For the record, Chris Matthews drives a peppy 2016 Dodge Challenger and is perfectly happy with it. (His two-door has some serious giddy-up, he says, adding, “I like to drive fast.”) If he covets the red Chevy Colorado pickup truck awarded to the MVP of Super Bowl XLIX two years ago, Matthews isn’t letting on.
“I wasn’t thinking about the MVP award or the car or anything like that,” says Matthews, who as a member of the 2014 Seahawks streaked comet-like across the postseason sky, only to disappear almost as suddenly. “I was thinking about getting that ring, ’cause it’s such an elite group.