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<blockquote data-quote="XPack" data-source="post: 778191" data-attributes="member: 10209"><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/robreischel/2018/05/23/matthews-rodgers-express-frustration-with-green-bay-packers-roster/#3dd4b6a86176" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/robreischel/2018/05/23/matthews-rodgers-express-frustration-with-green-bay-packers-roster/#3dd4b6a86176</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Perhaps the most surprising comments came from Matthews, who typically avoids controversy and toes the company line. But when Matthews was asked about Green Bay ignoring the outside linebacker position the first six rounds of the draft, he didn’t hide his frustration.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff">“Well, I wasn’t surprised with the first two picks. I’ll go ahead and say that,” Matthews said of cornerbacks Jaire Alexander and Josh Jackson. “But obviously, you look at the depth at the outside linebacker position, and it’s not that great. That’s not a slight to the guys who are behind Nick (Perry) and myself, but …”</span></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff">“You look around the league, a lot of times they’re rotating in pass rushers,” Matthews said. “You can look a couple years ago when we had Mike Neal and Julius (Peppers) here, Datone (Jones) as well. We had a pretty good rotation.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff">“Sometimes I’m sure it doesn’t work out the way in which (the front office wants), and obviously they only get so many picks and only have so much cap money to spend. At some time I’m sure it will be addressed, but for the time being the guys we have here are the guys who have to hold up their end of the bargain.”</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XPack, post: 778191, member: 10209"] [URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/robreischel/2018/05/23/matthews-rodgers-express-frustration-with-green-bay-packers-roster/#3dd4b6a86176[/URL] Perhaps the most surprising comments came from Matthews, who typically avoids controversy and toes the company line. But when Matthews was asked about Green Bay ignoring the outside linebacker position the first six rounds of the draft, he didn’t hide his frustration. [COLOR=#0080ff]“Well, I wasn’t surprised with the first two picks. I’ll go ahead and say that,” Matthews said of cornerbacks Jaire Alexander and Josh Jackson. “But obviously, you look at the depth at the outside linebacker position, and it’s not that great. That’s not a slight to the guys who are behind Nick (Perry) and myself, but …” “You look around the league, a lot of times they’re rotating in pass rushers,” Matthews said. “You can look a couple years ago when we had Mike Neal and Julius (Peppers) here, Datone (Jones) as well. We had a pretty good rotation. “Sometimes I’m sure it doesn’t work out the way in which (the front office wants), and obviously they only get so many picks and only have so much cap money to spend. At some time I’m sure it will be addressed, but for the time being the guys we have here are the guys who have to hold up their end of the bargain.”[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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