January 24, 2025 • 26 mins
In a special bonus episode of our bonus podcast, former NFL player Clay Matthews stops by as we discuss his thoughts on NFL's championship weekend, being part of an NFL Family dynasty, former teammate Aaron Rodgers, and life outside the NFL.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
All right, welcome to you.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Over promised our bonus show, Cavino and Rick. You know,
we're on Fox Sports Radio Monday through Friday, five to
seven on the East, two to four on the West,
and we have a very special guest today.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Yeah. I got to thank this guy because he provided
probably one of my wife's favorite moments of all time.
She went to the Super Bowl with her dad see
the Packers win partially thanks to this guy.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
It was Packers win. Marrying you right?
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I think so?
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Yah?
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Clay Matthews, what's going on?
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Man? How are welcome to the show?
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Man? Yes, I'm glad she enjoyed that, hopefully as much
as I did. That was a great a great game,
a great win for the Packers, and hopefully there's more
to come.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
I'm telling you it's it was one of those things
that I can never do wrong in my father in
law's eyes now, because I was able to get them
tickets and they sat right there. And I mean, honestly,
is that something when you see those moments that Super Bowl?
Do you picture it in the first person or do
you like see the highlights like we do? How do
you visualize that day?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Now? I tell you what it really is a blur
because that was my second year in the league and
being a wildcard team without a bye, we had to
win our last two games of the season just to
get in as the sixth seed at the time, and
then running the table. I just remember it was a
blur and I didn't appreciate it at the time, just
because I figured, hey, we're gonna win the Super Bowl
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every year after that, which obviously didn't happen. But yeah,
watching the highlights now, it's pretty cool to see to
realize how difficult it is to not only make a
super Bowl, excuse me, to win a super Bowl, but
not only make one. It's fun to watch though, especially
now that my kids are getting to the age where
they're watching highlights and seeing Daddy, you know, make plays
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and whatnot. So I enjoy everyone smile going back and
watching that game.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
It was cool to seeing him talk about it.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
You see the smile on his space still, like it's
still there when you talk about it.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
I remember, yeah, I mean, it's the ultimate team achievement
in the NFL. And I played eleven years. We got
to three NFC championship games, two of those we lost,
and you know the one obviously we end up winning, uh,
you know, winning the Super Bowl as well. You just
realize how difficult it is, even when you have you know,
arguably one of the greatest quarterbacks. So many things need
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to go in your favor, and uh, the Chiefs are
actually making it look real easy, which is a shame
because it truly is difficult. But you know, you see
that with with the Ravens, and you know everybody probably
picked them. You know, this was their year with the turnovers,
and you know, perhaps it's another team and now we
have you know, I guess aside from the AFC, you know,
the NFC, those are two teams I'm sure nobody would
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have picked before the beginning of the year. But sorry
to hijack your show here, but you know, Jadie Daniels
is playing so well, and obviously nobody saw Saquon in
the success. You know he was going to have, uh,
coming from New York. So that's why it's you know,
it's all about who gets hot, you know, at the
at the right time. And and these whether it's draft acquisition,
are free agent acquisitions, how different it is, and the
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parody within the league.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
I'm so glad Clay said that is who's hot, because
I often wonder let this momentum matter, because you look
at records and it's like, does that even matter at
this point? It's like, who's playing well now? Because I
remember you guys, if I remember correctly, the year, you
guys won, you snuck in, you beat the Bears, I
believe the final week of the season, and they sort
of were resting some players, and it's like, they let
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you guys in. I remember saying, why are you doing that?
Speaker 4 (03:29):
No, you're absolutely right, so we if I'm taking even
further back, Deshaun Jackson for the Eagles at the time,
he had returned that last second punt against the Giants.
I think there's a great video of Coughlin, I think
yelling at it. Maybe it was Coughlin yelling at the
punter at the time. But by them beating the Giants,
we had to win out the last two games, which
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was against the Giants the very next week and then
the following week, like you had mentioned, against the Bears,
they had already I think locked up the one or
two seed. They had the buy at the time, so
they were and yeah, we kind of we had a
nice game there where we won it was a tight,
you know, typical divisional game, and then yeah, we just
got on a run at the time. So and like
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you had said, we were eight and six, ended up
finishing ten to six and just winning you know, those
last obviously those four playoff games in the two games
prior to that, and it was all we were the
hottest team in the NFL. Went down to obviously beat Philadelphia,
Michael Vick go down to Atlanta, I think Matt Ryan
and them were fourteen and two and Aaron played arguably
his greatest game ever and then one more win against
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Chicago and we're off to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Sweet yah, Clay Matthews here at can you know Rich?
I have so much I want to I want to
talk to you guys about. Let's talk family legacy for
a second. You guys are sometimes known as the first
family of the NFL. Recently, Ryan Clark was saying he
was more excited to see his his son play in
the National Championship yeah than him playing. Are you guys
really that tight where when you see your family members playing,
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is that as big a thrill as you you playing yourself?
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Well, while I do enjoy watching my siblings play, or
did at the time watch my siblings play. I am
now beginning to experience. But I think Ryan is touching on,
which is getting to watch your son play. And this
is gonna sound ridiculous, but my five year old he
started flag football last year. The first game and we
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won like thirty four thirty one, and I got that
feeling again, you know, that that drive, and I felt like, oh,
there it is. It's in there and I and then,
you know, obviously he started progressing, mind you, you know,
five years old, but keeping contained, you know, and we
ended up winning the championship that year. But anyways, it
was just a lot of fun. I felt that pride
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and I can only imagine, you know, as and if
you know my kids to decide to pursue whatever it is,
you take that great joy and pride and the success
they have, and then obviously if it is football, you
kind of share that with them. So I'm just entering
into that phase where the pride I have is with
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you know, a gymnastics meet or getting a ten out
of ten on your spelling test. But we're getting there.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Imagine being one of the parents at that flag football
game and there's Clay Matthews, right.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
We're never gonna beat this team.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
No, but again, Randall Cobb is also an assistant coach.
