Eagles draft Casey Matthews, brother of Packers' Clay Matthews
The Philadelphia Eagles dipped into one of the NFL's deepest bloodlines with their first fourth-round pick on Saturday.
They selected Casey Matthews, the linebacker from Oregon who is the younger brother of Green Bay Packers lineman Clay Matthews.
He's also the son of former linebacker Clay Matthews, Jr., who played 19 NFL seasons and the NFL of Bruce Matthews, a Hall of Fame offensive lineman.
Eagles coach Andy Reid, who was victimized by Clay Matthews last year when the Packers defender knocked Kevin Kolb out of a game in Week 1, wanted to get on the right side of the Matthews family.
"At the conclusion of my visit when I was out there, coach Reid said, 'Tell your brother we're gonna get him next year with you on the team,' " Casey Matthews said, via the AP.
"And I told Clay that. I don't think they have the Packers on the schedule, but hopefully we get them in the playoffs."
His arrival will infuse youth into an Eagles linebackers corps that is facing the potential loss of Stewart Bradley in free agency.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/04/eagles-draft-casey-matthews-brother-of-packers-clay-matthews/1
Video: The story of D.J. Williams
One option would be to write a few paragraphs on the skills of Arkansas tight end D.J. Williams, whom the Green Bay Packers selected in Saturday's fifth round of the NFL draft.
Here's a better one: Check out this moving profile produced by ESPN's E:60 on Williams' troubled childhood with his abusive and bi-polar father. At age 11, Williams considered suicide when his father handed him a gun to guard their car. The profile includes a jailhouse interview with David Williams, who is serving a 25-year sentence for attempted murder.
Trust me. It's worth 10 minutes of your time.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/40224/video-the-story-of-d-j-williams
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