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<blockquote data-quote="Sky King" data-source="post: 724514" data-attributes="member: 7171"><p>I am definitely with you regarding your overall optimism. But I'm just not as down on Matthews as some other posters have been, at least not yet and, hopefully, never. This season should be telling though. He played out of position at an age when his career as an OLB should have been peaking. He was unselfish about it. He has also played hurt. </p><p></p><p>He has been the epitome of a team player and I've never heard anything at all about him uttering a bad word against the team or its fans. Just the opposite, per his first cousin, a fellow LV local whom I've had the pleasure of conversing with at length. I have a hard time understanding the logic of those wanting him to get cut and especially those who spew vitriol his way. Personally, I have a mountain of respect for Matthews.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Even the best pass-rushers get stopped or slowed down on most of the snaps they play. Matthews recorded a fair amount of sacks from the ILB position, that's true. But he was not equally effective versus the run or in coverage inside, with only the occasional splash play here and there outside of those sacks. Despite that he still outplayed any of the JAGs that had been playing at the position before him. He made a difference. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I'll give him an asterisk last season due to his injuries. And that half-season as an OLB in 2014 deserves an incomplete for that specific position, only. He sure seemed to be double-teamed aplenty at OLB after 2010. Last season it was not necessary to double team him due to his bum shoulder.</p><p></p><p>His numbers have not been quite as spectacular since that stellar 2010 season -- the year he came within a whisker of winning DPOY. His performance that season was very uncommon and it would be difficult for any player to come close to that level of play consistently season after season, let alone to match it. But if that's the kind of performance that some fans are still expecting out of him then they're bound to be disappointed. Here's hoping he's got another freakishly good season still left in him, or at least a season or two that's reasonably close.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sky King, post: 724514, member: 7171"] I am definitely with you regarding your overall optimism. But I'm just not as down on Matthews as some other posters have been, at least not yet and, hopefully, never. This season should be telling though. He played out of position at an age when his career as an OLB should have been peaking. He was unselfish about it. He has also played hurt. He has been the epitome of a team player and I've never heard anything at all about him uttering a bad word against the team or its fans. Just the opposite, per his first cousin, a fellow LV local whom I've had the pleasure of conversing with at length. I have a hard time understanding the logic of those wanting him to get cut and especially those who spew vitriol his way. Personally, I have a mountain of respect for Matthews. Even the best pass-rushers get stopped or slowed down on most of the snaps they play. Matthews recorded a fair amount of sacks from the ILB position, that's true. But he was not equally effective versus the run or in coverage inside, with only the occasional splash play here and there outside of those sacks. Despite that he still outplayed any of the JAGs that had been playing at the position before him. He made a difference. Personally, I'll give him an asterisk last season due to his injuries. And that half-season as an OLB in 2014 deserves an incomplete for that specific position, only. He sure seemed to be double-teamed aplenty at OLB after 2010. Last season it was not necessary to double team him due to his bum shoulder. His numbers have not been quite as spectacular since that stellar 2010 season -- the year he came within a whisker of winning DPOY. His performance that season was very uncommon and it would be difficult for any player to come close to that level of play consistently season after season, let alone to match it. But if that's the kind of performance that some fans are still expecting out of him then they're bound to be disappointed. Here's hoping he's got another freakishly good season still left in him, or at least a season or two that's reasonably close. [/QUOTE]
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