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2032889, I wasn't bashing him so much as acknowledging what went down
Posted by Beamer6178, Wed Sep-12-12 10:21 AM
>He was left to handle Clay Matthews by himself a lot this
>game and when Matthews is right he can be a beast of a pass
>rusher. Matthews had a down year last season but his
>combination of speed and power off the edge is pretty elite.
>Throw in the difficulty of playing the first full game of the
>season on the road in a place like Lambeau which can make it
>hard to hear snap counts, and playing basically the entire
>game with a broken nose which causes a number of distractions
>and Staley was put in a pretty tough spot on Sunday.
>
>Staley is a solid LT but not a great one. Good technique in
>the run game, very athletic in getting to the second level,
>and very assignment-sound in pass protection. But he
>struggles against powerful pass-rushers who can get him
>off-balance. He'll have some bad games against good
>pass-rushers but he'll generally get the job done and I think
>he'll be considerably better next week.

Clay ate his shit. Not saying anyone could have done better, just that it was glaring.