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As the NFL Playoffs begin, the Green Bay Packers are the favorites to once again win the Super Bowl.  With their high-powered offense and stifling defense, no one doubts that they’ll be tough to beat.

We wanted to gain more insight into that stifling defense, so we prepared an extensive interview with its cornerstone, Clay Matthews III.  Unfortunately, our professional interviewer overslept after a wild night in Green Bay, so we were forced to improvise.  What we ended up with was this bunch of unrelated questions, answered with straight-faced humor by the guy with arguably the best hair in pro sports.

Fathead Blog: In interviews, you’ve claimed to be a nerd.  What’s the nerdiest thing about you?

Clay Matthews III: People assume that all NFL players live extravagant lives.  I’m just a boring guy.

FB: You come from an NFL family–your grandfather, father, and uncle all played in the NFL, and you have a brother and a cousin both playing in the league right now.  When you’re all sitting around the Thanksgiving table, do you talk crap about the Mannings?

CM: No.  And we actually don’t play football [on Thanksgiving], contrary to what most people think.  We play basketball.  We’re an athletic family, so it gets pretty competitive.

FB: You had a pretty successful high school basketball career, didn’t you?

CM: If success means getting put in for the last 15 seconds of the game, then yes.

FB: What was your best stat line?

CM: I think one time I had a steal.

FB: What music or band do you like, but you’re a little embarrassed to admit it?

CM: Well, everything I do is cool, so there’s no reason for me to be embarrassed.  I listen to all kinds of music.  I’ll rock out to a little Lady Gaga.

FB: Of these choices, please tell us your favorite lower-budget beer:  Miller High Life, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schlitz, Stroh’s, Blatz, Red White & Blue, Old Milwaukee, or Milwaukee’s Best.

CM: Well, I don’t drink beer, but just to represent Wisconsin, I’m going to say Wisconsin Something-Something, or…Milwaukee…whatever you said at the end right there.

FB: Milwaukee’s Best.

CM: Yeah.

FB: Which Packer’s rear end inflicts the most pain on bicycle seats during training camp?

CM: You know, I’m going to have to say that’s either B.J. Raji or Ryan Pickett.  They’re well over three bills, so no banana seats–strictly reinforced steel.

FB: What foods did you not know came in a fried variety before coming to Wisconsin?

CM: I am pretty sure any food is.  There are fried Oreos–there’s even fried Kool-Aid now…  Fried sticks of butter; obviously there’s fried cheese.  You know, you could really fry anything.  Fried pickles.  You name it, you can fry it.

FB: Who is the biggest NFL trash-talker?

CM: You know, I haven’t really come across too many trash talkers.  Normally they talk trash when they’re either beating you pretty good or putting it on you, but I think we’ve had some success here the last couple of years, so it’s kind of hard to.

FB: What are the best and worst stadiums to play in on the road?

CM: You know all of the stadiums present something unique about them, but the lockers are usually what make or break a visiting stadium.  Dallas is obviously very nice, a new construction–thank you, Jerry Jones, for those wonderful lockers down there.  I think Minnesota’s a little cramped up there.  Chicago has some nice amenities.  It really just depends on the locker situation.

FB: If you were going to hang up someone’s Fathead in your house, whose would it be?

CM: Well, this is going to be real emotional, but probably my father’s, since he has one of himself donning the orange and brown of the Cleveland Browns, so I’d probably have his.  Or myself.  I’m not scared of vanity.

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