Rams linebacker Clay Matthews suffered a broken jaw last night against the Seahawks, head coach Sean McVay told reporters. He’ll miss 4-6 weeks of action, leaving L.A. without one of its defensive stars. 
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Matthews, 33, was bumped by younger players in Green Bay, but the Rams happily scooped him up with a two-year deal worth up to $16.75MM. Through five games this year, Matthews has rewarded their confidence with six sacks, including one takedown against Seattle.
It’s an undoubtedly frustrating situation for Matthews, who has been largely durable throughout his eleven-year NFL career. That’s part of what helped Matthews earned six Pro Bowl nods through his ten seasons in Green Bay and he seemed on pace for a seventh before this setback.
The Rams, at minimum, will be without Matthews for games against the 49ers, Falcons, and Bengals. After that, they have a bye week, so Matthews could theoretically return for Week 10 and miss only three games. If his estimated worst case scenario is accurate – and if he’s not placed on IR – Matthews should be back no later than the team’s Week 12 game against the Ravens.
And he was probably flagged on the play…
He shouldn’t have hit that man so hard with his jaw!
Stay off Russ!
He probably broke it arguing with the referees
lol
I wonder when it happened. It wasn’t on the bs roughing call. Tough dude.
Green Bay should have never let him go
Packers defense is ranked 9th…5 spots ahead of the Rams. I would have expected a Wade Phillips defense featuring Aaron Donald to be much better than that.
How come he doesn’t do doesn’t do head and shoulders commercials