Bruised, battered and mediocre would be a few words to properly sum up the 2016 season for Green Bay Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews.
Since suffering a hamstring injury early in the season and missing three games because of it, then spraining the AC joint in his left shoulder a week after returning, the hopes haven't been very high for the eighth-year linebacker heading into his ninth. His sub-optimal 2016 campaign proved as a minor setback for the wounded Matthews.
The hope heading into 2017 is that his minor setback will pave the way to a major comeback.