We had Mark Marianni Tannehill coaches a grade above us,
so yeah, it's uh, it could be a little daunting,
But they ended up winning the championship too, in a
different league, so yeah, we got a little a little prow.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Yeah, I'm feeling like their team has been an advantage
here right now. But you said it, man, there's this
sense of pride, but there's also the nerve wrecking feeling
of you're rooting for them and you're not in control
and you're just so nervous for them in a way,
you're so excited at the same time.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
But again, thanks for being here.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Clay Matthews on the show with Cole and the Safety
Impact Award. Now, you're from Gore Hills, as you mentioned before,
from Gore Hills, then USC California, Kid, then you go
to Green Bay. What was that transition like going from California,
beautiful weather then to Green Bay.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Yeah. I tell this story all the time, but when
I was drafted, a nine to two zero number came
up on my phone. No idea where that was coming from,
and a gentleman, I couldn't. I don't know who if
it was, you know, Mike McCarthy, the Ted Thompson, the
GM at the time, whomever it was. But you know,
I hop off the phone. Everybody celebrating. Okay, it's it's
Green Bay. They want to draft me. I go, all right, great,
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you know Green Bay. There's a lot of history there.
I go, all right, well, where's Green Bay? You know
it's I have to go on Google. It's it's in Wisconsin.
I go, all right, well, where's Wisconsin? You know, as
a West coach kid like Midwest like no, So it
was definitely it wasn't so much a culture shot getting there.
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It was I mean it was an awesome place to play,
an awesome place to succeed. The fans there remarkable, but obviously,
like you had mentioned, coming growing up in LA going
to college there and going out to the Midwest, I mean,
that NFL environment is so unique and kind of was
you know. I had the opposite experience where my time
with Pete Carroll at USC was very much ran like
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an NFL program, and then I go to the NFL,
which is very much in Green Bay, which is very
much a college like atmosphere, So I feel like I
had it backwards, But nevertheless, love my time there. Awesome place,
love the fans, and you know, it's always it's always
a great enjoyment for me whenever I get to go back.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
No Clay, speaking of Pete, Carroll thoughts on looks like
he's going back into the coaching world Raiders.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
What do you think, Yeah, well, I think it's great
for the Raiders. You know, it's obviously you have the
you know, the Detroit coaches who took their jobs and
then it's kind of whose second fiddle. Now that doesn't
equate to success, but nevertheless, you see what not only
Pete was able to do at the collegiate ranks at USC,
but he brings that to Seattle and they have that
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success for so and win a Super Bowl, get to
another one, and so I'm hopeful, you know, obviously spending
time with Pete that he's able to change the culture there.
And you know, I think when the Raiders are good,
it's good for it's good for football. You know, one
of those historic, iconic organizations and they just fallen on
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such hard times that it would be great to see
him kind of bring them back to glory. So I
think it's a great pick at this point. Like I said,
I'm sure everybody wanted Johnson and Glenn, but that's no
you know, on any other coach that's hired at this point,
that's no slight on them. But I think it's a
great hire.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Now, when you watch the games this weekend, are you
one to root for greatness or do you want Josh
Allen to get his first Like, are you on the
mindset of like a three p would be cool or
you think no, no, no, I want to see everyone
get there a little piece if they can.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Well I was I thought this was Baltimore's year. I
thought it was you know, I thought Lamar Jackson was
going to exercise those demons. But you know, Buffalo's tough,
and I think we all thought this is what the
AFC Championship Game was going to be about. But as
someone as I just alluded to, found out how difficult
it is, not only to you know, be a part
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of a Super Bowl, to win one for a team
to three pet you know, in the amount of success
Tom Brady and the Patriots had. I was always rooting
for them because I thought it was so spectacular what
they were able to do year in and year out.
So I I, you know, I can't say I'm like
actively pulling for the Chiefs. I guess I'm just hoping
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as a fan, I'm going to be that guy and
said I'm rooting for a good game. But I really am,
because I think you got too, Like you had said
Josh Allen getting his piece of the pie, getting his
first chance. You know, four and zero in the regular season,
I believe against Mahomes, but zero and three in the playoffs.
So is he gonna rise up to the occasion put
the team on his back? Mahomes playoff? Kelc, is that
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team just destined to you know, be the next dynasty
or cantinue that? And then on the NFC side, you
got two teams that probably nobody predicted, you know, before
the start of the year. So yeah, I mean, as
a fan at this point with where I'm at, you
are some good matchups that I'm obviously watching both games intently.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
As a fan and former player.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
When you're watching with your family, do you say to
your bros, your buddy, man, I would totally have popped
Mahomes if he tried that on me, Like, yeah, what's
your mindset with that.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Yeah, it's it's it's hard to watch. It's hard to watch.
I'm not talking about the product in general, you know,
as far as like because I love sitting down. My
wife knows Sundays like you know, I get the dishes
done in the morning, Banana bread needs to be made.
I'm in charge of that. But by noon I'm sitting
down to watch the full slate of games until about
nine pm out here. But it is, it is difficult
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at times to watch the referees throw flags on these
hits that are clear as day, not roughing the passer fouls,
you know. Looking for a solution, I think there needs
to be an emphasis on intent, you know, intent and
you look at it. I want to say, it was
that Anderson hit on Mahomes and you know they said
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he hit him up high, clearly hit him in the shoulder,
pattered chest. Is that a close one perhaps, But then
the next one where he darts back inside Mahomes that is,
and the two people go over top of him immediately
they throw a flag. Well, you got to the intent
of Mahomes running the ball is to draw a flag too.
And you saw that on another one where he went
on the sideline, he kind of slowed down then flopped
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out of bounds. I just you know, it's it ruins it.
It ruins the game a little bit. And if they
are going to do that, they just need to be runners.
They need they designate themselves as runner. They need to
take those hits and if they don't want those hits,
they stay in the pocket. Throw the ball away.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
But your solution sounds perfect, but I can't get out
of my head. Do we need to try Clay Matthew's
banana bread?
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Dude? Is that the banana bread?
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Is this? Like? Is this something everyone needs to try?
Clay Matthew Bread.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
My my wife put me in charge of it, you know,
maybe a year or two ago, and now I just
got a downpack and the kids love it. So we
go through a little bit too fast here. It takes
about an hour to make bake. That is, yeah, but
it's pretty good. It's pretty good. I'm not trying to
start transitioning into that next phase of my life. Yeah,
I went from like this this caveman on the field
to now, you know, being real refined.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
He's gonna do a baking show called Guy Fieri. Let's
get I wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Want to stop him.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
But I also heard Bryce Harper's banana bread is pretty legendary.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
I don't know if it's a thing.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
Yeah, yeah, athletes, you know, let me ask you about
one of your former teammates, who, my goodness, you can't
you couldn't turned anywhere the last year or so, and
not talking about Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Your experience with Aaron? Great guy? You ever have issues
like what what's your story with Aaron?
