GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Clay Matthews accepted responsibility for his roughing-the-passer penalty that nearly cost the Green Bay Packers their season-opening win against the Chicago Bears. He didn't feel the same way a week later after he was flagged again Sunday on a play that wiped out a potentially game-clinching interception late in the fourth quarter of the 29-29 tie with the Minnesota Vikings.
Matthews was flagged for a hit on Kirk Cousins, whose deep throw was picked off by rookie Jaire Alexander -- a play that would have given Aaron Rodgers the ball back with 1:37 and a 29-21 lead.