Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Mathews made an appearance on NBC Sports Talk and talked about how much their loss to the New York Giants in divisional round of the playoffs hurt.
“I didn’t catch the Super Bowl at all, simply because I was on a plane at that time,” Matthews said. “I don’t know if you ever really get over it. I still remember losses from my childhood that you never get over. Fortunately we get to play the Giants again this year and hopefully have a little redemption. But more power to them. They obviously came on at the end of the season. They were a six seed, had to go through everyone’s backyard and win and that’s exactly what they did — similar to what we did two years ago. So we’re just looking forward to getting back out there and hopefully show everyone what we’re capable of and that’s winning another Super Bowl.”
Mathews also talked about the Saints bounty scandal and he claimed that the Packers don’t have any coaches on their staff like Gregg Williams.
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