Speaker 4 (13:49):
Aaron's a man. I love Aaron, and uh, you know,
I think what people are always, you know, when they
talk to me, they're asking for you know, what type
of guy is he? What type of leader is he?
And I've always said this, and I think it's the
ultimate compliment. It just depends on what type of leader
you want. You know, you've got your raw ra guys,
Hey bring it together, let's break it down. And then
growing up in la as you guys talked about earlier,
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watching Kobe, I always said Aaron was very much like
Kobe and that he wants to crush you. And as
a leader, if you want to be great, you got
to follow him, you know, And so I think that's
why he had such a great chemistry with guys like
Jordie Nelson, Davante Adams, you know, Greg Jennings, because they
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were on the same page. They sought after him. They knew,
you know, he was going to get him to that
where they wanted to go, which is you know, a
thousand receiving yards, pro bowls, whatever it may be. So, yeah,
I love Aaron. I've got nothing negative to say about him.
I know, in the context of being on TV and
being a leader, do his you know, ideas and what
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he has to say go against the grain, of course,
but you got to respect that. You know, he believes
in this and you know, for forty one or you know,
however old he is, I thought he still had a
little ball left in him. So I'm gonna I'm gonna
flip this and talk about next year. I mean, is
he coming back next year or I hope.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
So I think he's got guess in the tank.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
I really do, and I think he does too. But
but is it with the Jets or is it with
another team?
Speaker 3 (15:24):
I said, you got to one to where is that
landing spot?
Speaker 2 (15:26):
And by the way, maybe you would know you have
him on text message probably right there.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Listen, we just our I don't go to him. Hey,
what are you thinking? You know I'm doing. I'm doing
third grade fractions right now. I don't have time for that.
A few inside jokes here and there, the locker room
talk that we have with some of the other guys
is fantastic, But as far as what he's gonna do. Listen,
he was in the league before me. He's still playing afterwards.
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He does him. But watching him, man, I was, I was.
It was hard to watch the Jets this last year,
but I always pulled for him.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Did you watch his documentary on Netflix?
Speaker 4 (16:00):
And watch his documentary? I lived it, so I mean, like,
you know, what am I going to see that's any different?
But I'm sure, I'm sure it was great. I'm sure
there's some insight that people, you know, got people talking,
and I'm sure it's great.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Is it weird for you to see him as a Jet?
And was it weird for you to wear the Rams
uniform after being in Green Bay so long?
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Yeah? Definitely. I think anytime you play with one organization.
We were lucky in that. You know, there's so much
turnover in this league and at the time we were
in Green Bay, there was a draft and develop approach,
and I think that's why we had so much success
with the late Ted Thompson our GM at the time
going to LA for that year, although it was like
I was going home. Yeah, I mean, everybody knows me
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as a packer, you know, and everybody will forever know
Aaron Rodgers as a packer despite his two years with
the Jets. You know, you think about Brett Farb and
some of these greats who go on to another team
who have a little bit left in the tank. But
it also kind of reinvigorates and re energizes you when
you feel like you got to prove yourself. And I
know Aaron and I attended a wedding this past off
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season and he very much felt that same sentiment when
I talked with him. So, but we'll see what that means.
Like I said, he's been doing this for what twenty
plus years, If he wants to continue to do it,
if there's something else that's calling him, if he just
doesn't want to go out on you know, on that foot,
no pun intended, you know, with this last year. So
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I don't know, I don't know what he's gonna do,
But you know, I'm a fan of the game. I'm
a fan of his and I'll be watching Doug Clay.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
When you when you come into the league, you're the
new guy, you know, fresh out of college. What's the
difference in the locker room versus when you come into
a new team when you're a veteran, a Pro Bowl
or a champion? Like is it? Is it a difference
of like trying to trying to earn respect versus people
kissing your butt a little bit?
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Yeah, I mean yeah, Well as a rookie, it's you know,
you gotta watch. You gotta keep your head on a swivel.
You don't know what's gonna happen, and try and earn
your keep, so to speak, you know, not mess up.
But when you're at the level where I was at
with Aaron comes out, it's a different level of expectations
for you. It's an expectation of being a leader, coming
to a team and changing a culture, at least showing
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the younger guys what it's all about. So that was
that was fun for me in my year with the Rams,
you know, watching these guys behind me how I went
about my business and achieved the level of success that
I did. So I actually enjoyed that not only playing
at a high level, but also you know, kind of
transitioning into that next step of being a mentor. And
you know we're still talking about Aaron. Obviously, when you're
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in the league twenty years, you're gonna have more and
more of that as you saw with Love and you
know obviously some of these other quarterbacks and players with him.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
Yeah, no doubt we're going to talk about the cult
safety impact a ward that I know you're working with.
But I got one last thought about Sae Kwon Barkley
last week said he pinpointed that as his best touchdown,
and you saw Mark Andrews said, since like little league,
like one fun ball, yet us his best touchdown. Meanwhile,
on the other side of things, Mark Andrews probably had,
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you know, his lowest moment where he was said he
was gutted. Do you remember your best and worst moments
on the field? Do you try to like just not
think that way?
Speaker 4 (19:08):
Yeah, well, I mean we all remember our best moments
on the field. We love to live in those memories.
I know what the worst moments you're just trying to
I don't remember that game, but uh yeah, no, I mean, listen,
it's it's you know, you're gonna have these years like
say Quantas had where you maybe not maybe not everybody,
but you know where you rush for two thousand yards,
But then there's gonna be times where you can't even
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crack a thousand. It was no different with you know,
Sacks and me. You know you're you're following the Sacks
left and right. You can't you know, you can't. Uh,
you know, Sniff won the next year. So it's just
part of the game. But yeah, say Quan has been
fun to watch. I mean there's been talk of him arguably,
depending on how the Eagle season ends, you know, perhaps
in a Super Bowl victory, as the greatest you know,
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free agent acquisition man that just has to kill the
Giants because they obviously made the wrong decision there. But yeah,
I mean, it's it's part of the game, you know,
the ups and downs, and uh, you know, he's he's
fun to watch this year.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
The minute we said running backs don't matter anymore, then
Derrick Henry and the say Quan are like, yeah, what
you say?
