re: Is Matt Flynn in trouble in Seattle?

Quaterbacks from LSU named Matt remind Pete Carroll that he did not actually win the national championship in 2003, so he is exacting revenge

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The NFL hardly gives high paid rookie qb's the chance to do that anymore. Sort of baptism by fire now. Not saying this will happen with RW, just that it seems to be the trend the past few years.

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This is true but Wilson isnt in that category. He gets paid less than $1M a year. Most of the time teams do that to see wht they got with so much money tied up. In this case, you could argue that they need to play Flynn for that reason.

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Pete Carrol has already screwed Matt Flynn. The quarterback is the leader of the franchise. Flynn was paid $27 million to come in and be that guy. But from day 1 Pete Carrol has not given the team over to Flynn. Flynn can't be expected to lead the team when the head coach keeps dangling his job over to a rookie that played one good half of exhibition football against people trying to make a team. (I argued a little different for Jarrett Lee because he is just trying to make the team, not be a starter) Matt Flynn's first exhibition game he played pretty darn well. I think he completed his first 7 passes. The starters only played about 3 series and that was it. If Terrell Owens doesn't drop a touchdown pass in his belly in game 2, Flynn's numbers from that game aren't so bad.

I hope Russell Wilson breaks his leg and when Pete Carrol turns to Flynn, Matt just says, "Nah, I've got my $27 million, put in Tavaris Jackson."

(I know that all of Flynn's money isn't guaranteed, but the point is he's getting screwed badly here)

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27 million over three years? I wish I was in trouble.

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Seattle’s in great shape as both Flynn and Wilson have look good. Seattle needs to see if Wilson can play against 1st team defenses. But lack of a good receiving corp hurts Flynn the most. Flynn has looked really sharp, so i don’t think they are disappointed in him at all. Flynn’s got his money so he’s in good shape which ever way things go. Flynn’s going to be a good qb no matter what happens.

Wilson has outplayed Flynn in every category this preseason. Flynn looked terrible against the Broncos. He will be lucky if he holds onto starting job.

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Seattle hates LSU

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Especially after we drank a years worth of Crown an Budlight.

Ranters gonna Rant...

Guys, the contract was 3 years for 27 million, but he only got $10 million in guaranteed money with the new CBA setup. So their investment was only slightly more than we put into Darren Sproles by comparison.

Also, Carroll loves to talk sh!t about "competition" and creating situations where players have to "compete". He's a dumbass but that's what he does, & Flynn had to know that walking into the situation.

When it comes down to it, I don't think Wilson will last. His stature & his inability to show he's a pocket-passer that can consitsently get the job done will pale in comparison to Flynn's quiet confidence and wonkish knowledge of the playbook with the physical ability to translate that knowledge into the right decisions on the field.

Having said all that, Carrol has not handled the QB situation very well with Whitehurst/Tavaris etc last year. Let's see how he does this year.