Clay Matthews Possibly Out as Little as Three Weeks
Packers head coach Mike McCarthy told Rich Gannon and Bruce Murray of SiriusXM Radio that linebacker Clay Matthews could be out three or four weeks.
With most reports saying Matthews would miss roughly a month, many had assumed four games or more.
Certainly, nothing will become official until a later date, but perhaps Matthews' timeline for return has become more optimistic.
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Comments (13)
October 11, 2013 at 12:52 pm
Get back in there after 3 weeks becaaaauuuse.....the bears...still.....struck!
October 11, 2013 at 01:15 pm
When McCarthy says 3 weeks, always double to get the correct answer.
Brian Carriveau
October 11, 2013 at 01:30 pm
Please give me an example of McCarthy putting a timeline on a player and it ends up being longer.
October 11, 2013 at 06:48 pm
In the pre season didn't MM say Sherrod would be ready for the regular season?
Brian Carriveau
October 11, 2013 at 07:09 pm
No.
October 14, 2013 at 10:49 am
derrick shurodd
October 11, 2013 at 07:39 pm
When did all this injury talk take center stage? During what era? Was Mike Sherman always talking about it? Ray Rhodes? Mike Holmgren? Lindy Infante? Forrest Gregg? Bart Starr?
Players have ALWAYS gotten injured and missed games, but, how did this slowly morph into the deal it is now? Or was it more abrupt?
Man, it is tiresome...
October 11, 2013 at 08:44 pm
Started w/ the internet age. Before people just said he was out and waited for a players return. Now w/ the internet and all these chat sites, we have a forum and the ability to speculate a lot more than we did in the past. The emergence of Fantasy Football also makes injuries a lot more relevant to us fans.
October 11, 2013 at 09:33 pm
Good points.
October 11, 2013 at 11:23 pm
Good insight. I tip my hat.
October 11, 2013 at 08:50 pm
3 weeks would be a pretty quick turnaround for that injury. I had the same fracture and it took mine a good 5 weeks but I was in my 40's not my 20's. It comes down to the amount of fusion the bones have that determines how soon he'll be back. Gotta have a good strong start to the fusion or the bones fragments could detach again if irritated. I would guess 4 wks to be safe. Only xrays or a scan will be able to determine if fusion is good enough. Complete health would be about 8-10 weeks.
October 12, 2013 at 09:30 am
Hmm never had the extent of these injuries in the 80s and 90s,would like to go back and see how many games linebackers missed in 20 years.I would imagine linebackers missed more games this year than all of ten years from 1990 to 2000
October 12, 2013 at 07:35 pm
i think John Anderson played with one leg for the last three years of his career.