Speaker 1 (20:07):
You know Rich you mentioned Mark Andrews too.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
I want to ask you, Clay, how do you feel
about him having or expecting to deal with the press.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
Yeah, listen, they always tell you it comes with the business.
Because there were times where I would not want to
speak with the media. There were times where I didn't
speak with the media. I feel like, I don't you know,
we don't owe it to them. So I hear what
you're saying. I don't have an opinion strongly one way
or the other. I think you do have to, you know,
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respect his process, whatever that may be, because you know,
when you drop that two point conversion and everybody around
the world or at least watching that game, is going
to put they say, hey, you lost the game, and
then you have that turnover. I mean that's tough, you know,
So let him handle it. He wants to handle him.
He's a Pro Bowl tight end. He's going to bounce back.
And you know a lot of times in the heat
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of the moment after a game, when you're you know,
this is the adrenaline, and you haven't processed that, you
haven't watched the film, and they you know, they shove
a camera in your face or a microphone that is
you know, you just want to make sure you have
the right words, reflect upon it and whatnot. So like
I said, it comes with the business. You have to
respect that all, you know, the money that comes from it,
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the fame, everything that the NFL provides that you just
got to have to lean into it and listen. He
released a message on social media and said what he
had to say. So it doesn't have to right after
the game. It can be when he's when he feels comfortable.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
I actually agree with that completely, Right, that's the toughest moment.
You built this up your whole life to live that
moment you fall short.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
He's a short handed guy.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
He's a great pro.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
He's earned the right to be like, you know what,
I'll address it when I'm ready. That's how I feel
about it. Give the guy some grace, all right.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Thanks.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
I And you know I got one more question. Yeah,
you come from a legendary sports family. Is there another
sports family that you look at and admire a lot? Like, Yeah,
they're like second to us.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Well, you know, obviously you have to be in awe
of what the Mannings have done. But you know that
that's the easy answer, that's the low hanging fruit, obviously.
But I mean you really have to look at the
the Watt brothers, you know, and what they've been able
to do, and not only be you know, to win
Defensive Player of the Year. I think JJ three times
and TJ once and and you know, perhaps should have
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or would have wanted, you know, a couple other times.
I think that's pretty remarkable what they've been able to do,
especially at a pass rusher position where I know when
I was playing, you know, von Miller might have twenty
sacks one year, then Jared Allen, then DeMarcus Ware was
so hard you'd have sustained success, but your success was
dictated by your sack numbers, you know. And so for
them to continue to do that for the entire year
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of their career. Amby Brothers, you know, kind of speaks
to how special that is.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
And Clay you're working with call they launched the Safety
Impact or give us a scoop on this. I know
they're donating money and doing a lot of great stuff.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
Yeah, so my friends and I Cole, Yeah, as you
had just mentioned, we launched the Safety Impact Award, which
highlights the critical mission of educating everybody on safe and
responsible firearm ownership. Together, we're highlighting nonprofit organizations who have
shown an exceptional commitment to safety in the industry, and
it's not only myself, it's a Hall of Famer, Joe Thomas,
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super Bowl champion Adam and Arry Fletcher Cox. We are
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and by registering to vote, you have a chance to
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win prizes, one of them being in Colts. It's called
their Big Game. I want to get this right safety
sweepstakes and which if there is a safety during the
Super Bowl then those who have registered will have a
chance to win up to one hundred thousand dollars. So
it's a cause that's close to me having a young family,
being an outdoorsman and a firearm enthusiast, it only makes
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sense to work together and something that I hope everybody
can get on board with. So just to reiterate that
Safety Impact.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Award dot Com, I had one question for you too,
because you're from Agora Hills. For years, I've talked about
Lincoln Park from Mgorea Hills. Are they're a big fan
growing up.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
Or oh my gosh, yes, I mean literally my my
youngest so I was just talking about we put on
a Imagine Dragons radio because it has the Lincoln Park
can get a little heavy. But he knows like in
the end and some of these other songs. But yeah,
Lincoln Park. I forget who it was, but their drummer
or guitarists had he went to a Gorea high school.
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And then I want to say Hoopa Stank was around the.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Same time off from that Calabasas area.
Speaker 4 (24:41):
Yeah, yeah, exact, I want to say they went to
west Lake. So yeah, man, Lincoln Park's great.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Play hellier kids exactly.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
I got so, I got three kids. I have a
nine year old, an eight year old, and a five
year old.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
I got seven. I got a seven and a five.
So we're in the mix. Man, my daughters seven. You
said gymnastics gymnastics is.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Like the thing.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
Yeah, my uh my daughter is all about dance gymnastics.
I mean, she can't be be busier. And and then
my youngest is like, he's the one who's probably gonna
follow my footsteps. He's all, you know, he wants to
play every sport flag, football, basketball, soccer, baseball, you name it.
But it's fun though, because it keeps being busy, entertained,
and like I told you guys, it kind of keeps
that like that competitive nature.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
Yeah, no doubt. So what kid shows cartoons? What are
you getting sucked into?
Speaker 4 (25:28):
Man? They they love well, they're just getting over Grizzy
in the Lemons. It's on a Netflix that it's like
a it's like a grizzly bear chasing these but they're
switching over to Ricky, Ricky, Dicky, Nicky and Don, which
I'm I'm finally okay with because they're getting into real
people and getting away from a cartoon. So but yeah,
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that's kind of what I give it. I throw them
in the playroom and I just you know, watch whatever
you want to watch, Lee, Daddy in the football behind.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Dad's making banana bread them alone, dude, A pleasure, A
pleasure meeting Clay Matthews, you know the man.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
And thanks for your time and continued success.
Speaker 4 (26:04):
Man, Hey, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
Thanks so much, Thank you, all right, thanks again to
Clay Matthews. He was cool man, good dude, real cool.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
We talk to him. I always want to do an
extra bonus over promise, So hey, if you miss anything
at covin old Rich, enjoy your football weekend and until
next time, all right.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Be there, chie babies. See you in the over promised land.
