The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears will meet in the NFC Championship game on Sunday and RB Matt Forte won’t be a big part of the Bears offense if Clay Matthews has anything to say about it. The Packers linebacker joined ESPN Radio this week to talk about the stopping Jay Cutler and Matt Forte.
Packers’ Clay Matthews On Stopping Matt Forte And The Bears Offense
“We’ve got to stop him before he gets going. ... If we can’t stop the run, we’re going to be in for a long day, but hopefully we can have the same amount of success that we’ve had against him and stop it and really get back there and really let Cutler get back there and try to beat him with his arm.”
The Packers had the second overall defense in the NFL but they were 18th against the run while the Bears offense was 22nd in the league running the ball. Matt Forte had over 1,600 combined rushing and receiving yards. As he says, if they can shut down or even slow the game, they will make the Bears one-dimensional.
The Packers are favored this weekend even though they’re on the road so Vegas obviously thinks they’ll do their job.
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