Dolphins To Host QB Matt Flynn

Flynn will head to Miami following his visit with the Seattle Seahawks, where former Green Bay Packers personnel executive John Schneider is now general manager. Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin was the Packers offensive coordinator prior to landing the Miami job.

Miami has been in the hunt for Peyton Manning, meeting with him in Indianapolis earlier this week, but their chances of landing the four-time NFL MVP are "dwindling", Schefter adds.

A 2008 seventh-round pick out of LSU, Flynn has completed 82-of-132 (62.1 percent) pass attempts for 1,015 yards with nine touchdowns and five interceptions in limited action, but set a Packers single-game record with six touchdown passes in the regular season finale against the Detroit Lions. The 26-year-old is regarded as the No. 2 quarterback on the free agent market.

source:  Mac's Football Blog
author:  Brian McIntyre
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Report: Browns expected to make a play for Matt Flynn

There has been a lot of chatter at the Combine about the Browns trying to trade up for Robert Griffin III.

But what if Cleveland has already invested big bucks in a quarterback well before the draft?

Steve Doerschuk of the Canton Repository writes the Browns brass “will make a play for Matt Flynn” with the hopes of making Flynn the team’s starter. They will have competition, though.

“There will be a budget that will not be exceeded in the play for Flynn,” Doerschuk writes.

That budget may have to include draft picks if the Packers use the franchise tag on Flynn. The Green Bay Press-Gazette believes that’s a “real possibility.”

Doerschuk believes the Dolphins are ultimately the favorites for Flynn. Miami might not be confident in their ability to get a rookie quarterback to build around and coach Joe Philbin’s history with Flynn gives Miami inside knowledge. (Let’s assume that’s a positive.)

Teams like Cleveland and Washington are in a tough spot. They may want Griffin, but can they wait for him and risk getting stuck in another season without a real quarterback?

source:  PFT.com
author:  Gregg Rosenthal
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