Come back peace,
All right, welcome to you.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Over promised our bonus show, Cavino and Rick. You know,
we're on Fox Sports Radio Monday through Friday, five to
seven on the East, two to four on the West,
and we have a very special guest today.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Yeah. I got to thank this guy because he provided
probably one of my wife's favorite moments of all time.
She went to the Super Bowl with her dad see
the Packers win partially thanks to this guy.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
It was Packers win. Marrying you right?
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I think so?
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Yah?
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Clay Matthews, what's going on?
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Man? How are welcome to the show?
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Man? Yes, I'm glad she enjoyed that, hopefully as much
as I did. That was a great a great game,
a great win for the Packers, and hopefully there's more
to come.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
I'm telling you it's it was one of those things
that I can never do wrong in my father in
law's eyes now, because I was able to get them
tickets and they sat right there. And I mean, honestly,
is that something when you see those moments that Super Bowl?
Do you picture it in the first person or do
you like see the highlights like we do? How do
you visualize that day?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Now? I tell you what it really is a blur
because that was my second year in the league and
being a wildcard team without a bye, we had to
win our last two games of the season just to
get in as the sixth seed at the time, and
then running the table. I just remember it was a
blur and I didn't appreciate it at the time, just
because I figured, hey, we're gonna win the Super Bowl
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every year after that, which obviously didn't happen. But yeah,
watching the highlights now, it's pretty cool to see to
realize how difficult it is to not only make a
super Bowl, excuse me, to win a super Bowl, but
not only make one. It's fun to watch though, especially
now that my kids are getting to the age where
they're watching highlights and seeing Daddy, you know, make plays
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and whatnot. So I enjoy everyone smile going back and
watching that game.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
It was cool to seeing him talk about it.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
You see the smile on his space still, like it's
still there when you talk about it.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
I remember, yeah, I mean, it's the ultimate team achievement
in the NFL. And I played eleven years. We got
to three NFC championship games, two of those we lost,
and you know the one obviously we end up winning, uh,
you know, winning the Super Bowl as well. You just
realize how difficult it is, even when you have you know,
arguably one of the greatest quarterbacks. So many things need
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to go in your favor, and uh, the Chiefs are
actually making it look real easy, which is a shame
because it truly is difficult. But you know, you see
that with with the Ravens, and you know everybody probably
picked them. You know, this was their year with the turnovers,
and you know, perhaps it's another team and now we
have you know, I guess aside from the AFC, you know,
the NFC, those are two teams I'm sure nobody would
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have picked before the beginning of the year. But sorry
to hijack your show here, but you know, Jadie Daniels
is playing so well, and obviously nobody saw Saquon in
the success. You know he was going to have, uh,
coming from New York. So that's why it's you know,
it's all about who gets hot, you know, at the
at the right time. And and these whether it's draft acquisition,
are free agent acquisitions, how different it is, and the
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parody within the league.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
I'm so glad Clay said that is who's hot, because
I often wonder let this momentum matter, because you look
at records and it's like, does that even matter at
this point? It's like, who's playing well now? Because I
remember you guys, if I remember correctly, the year, you
guys won, you snuck in, you beat the Bears, I
believe the final week of the season, and they sort
of were resting some players, and it's like, they let
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you guys in. I remember saying, why are you doing that?
Speaker 4 (03:29):
No, you're absolutely right, so we if I'm taking even
further back, Deshaun Jackson for the Eagles at the time,
he had returned that last second punt against the Giants.
I think there's a great video of Coughlin, I think
yelling at it. Maybe it was Coughlin yelling at the
punter at the time. But by them beating the Giants,
we had to win out the last two games, which
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was against the Giants the very next week and then
the following week, like you had mentioned, against the Bears,
they had already I think locked up the one or
two seed. They had the buy at the time, so
they were and yeah, we kind of we had a
nice game there where we won it was a tight,
you know, typical divisional game, and then yeah, we just
got on a run at the time. So and like
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you had said, we were eight and six, ended up
finishing ten to six and just winning you know, those
last obviously those four playoff games in the two games
prior to that, and it was all we were the
hottest team in the NFL. Went down to obviously beat Philadelphia,
Michael Vick go down to Atlanta, I think Matt Ryan
and them were fourteen and two and Aaron played arguably
his greatest game ever and then one more win against
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Chicago and we're off to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Sweet yah, Clay Matthews here at can you know Rich?
I have so much I want to I want to
talk to you guys about. Let's talk family legacy for
a second. You guys are sometimes known as the first
family of the NFL. Recently, Ryan Clark was saying he
was more excited to see his his son play in
the National Championship yeah than him playing. Are you guys
really that tight where when you see your family members playing,
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is that as big a thrill as you you playing yourself?
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Well, while I do enjoy watching my siblings play, or
did at the time watch my siblings play. I am
now beginning to experience. But I think Ryan is touching on,
which is getting to watch your son play. And this
is gonna sound ridiculous, but my five year old he
started flag football last year. The first game and we
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won like thirty four thirty one, and I got that
feeling again, you know, that that drive, and I felt like, oh,
there it is. It's in there and I and then,
you know, obviously he started progressing, mind you, you know,
five years old, but keeping contained, you know, and we
ended up winning the championship that year. But anyways, it
was just a lot of fun. I felt that pride
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and I can only imagine, you know, as and if
you know my kids to decide to pursue whatever it is,
you take that great joy and pride and the success
they have, and then obviously if it is football, you
kind of share that with them. So I'm just entering
into that phase where the pride I have is with
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you know, a gymnastics meet or getting a ten out
of ten on your spelling test. But we're getting there.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Imagine being one of the parents at that flag football
game and there's Clay Matthews, right.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
We're never gonna beat this team.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
No, but again, Randall Cobb is also an assistant coach.
We had Mark Marianni Tannehill coaches a grade above us,
so yeah, it's uh, it could be a little daunting,
But they ended up winning the championship too, in a
different league, so yeah, we got a little a little prow.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Yeah, I'm feeling like their team has been an advantage
here right now. But you said it, man, there's this
sense of pride, but there's also the nerve wrecking feeling
of you're rooting for them and you're not in control
and you're just so nervous for them in a way,
you're so excited at the same time.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
But again, thanks for being here.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Clay Matthews on the show with Cole and the Safety
Impact Award. Now, you're from Gore Hills, as you mentioned before,
from Gore Hills, then USC California, Kid, then you go
to Green Bay. What was that transition like going from California,
beautiful weather then to Green Bay.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Yeah. I tell this story all the time, but when
I was drafted, a nine to two zero number came
up on my phone. No idea where that was coming from,
and a gentleman, I couldn't. I don't know who if
it was, you know, Mike McCarthy, the Ted Thompson, the
GM at the time, whomever it was. But you know,
I hop off the phone. Everybody celebrating. Okay, it's it's
Green Bay. They want to draft me. I go, all right, great,
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you know Green Bay. There's a lot of history there.
