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Clay Matthews’ Aggressiveness and Savvy at Inside Linebacker Will Help the Packers in 2015

The decision to move Clay Matthews to Inside Linebacker (ILB) in nickel after the bye week in 2014 was one of the best decisions the Packers have made in recent memory. A solution was needed for the lack of aggressiveness and overall poor play at ILB during the first half of the season, and Matthews provided that (particularly in nickel).

For being thrust into a spot that he had never played full-time, Matthews did a good job. There were plays when it looked like he was a veteran at ILB. This article will highlight five plays of him at ILB in nickel.