23, 2013 at 10:25 pm
I already offered a tibia to Sherrod, a clavicle to 12 and heck I'm sure I've got enough left over for 52 to take whatever he needs.
December 24, 2013 at 04:55 am
LOL... Your just a donating fool. I think we would all donate a little something for the cause if it kept the players on the field and out of the training room.
December 23, 2013 at 05:33 pm
The second I saw him hold his arm the way he did after he got up, I texted my buddy and said he re-broke the thumb. Man, the guy just can't stay healthy. He probably didn't want to have a more protective cast on it and it bit him in the ass.
Jayme Snowden
December 23, 2013 at 05:50 pm
As soon as it happened, I curled up a little. Imagined his thumb once again dislocated from his hand and the trainers unable to get to it to either reset or place it in a less painful way because of the cast he was wearing. Can't imagine that pain. Staring down at it, re-broken and having to cut the first cast off first.
December 23, 2013 at 09:01 pm
Makes me wince just thinking about it.
December 24, 2013 at 09:52 am
I thought Stafford was a china doll for having two broken collarbones but he came around and played two seasons without injury.
Mathews looks like he may be a china doll. 5 games this season so far not included Sunday or the pre season, and what 4 or 5 games last year?
You almost can't plan on this guy being there.
We will just put the mighty Datone J in that spot and he will lead the charge for us. After all he was a number one for Ted, lets see him prove it on the field now. Perry can help take up the slack too or is he hurt again????
December 23, 2013 at 06:14 pm
12, 52, & 18 (probably the 3 best players on the team) have only played 4 games together all season.
Bummer.
December 23, 2013 at 06:19 pm
My concern is 27...
December 23, 2013 at 06:47 pm
Mine too... but I think Starks can carry the load vs. the Bears.
December 23, 2013 at 07:01 pm
Yeah but he's not very durable either....the two of em in there is what we need.
December 23, 2013 at 06:25 pm
Agreed. The defense has issues, but this team would be waaaay better with those three out there.
December 24, 2013 at 04:28 am
12, 52, 27, 87, 88, 18 in that order.JMO
December 23, 2013 at 06:50 pm
Next man up is a bunch of crap. Coachspeak. Take any team and pluck off this many of their best players and watch the results. Any team would suffer, not just GB.
December 24, 2013 at 07:22 am
exactly.
How would Seattle do without Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch, and Richard Sherman?
Next man works ok for average to good players, but it doesn't work with your best players.
December 24, 2013 at 09:07 am
yep. Those guys are backups for a reason..they aren't as good as your starter. Enough injuries and pretty soon you arent the same team..
December 24, 2013 at 09:27 am
But I also understand why coaches and players have to say this "can't use injuries as an excuse" nonsense.
Could you imagine the reaction if MM said, "Yeah well, we've lost Rodgers, Matthews, Bulaga, Finley, Hayward, Cobb, Jolly, and Harris, so we're screwed. We'll still give it our best shot every week but don't hold your breath. Chances are we'll lose more games than we'll win."
So the team spews this baloney and the fans listen to it but we all know there is a bunch of nodding and winking going on. Hell, personally I hope for the best but I don't EXPECT it. I can't get upset when the JV team gets beat. That's just the reality of it.
December 23, 2013 at 07:24 pm
I can't believe the people that have ragged on CM this year. He was playing great, broke his thumb, came back with a club then a cast. Try doing shit with a cast on one hand. Then you hear shit like, oh he wasn't doing much anyway. Every team game plans for him. Broke his thumb twice while making a big play. You people suck.
December 23, 2013 at 07:28 pm
It's not ragging on him ...its just statistics. All packer fans love clay .
December 24, 2013 at 09:57 am
I disagree. Frisco had one O linemen handle him the whole game. He never got near Kaperdink in any game except the late hit out of bounds.
I'm not down on the guy, I'm down on him playing defensive end. I would love to see his speed and tenacity in the middle where he belongs. They are playing him wrong. Not his fault.
December 25, 2013 at 12:15 am
You have a very selective memory, Clay had a very clean sack of Kaepernick in week 1 before the hit out of bounds but hey lets not let facts get in the way of the point your trying to make.
December 23, 2013 at 07:48 pm
We are the only team in America that has players get injured from sacking the quarterback!! Ridiculous.
December 23, 2013 at 10:02 pm
Twice.
December 23, 2013 at 10:27 pm
Happened to Perry at least once, too. So three times, at least.
December 23, 2013 at 10:26 pm
No, I'm sure we are not.
December 24, 2013 at 04:31 am
Merry Christmas to one and all, even the trolls, may you get a nice fat billy goat under yer bridge.
December 24, 2013 at 10:30 am
Big CM3 fan here. He plays with a passion that more Packers could use a dose of. I wish him the best and hope for a healthier 2014. Will we ever get our OLBs and OTs healthy? Just confirms that we need to go BPA in the draft. I wouldn't complain with another OLB or OT if they can stay on the field.
December 24, 2013 at 02:07 pm
So with CMIII reinjuring his thumb, it makes the organization look pretty smart right now not taking a chance with Rodgers.
December 24, 2013 at 05:52 pm
We don't play Rodgers because we don't want to get him hurt but we throw Matthews out there with a busted thumb and a small protective cast? Huh?
December 26, 2013 at 01:38 pm
Thumbs and fingers are tricky. "Big Ben" is tough to bring down and I am sure that did not help bringing down a big man by just a hand.