I go, all right, well, where's Green Bay? You know
it's I have to go on Google. It's it's in Wisconsin.
I go, all right, well, where's Wisconsin? You know, as
a West coach kid like Midwest like no, So it
was definitely it wasn't so much a culture shot getting there.
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It was I mean it was an awesome place to play,
an awesome place to succeed. The fans there remarkable, but obviously,
like you had mentioned, coming growing up in LA going
to college there and going out to the Midwest, I mean,
that NFL environment is so unique and kind of was
you know. I had the opposite experience where my time
with Pete Carroll at USC was very much ran like
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an NFL program, and then I go to the NFL,
which is very much in Green Bay, which is very
much a college like atmosphere, So I feel like I
had it backwards, But nevertheless, love my time there. Awesome place,
love the fans, and you know, it's always it's always
a great enjoyment for me whenever I get to go back.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
No Clay, speaking of Pete, Carroll thoughts on looks like
he's going back into the coaching world Raiders.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
What do you think, Yeah, well, I think it's great
for the Raiders. You know, it's obviously you have the
you know, the Detroit coaches who took their jobs and
then it's kind of whose second fiddle. Now that doesn't
equate to success, but nevertheless, you see what not only
Pete was able to do at the collegiate ranks at USC,
but he brings that to Seattle and they have that
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success for so and win a Super Bowl, get to
another one, and so I'm hopeful, you know, obviously spending
time with Pete that he's able to change the culture there.
And you know, I think when the Raiders are good,
it's good for it's good for football. You know, one
of those historic, iconic organizations and they just fallen on
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such hard times that it would be great to see
him kind of bring them back to glory. So I
think it's a great pick at this point. Like I said,
I'm sure everybody wanted Johnson and Glenn, but that's no
you know, on any other coach that's hired at this point,
that's no slight on them. But I think it's a
great hire.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Now, when you watch the games this weekend, are you
one to root for greatness or do you want Josh
Allen to get his first Like, are you on the
mindset of like a three p would be cool or
you think no, no, no, I want to see everyone
get there a little piece if they can.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Well I was I thought this was Baltimore's year. I
thought it was you know, I thought Lamar Jackson was
going to exercise those demons. But you know, Buffalo's tough,
and I think we all thought this is what the
AFC Championship Game was going to be about. But as
someone as I just alluded to, found out how difficult
it is, not only to you know, be a part
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of a Super Bowl, to win one for a team
to three pet you know, in the amount of success
Tom Brady and the Patriots had. I was always rooting
for them because I thought it was so spectacular what
they were able to do year in and year out.
So I I, you know, I can't say I'm like
actively pulling for the Chiefs. I guess I'm just hoping
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as a fan, I'm going to be that guy and
said I'm rooting for a good game. But I really am,
because I think you got too, Like you had said
Josh Allen getting his piece of the pie, getting his
first chance. You know, four and zero in the regular season,
I believe against Mahomes, but zero and three in the playoffs.
So is he gonna rise up to the occasion put
the team on his back? Mahomes playoff? Kelc, is that
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team just destined to you know, be the next dynasty
or cantinue that? And then on the NFC side, you
got two teams that probably nobody predicted, you know, before
the start of the year. So yeah, I mean, as
a fan at this point with where I'm at, you
are some good matchups that I'm obviously watching both games intently.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
As a fan and former player.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
When you're watching with your family, do you say to
your bros, your buddy, man, I would totally have popped
Mahomes if he tried that on me, Like, yeah, what's
your mindset with that.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Yeah, it's it's it's hard to watch. It's hard to watch.
I'm not talking about the product in general, you know,
as far as like because I love sitting down. My
wife knows Sundays like you know, I get the dishes
done in the morning, Banana bread needs to be made.
I'm in charge of that. But by noon I'm sitting
down to watch the full slate of games until about
nine pm out here. But it is, it is difficult
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at times to watch the referees throw flags on these
hits that are clear as day, not roughing the passer fouls,
you know. Looking for a solution, I think there needs
to be an emphasis on intent, you know, intent and
you look at it. I want to say, it was
that Anderson hit on Mahomes and you know they said
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he hit him up high, clearly hit him in the shoulder,
pattered chest. Is that a close one perhaps, But then
the next one where he darts back inside Mahomes that is,
and the two people go over top of him immediately
they throw a flag. Well, you got to the intent
of Mahomes running the ball is to draw a flag too.
And you saw that on another one where he went
on the sideline, he kind of slowed down then flopped
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out of bounds. I just you know, it's it ruins it.
It ruins the game a little bit. And if they
are going to do that, they just need to be runners.
They need they designate themselves as runner. They need to
take those hits and if they don't want those hits,
they stay in the pocket. Throw the ball away.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
But your solution sounds perfect, but I can't get out
of my head. Do we need to try Clay Matthew's
banana bread?
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Dude? Is that the banana bread?
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Is this? Like? Is this something everyone needs to try?
Clay Matthew Bread.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
My my wife put me in charge of it, you know,
maybe a year or two ago, and now I just
got a downpack and the kids love it. So we
go through a little bit too fast here. It takes
about an hour to make bake. That is, yeah, but
it's pretty good. It's pretty good. I'm not trying to
start transitioning into that next phase of my life. Yeah,
I went from like this this caveman on the field
to now, you know, being real refined.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
He's gonna do a baking show called Guy Fieri. Let's
get I wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Want to stop him.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
But I also heard Bryce Harper's banana bread is pretty legendary.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
I don't know if it's a thing.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
Yeah, yeah, athletes, you know, let me ask you about
one of your former teammates, who, my goodness, you can't
you couldn't turned anywhere the last year or so, and
not talking about Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Your experience with Aaron? Great guy? You ever have issues
like what what's your story with Aaron?
