I was wrong .....about Matt Flynn

Just read that too....yikes, 3rd string??  just yikes.  

I think a lot of us were wrong/fooled about Flynn.

 

Pretty much just you two dip****s....shocking

Don't be too hard on yourself, Satori.

I likely had the same thoughts as you; that he is/was a winner and would be a solid, mid-tier QB at the least.

But, I don't know that he ever got the chance he should've. It's hard to second-guess the Seahawks because Wilson has played very well, but who can say Flynn wouldn't have flourished in the same circumstance?

Oakland started out about the same, but given their cap situation and lack of talent everywhere, nobody is going to do very well there for the immediate future.

I'll ditto your thoughts on him returning to Green Bay. Ahhhh, nostalgia...

I thought maybe Matt Cassell upside. 

I knew he would suck.  Just for the record.

He'll be the answer to some good trivia questions 10 years from now.

 

Which Packers QB holds the record for TD passes in a single game?

Aaron Rodgers.

 

/give it time

If you include pick 6's-----I'd guess Brent.

Actually, Rodgers tied Flynn last year at Houston.

He must have skills there somewhere... is he just having trouble learning a new system??

I seem to recall the knock on Flynn coming into the league was that he had a fairly low ceiling (although it turned out to be a lot higher than Brian Brohm's).  The New England game in 2010 and the Detroit game in 2011 were pleasant surprises, or unpleasant in the sense that there would be no way TT could re-sign him to a modest deal to continue backing up Rodgers.

 

I've considered this as well... 6 TDs don't just happen to 3rd string Raider QBs, does it?

 

I'll hang up and listen for the insightful analysis of the Iowa copper on why Flynn sucks.

 

 

Comfort level here no doubt helped Flynn as did playing in the same system, playing with arguably the best WR corps in the NFL, and not to mention he had no pressure here of being the starting QB.

 

I think his confidence was shaken pretty good after he couldn't beat out RW, especially at the salary he was making.

 

 

I don't think it's so much having trouble learning a new system as perhaps he was just a better fit in McCarthy's system. Maybe he didn't have the skill set that was needed in Seattle or Oakland.

 

But then, what do I know?

Maybe he kept insisting on throwing long on 3rd and 1.

Needed to throw more screen passes.

more to the story than is being told in the paper.

He must've gone rogue during the game ala TJ Rubley.

Watching Tannehill on Monday night leads me to believe Philbin knows how to get a lot out of a marginal QB. Tannehill really wants to suck but Joe is doing everything possible to not let him. That Joe didn't go after Flynn is pretty telling stuff. 

It has to be coaching. Some guys thrive in certain settings. Whatever is was, McCarthy knew how to exploit Flynn's abilities. Take him out of that element, nothing left. Lots of players like that over the course of time. Talent may be some of it, but coaching is bigger IMO...

It's simple! He does not have the receivers he had in GB.  He played what, two good games for us? Sample size was way too small, but yet everyone placed him high on the pedestal; thus over rated.  I am not surprised.  But, I have to admit, that was one hell of a game he played against the Lions.  Wow!

It seemed so easy that year that Brohm & Harrell may have looked good. 

It would be nice to be as wrong as Matt Flynn. The guy has garnered some nice pay for his time in the league.

I was wrong, too. Thought the same as the OP. Hope he comes back to GB next year after being cut.

I doubt that happens.  He may not get another starter offer but I'm sure he'd prefer to go to a team where the QB was at least iffy or in danger of losing his job.  He comes back to GB and he pretty much has to resign to riding the pine for 16 games.

Worked for Doug Pederson.

He does have this going for him......

Lacey Minchew

There's no shame in losing the job to Russell Wilson and if there is any regression it appears to be Oakland-related. The reality is probably in the middle- he was never as good as many Packer fans thought and he's not as bad as the Raider coaching staff would like you to believe.

 

I'm inclined to agree with MC that at least part of this is related to coaching.

Flynn was at his best when Rodgers was the playcaller (vs Detroit);  more evidence that MM isn't very good at it.

 

 

 

Best gig on the planet. Get paid 7 figures & don't have to do anything

Is that what dip****cago does??  Or is that the 65k gig

Oh well, it'll be nice to have him back in Green Bay next year. He probably isn't a starter, but he's about as good as backups get.

LONG SACK OF THE WEEK

"Raiders quarterback Matt Flynn was sacked seven times this week. Four of those sacks were largely out of his control. Tony Pashos was beaten for a pair of sub-3.0 second sacks and Andre Gurode and Khalif Barnes each gave up one.

 

But one of the reasons Flynn went from starting to third string this week is the other three sacks. Twice he held the ball for 3.5-3.7 seconds only to watch a solid pocket fall apart. And there was an 8.1-second epic where Flynn held the ball, thought over what to do with it for a while, then eventually tried to take off, getting run out of bounds."

 

 

 

 

That last comment is stupid. Is it possible that no one was open? Flynn isn't exactly fast. Running is a last resort.

We got a 5th round compensatory pick from him years after drafting him in the 7th.  I thought he would do better at SEA or OAK.  I thought he was Matt Schaub like.  Oops.

I don't know what's more surprising - Flynn not living up to the hype or Terrelle Pryor looking like a legit QB.