Matthews Getting Larger Role, Whether He Wants It Or Not

With Sam Barrington done for the season, the Green Bay Packers have turned to Nate Palmer at inside linebacker. And since Barrington handled all of the defensive calls, Palmer will now handle those… except when he doesn’t.The Green Bay Packers’ other starting inside linebacker, who they like to pretend is still an outside linebacker, Clay Matthews, is also taking on some added responsibility.

Matthews and Palmer will both wear headsets in their helmets on Sunday.

The Packers are saying Matthews could be making some calls and that’s noteworthy for a few reasons.

First, Matthews has been playing inside linebacker for less than a year. He was moved inside at the midway point of the 2014 season,…