(Did you have any idea on draft day two years ago what kind of impact Clay could have?)
Well, anytime you pick someone in the first round, you want him to have an impact on your football team, and going to the 3-4, watching his athletic ability, his production on special teams, too. I feel like I answer this question the same way every time it’s asked, but it’s the facts that when Ted Thompson came back from his USC visit, and with so many excellent players coming out that year, he talked a bunch about
Clay Matthews
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. He thought he had a chance to be something special in the league, and it was no secret that come draft day we were going to step up and get him. That trip, that was back in the fall. That’s usually when Ted takes (trips). Ted’s out on the road right now, down in Texas. He’ll come back in at the end of the week and we’ll talk about players he’s seen and so forth, and he was real excited about Clay Matthews.