Speaker 4 (13:49):
Aaron's a man. I love Aaron, and uh, you know,
I think what people are always, you know, when they
talk to me, they're asking for you know, what type
of guy is he? What type of leader is he?
And I've always said this, and I think it's the
ultimate compliment. It just depends on what type of leader
you want. You know, you've got your raw ra guys,
Hey bring it together, let's break it down. And then
growing up in la as you guys talked about earlier,
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watching Kobe, I always said Aaron was very much like
Kobe and that he wants to crush you. And as
a leader, if you want to be great, you got
to follow him, you know, And so I think that's
why he had such a great chemistry with guys like
Jordie Nelson, Davante Adams, you know, Greg Jennings, because they
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were on the same page. They sought after him. They knew,
you know, he was going to get him to that
where they wanted to go, which is you know, a
thousand receiving yards, pro bowls, whatever it may be. So, yeah,
I love Aaron. I've got nothing negative to say about him.
I know, in the context of being on TV and
being a leader, do his you know, ideas and what
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he has to say go against the grain, of course,
but you got to respect that. You know, he believes
in this and you know, for forty one or you know,
however old he is, I thought he still had a
little ball left in him. So I'm gonna I'm gonna
flip this and talk about next year. I mean, is
he coming back next year or I hope.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
So I think he's got guess in the tank.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
I really do, and I think he does too. But
but is it with the Jets or is it with
another team?
Speaker 3 (15:24):
I said, you got to one to where is that
landing spot?
Speaker 2 (15:26):
And by the way, maybe you would know you have
him on text message probably right there.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Listen, we just our I don't go to him. Hey,
what are you thinking? You know I'm doing. I'm doing
third grade fractions right now. I don't have time for that.
A few inside jokes here and there, the locker room
talk that we have with some of the other guys
is fantastic, But as far as what he's gonna do. Listen,
he was in the league before me. He's still playing afterwards.
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He does him. But watching him, man, I was, I was.
It was hard to watch the Jets this last year,
but I always pulled for him.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Did you watch his documentary on Netflix?
Speaker 4 (16:00):
And watch his documentary? I lived it, so I mean, like,
you know, what am I going to see that's any different?
But I'm sure, I'm sure it was great. I'm sure
there's some insight that people, you know, got people talking,
and I'm sure it's great.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Is it weird for you to see him as a Jet?
And was it weird for you to wear the Rams
uniform after being in Green Bay so long?
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Yeah? Definitely. I think anytime you play with one organization.
We were lucky in that. You know, there's so much
turnover in this league and at the time we were
in Green Bay, there was a draft and develop approach,
and I think that's why we had so much success
with the late Ted Thompson our GM at the time
going to LA for that year, although it was like
I was going home. Yeah, I mean, everybody knows me
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as a packer, you know, and everybody will forever know
Aaron Rodgers as a packer despite his two years with
the Jets. You know, you think about Brett Farb and
some of these greats who go on to another team
who have a little bit left in the tank. But
it also kind of reinvigorates and re energizes you when
you feel like you got to prove yourself. And I
know Aaron and I attended a wedding this past off
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season and he very much felt that same sentiment when
I talked with him. So, but we'll see what that means.
Like I said, he's been doing this for what twenty
plus years, If he wants to continue to do it,
if there's something else that's calling him, if he just
doesn't want to go out on you know, on that foot,
no pun intended, you know, with this last year. So
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I don't know, I don't know what he's gonna do,
But you know, I'm a fan of the game. I'm
a fan of his and I'll be watching Doug Clay.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
When you when you come into the league, you're the
new guy, you know, fresh out of college. What's the
difference in the locker room versus when you come into
a new team when you're a veteran, a Pro Bowl
or a champion? Like is it? Is it a difference
of like trying to trying to earn respect versus people
kissing your butt a little bit?
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Yeah, I mean yeah, Well as a rookie, it's you know,
you gotta watch. You gotta keep your head on a swivel.
You don't know what's gonna happen, and try and earn
your keep, so to speak, you know, not mess up.
But when you're at the level where I was at
with Aaron comes out, it's a different level of expectations
for you. It's an expectation of being a leader, coming
to a team and changing a culture, at least showing
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the younger guys what it's all about. So that was
that was fun for me in my year with the Rams,
you know, watching these guys behind me how I went
about my business and achieved the level of success that
I did. So I actually enjoyed that not only playing
at a high level, but also you know, kind of
transitioning into that next step of being a mentor. And
you know we're still talking about Aaron. Obviously, when you're
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in the league twenty years, you're gonna have more and
more of that as you saw with Love and you
know obviously some of these other quarterbacks and players with him.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
Yeah, no doubt we're going to talk about the cult
safety impact a ward that I know you're working with.
But I got one last thought about Sae Kwon Barkley
last week said he pinpointed that as his best touchdown,
and you saw Mark Andrews said, since like little league,
like one fun ball, yet us his best touchdown. Meanwhile,
on the other side of things, Mark Andrews probably had,
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you know, his lowest moment where he was said he
was gutted. Do you remember your best and worst moments
on the field? Do you try to like just not
think that way?
Speaker 4 (19:08):
Yeah, well, I mean we all remember our best moments
on the field. We love to live in those memories.
I know what the worst moments you're just trying to
I don't remember that game, but uh yeah, no, I mean, listen,
it's it's you know, you're gonna have these years like
say Quantas had where you maybe not maybe not everybody,
but you know where you rush for two thousand yards,
But then there's gonna be times where you can't even
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crack a thousand. It was no different with you know,
Sacks and me. You know you're you're following the Sacks
left and right. You can't you know, you can't. Uh,
you know, Sniff won the next year. So it's just
part of the game. But yeah, say Quan has been
fun to watch. I mean there's been talk of him arguably,
depending on how the Eagle season ends, you know, perhaps
in a Super Bowl victory, as the greatest you know,
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free agent acquisition man that just has to kill the
Giants because they obviously made the wrong decision there. But yeah,
I mean, it's it's part of the game, you know,
the ups and downs, and uh, you know, he's he's
fun to watch this year.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
The minute we said running backs don't matter anymore, then
Derrick Henry and the say Quan are like, yeah, what
you say?
Speaker 1 (20:07):
You know Rich you mentioned Mark Andrews too.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
I want to ask you, Clay, how do you feel
about him having or expecting to deal with the press.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
Yeah, listen, they always tell you it comes with the business.
