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In 2009, Clay Matthews was not in New York to hear his name entitled Live in the draft of the NFL.
Instead, like many others before and after him, he spent time at home with his family and friends, who were all waiting to hear the phone ring in front of them to see where he would go.
Matthews ended up going to Green Bay’s packers, and Thursday evening will be a full moment in a full circle while spending time in the Lowe green room with the potential first round choices of the 2025 NFL, which will all wait patiently and impatient to see where their NFL trip begins.
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Clay Matthews of Packers famous in the match against the 49ers of San Francisco at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, September 9, 2012. (John Biever / Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
All these prospects will be able to tell their recovery story once everything is said and done, including those who are at home or elsewhere surrounded by family and friends.
“This is to say the least to say nerves,” Matthews told PK Press Club Digital about his experience of the draft day. “Unless you are the guy who goes n ° 1, or top two or three, you know your financial security and where you are going to be.
“For me, after having spent the 26th, not knowing where I was going to go, I thought I was going to finish in Denver at some point, perhaps Houston, then New England was on the clock. Green Bay, who had already written that year with the ninth choice for Bj Raji, I was not expecting to finish Green Bay.
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Matthews and his family were delighted to see him head towards Green Bay, but he revealed something hilarious that happened at that time.
His mother thought that the Patriots of New England would write her son.
As Matthews mentioned, the Patriots were a team which, according to him, needed an aid at the forefront of the edges, and they had the choice n ° 26. But Green Bay trade with the patriots led by Bill Belichick-Tom Brady, and they went with another defensive player in the first round.
“Green Bay called and exchanged in the draft, so everyone knows that I am going to Green Bay – he flashes on the screen,” said Matthews. “But my mother, she missed her in a way and thought I was going to New England.
Packers, the second outside Clay Matthews left the field after the Detroit Lions match, on December 30, 2018, at the Field Lambeau in Green Bay. (Mark Hoffman / USA Today Network)
“So, for about an hour about an hour – now, be careful, it’s Prime New England, Super Bowl, Tom Brady – She was excited. About an hour later, when she discovered that I was going to Green Bay, she said to me:” What?! We are not going to New England?! “I haven’t worked everything, however. [there]. “”
Matthews was a huge success in his mandate for a decade to Green Bay, winning six pros of Pro Bowl head and becoming the defensive player of 2010 after having accumulated 13.5 bags, 60 combined plated, two forced escaped, interception and 18 plated for the loss.
It was the year, the second season of Matthews, where the packers won the Super Bowl XLV, beating the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25.
Now retired and a member of the Packers’ fame, Matthews continues to be a must in Green Bay, including this week, when all stops are withdrawn for the last NFL recovery class.
Clay Matthews detailed a funny NFL night at night when his mother thought he was taken by the patriots – not the packers. (Imagn)
With the host of the NFL Redzone Scott Hanson, Matthews will tour the green room in Lowe, which was configured to look like a luxury cigar show, interacting with the best prospects and waiting for the commissioner Roger Goodell to call their names.
“It’s incredible to be here right now,” said Matthews about the Green Hall. “As a person who was drafted in the first round, but who did not participate in the festivities that come to New York at the time, what Lowe was able to accomplish and do here is really remarkable.
“To have the draft in Green Bay, it only makes sense. I just went on stage by admiring what it will be for these young men tomorrow evening. I hope everyone appreciates the hard work that took place, that the city has set up.”
