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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 836161"><p>He's in Miami on a 2 year / $11 mil contract with a 2019 cap number of $5.5 mil. His competition for a starting job is Josh Rosen.</p><p></p><p>So, that contract would push the Packers up against their cap limit. Ryan Fitzpatrick would not have taken that money from the Packers anyway had it been offered because Ryan Fitzpatrick would know the difference between Aaron Rodgers and Josh Rosen.</p><p></p><p>This is what happens to adequate vet QBs you would want as a backup--they go where the unproven young QBs are so as to have a better chance to play while getting paid accordingly. Fitzgerald has a decent chance of being Miami's opening day starter or starting later if Rosen is benched.</p><p></p><p>I would not say the Packers particularly "valued" Matt Flynn. I'd say it was more a case of being pleasantly surprised, as with us fans, after the fact.</p><p></p><p>Flynn, a 7th. round pick, sat on the bench for 4 years on a cheap contract. Over that time, he was a cheap, unproven backup going 0-1 in his one start until the fateful last game of his 4th. season in 2011. With the #1 seed locked up, Flynn got the start and went off with a 6 TD game. Seattle then signed him in FA to starter money. He was a bust losing the starting job to Wilson as a rookie.</p><p></p><p>Flash forward to 2013. The Raiders cut Flynn on Oct. 7; the Bills then signed him on Oct. 14. There was a one week window where the Packers could have signed him while Seneca Wallace and Scott Tolzien were the backups. Flynn would have preferred Buffalo anyway even if the Packers saw him as upgrade. With the Bills #1 and #2 QBs injured, he would have had the chance to steal the job from the #3, Jeff Teul.</p><p></p><p>Flynn did not return to the Packers until after the Bills cut him just 3 weeks after signing him. And the only reason the Packers did so was because Rodgers and then Seneca Wallace were injured and they needed a backup to Tolzien. It was only when Tolzien sh*t the bed that Flynn had the only stretch of starts in his career starting 4 games, nearly all of a 5th., going 2-2-1. Flynn was damaged goods when the Packers signed him, busting out in Seattle, Oakland and Buffalo, with rumors of a dead arm. It was not a move out of love, rather desperation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 836161"] He's in Miami on a 2 year / $11 mil contract with a 2019 cap number of $5.5 mil. His competition for a starting job is Josh Rosen. So, that contract would push the Packers up against their cap limit. Ryan Fitzpatrick would not have taken that money from the Packers anyway had it been offered because Ryan Fitzpatrick would know the difference between Aaron Rodgers and Josh Rosen. This is what happens to adequate vet QBs you would want as a backup--they go where the unproven young QBs are so as to have a better chance to play while getting paid accordingly. Fitzgerald has a decent chance of being Miami's opening day starter or starting later if Rosen is benched. I would not say the Packers particularly "valued" Matt Flynn. I'd say it was more a case of being pleasantly surprised, as with us fans, after the fact. Flynn, a 7th. round pick, sat on the bench for 4 years on a cheap contract. Over that time, he was a cheap, unproven backup going 0-1 in his one start until the fateful last game of his 4th. season in 2011. With the #1 seed locked up, Flynn got the start and went off with a 6 TD game. Seattle then signed him in FA to starter money. He was a bust losing the starting job to Wilson as a rookie. Flash forward to 2013. The Raiders cut Flynn on Oct. 7; the Bills then signed him on Oct. 14. There was a one week window where the Packers could have signed him while Seneca Wallace and Scott Tolzien were the backups. Flynn would have preferred Buffalo anyway even if the Packers saw him as upgrade. With the Bills #1 and #2 QBs injured, he would have had the chance to steal the job from the #3, Jeff Teul. Flynn did not return to the Packers until after the Bills cut him just 3 weeks after signing him. And the only reason the Packers did so was because Rodgers and then Seneca Wallace were injured and they needed a backup to Tolzien. It was only when Tolzien sh*t the bed that Flynn had the only stretch of starts in his career starting 4 games, nearly all of a 5th., going 2-2-1. Flynn was damaged goods when the Packers signed him, busting out in Seattle, Oakland and Buffalo, with rumors of a dead arm. It was not a move out of love, rather desperation. [/QUOTE]
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