Because there were times where I would not want to
speak with the media. There were times where I didn't
speak with the media. I feel like, I don't you know,
we don't owe it to them. So I hear what
you're saying. I don't have an opinion strongly one way
or the other. I think you do have to, you know,
(20:38):
respect his process, whatever that may be, because you know,
when you drop that two point conversion and everybody around
the world or at least watching that game, is going
to put they say, hey, you lost the game, and
then you have that turnover. I mean that's tough, you know,
So let him handle it. He wants to handle him.
He's a Pro Bowl tight end. He's going to bounce back.
And you know a lot of times in the heat
(21:00):
of the moment after a game, when you're you know,
this is the adrenaline, and you haven't processed that, you
haven't watched the film, and they you know, they shove
a camera in your face or a microphone that is
you know, you just want to make sure you have
the right words, reflect upon it and whatnot. So like
I said, it comes with the business. You have to
respect that all, you know, the money that comes from it,
(21:21):
the fame, everything that the NFL provides that you just
got to have to lean into it and listen. He
released a message on social media and said what he
had to say. So it doesn't have to right after
the game. It can be when he's when he feels comfortable.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
I actually agree with that completely, Right, that's the toughest moment.
You built this up your whole life to live that
moment you fall short.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
He's a short handed guy.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
He's a great pro.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
He's earned the right to be like, you know what,
I'll address it when I'm ready. That's how I feel
about it. Give the guy some grace, all right.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
Thanks.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
I And you know I got one more question. Yeah,
you come from a legendary sports family. Is there another
sports family that you look at and admire a lot? Like, Yeah,
they're like second to us.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Well, you know, obviously you have to be in awe
of what the Mannings have done. But you know that
that's the easy answer, that's the low hanging fruit, obviously.
But I mean you really have to look at the
the Watt brothers, you know, and what they've been able
to do, and not only be you know, to win
Defensive Player of the Year. I think JJ three times
and TJ once and and you know, perhaps should have
(22:22):
or would have wanted, you know, a couple other times.
I think that's pretty remarkable what they've been able to do,
especially at a pass rusher position where I know when
I was playing, you know, von Miller might have twenty
sacks one year, then Jared Allen, then DeMarcus Ware was
so hard you'd have sustained success, but your success was
dictated by your sack numbers, you know. And so for
them to continue to do that for the entire year
(22:44):
of their career. Amby Brothers, you know, kind of speaks
to how special that is.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
And Clay you're working with call they launched the Safety
Impact or give us a scoop on this. I know
they're donating money and doing a lot of great stuff.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
Yeah, so my friends and I Cole, Yeah, as you
had just mentioned, we launched the Safety Impact Award, which
highlights the critical mission of educating everybody on safe and
responsible firearm ownership. Together, we're highlighting nonprofit organizations who have
shown an exceptional commitment to safety in the industry, and
it's not only myself, it's a Hall of Famer, Joe Thomas,
(23:18):
super Bowl champion Adam and Arry Fletcher Cox. We are
all supporting our respective charity's mind. I want to get
this writer's project child safe, and we're encouraging everybody to
go to Safety Impact Award dot Com. You can support
the cause by voting for the award winner. Colt will
donate one dollar for every vote received for the winning charity,
and by registering to vote, you have a chance to
(23:40):
win prizes, one of them being in Colts. It's called
their Big Game. I want to get this right safety
sweepstakes and which if there is a safety during the
Super Bowl then those who have registered will have a
chance to win up to one hundred thousand dollars. So
it's a cause that's close to me having a young family,
being an outdoorsman and a firearm enthusiast, it only makes
(24:02):
sense to work together and something that I hope everybody
can get on board with. So just to reiterate that
Safety Impact.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Award dot Com, I had one question for you too,
because you're from Agora Hills. For years, I've talked about
Lincoln Park from Mgorea Hills. Are they're a big fan
growing up.
Speaker 4 (24:14):
Or oh my gosh, yes, I mean literally my my
youngest so I was just talking about we put on
a Imagine Dragons radio because it has the Lincoln Park
can get a little heavy. But he knows like in
the end and some of these other songs. But yeah,
Lincoln Park. I forget who it was, but their drummer
or guitarists had he went to a Gorea high school.
(24:36):
And then I want to say Hoopa Stank was around the.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Same time off from that Calabasas area.
Speaker 4 (24:41):
Yeah, yeah, exact, I want to say they went to
west Lake. So yeah, man, Lincoln Park's great.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Play hellier kids exactly.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
I got so, I got three kids. I have a
nine year old, an eight year old, and a five
year old.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
I got seven. I got a seven and a five.
So we're in the mix. Man, my daughters seven. You
said gymnastics gymnastics is.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Like the thing.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
Yeah, my uh my daughter is all about dance gymnastics.
I mean, she can't be be busier. And and then
my youngest is like, he's the one who's probably gonna
follow my footsteps. He's all, you know, he wants to
play every sport flag, football, basketball, soccer, baseball, you name it.
But it's fun though, because it keeps being busy, entertained,
and like I told you guys, it kind of keeps
that like that competitive nature.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
Yeah, no doubt. So what kid shows cartoons? What are
you getting sucked into?
Speaker 4 (25:28):
Man? They they love well, they're just getting over Grizzy
in the Lemons. It's on a Netflix that it's like
a it's like a grizzly bear chasing these but they're
switching over to Ricky, Ricky, Dicky, Nicky and Don, which
I'm I'm finally okay with because they're getting into real
people and getting away from a cartoon. So but yeah,
(25:49):
that's kind of what I give it. I throw them
in the playroom and I just you know, watch whatever
you want to watch, Lee, Daddy in the football behind.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Dad's making banana bread them alone, dude, A pleasure, A
pleasure meeting Clay Matthews, you know the man.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
And thanks for your time and continued success.
Speaker 4 (26:04):
Man, Hey, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
Thanks so much, Thank you, all right, thanks again to
Clay Matthews. He was cool man, good dude, real cool.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
We talk to him. I always want to do an
extra bonus over promise, So hey, if you miss anything
at covin old Rich, enjoy your football weekend and until
next time, all right.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Be there, chie babies. See you in the over promised land.
Come back peace,
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Rich Davis
Steve Covino
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