Dennis Allen says ‘it didn’t work out’ with Raiders quarterback Matt Flynn

Betallsports · Oct 3, 2013

By Ross Jones, FOXSports.com

Matt Flynn made his first start with the Raiders last Sunday. That was all head coach Dennis Allen needed to see. Flynn was demoted to third string on Wednesday.

While Terrelle Pryor was recovering from a concussion, Flynn was busy piloting an offense that sputtered on third down and was only responsible for one offensive score. Flynn was also sacked seven times and threw an interception. Allen was critical of Flynn after the game and said that he didn’t “[see] the field very good.”
Six months ago the Raiders traded multiple draft picks and more than $6 million to the Seahawks for Flynn. They thought they had their franchise quarterback. Unfortunately the truth is, they value Flynn less than undrafted rookie Matt McGloin.

“It is what it is. It didn’t work out,” Allen told reporters about Flynn.

McGloin, a three-year starter at Penn State, was taking second-team snaps while Pryor was back with the first team.

The Raiders are still on the hook as Flynn is owed more than $2.8 million this season and has a cap hit of $7.6 million in 2014, according to Spotrac.com.

SmallDaddy · Oct 3, 2013

Note to self.

Dont give a qb a lot of money based on ONE game, especially if it is a meaningless game in Week 17

NickPappagiorgio · Oct 3, 2013

SmallDaddy said:
Note to self.

Dont give a qb a lot of money based on ONE game, especially if it is a meaningless game in Week 17

Technically it was 2 games, a game in week 17 and a game against New England, but its still a valid note

HarryCaray · Oct 3, 2013

Flynn might win the award for most money made on a per-game basis...

Mr_Mark · Oct 3, 2013

He is doing a great impression of Jamarcus Russell

Betallsports · Oct 3, 2013

Mr_Mark said:
He is doing a great impression of Jamarcus Russell

But, Thinner

3peet · Oct 3, 2013

Just glad the Raiders cut ties early on it rather than trying to plug a sinking ship. Ego's set aside and admission they were wrong. For the Raiders organization this is a giant step forward from the old Al Davis ways.

arniesarmy · Oct 3, 2013

Packers will wait until he is waived and scoop him up in a second. He is a system quarterback and the Packers have the system.

SoCal · Oct 3, 2013

How do idiots get jobs in nfl team front offices ? Can the idiot who orchestrated the deal for this plyr be identified ? Does he still have HIS job ? Will he still have his job ?

CHOPTALK · Oct 3, 2013

HarryCaray said:
Flynn might win the award for most money made on a per-game basis...

That would be the guy Flynn replaced at LSU Jamarcus Russell

CHOPTALK · Oct 3, 2013

arniesarmy said:
Packers will wait until he is waived and scoop him up in a second. He is a system quarterback and the Packers have the system.

This is going to happen.

CHOPTALK · Oct 3, 2013

So Russell and Flynn were teammates at LSU.

Russell signs the biggest rookie contract in NFL history and becomes a complete bust.
Flynn signs a huge deal with Seattle based on 1 great game he had in Green Bay.

Flynn loses job in preseason year 1 to a rookie 3rd round QB and never sees the field in the regular season.

Then he gets traded to Oakland, the same team his teammate played for in year 2 and loses his job to basically another rookie with many question marks in the preseason.
Then the rookie gets hurt.
Finally starting his first NFL regular season game in 2 years after signing huge free agent contract and after one game gets demoted to 3rd string QB behind an undrafted rookie with the head coach basically throwing him under the bus in public.

I sure hope for his sake his hot super model wife dont run off on him.

If you have never seen her Google it.

Knightrofins · Oct 3, 2013

I wanted the Dolphins to pick him up in free agency last year. I figured he knew Philbin's offense and he's be a stud for the fins. He spent a weekend in Miami and was 99% sure the fins would sign him. Next thing i know, he signs with Seattle. I was PISSED!!! I was upset that a team that turned to shit over the past couple of yrs, was getting even shittier. Turns out i'm so friggin happy that i was wrong!!

thekeyman · Oct 3, 2013

another bust like cassell

arniesarmy · Oct 3, 2013

In four seasons with the Packers, only two starts, he was 82 of 132 for 1,015 yards, 9 TDs and 4 INTs. In his first start, in a Sunday night game at New England, he went toe-to-toe with Brady, losing 31-27 when he got sacked on the last play of the game at the NE 15. Then in a season finale against Detroit at Green Bay in 2012, he threw for 480 yards and 6 TDs in a 45-41 win over a Lions team that needed a win to get a better playoff spot. Green Bay had clinched the No.1 seed so Rodgers sat. No one doubts Russell Wilson's ability now, and Oakland has been a shithole to play at for years. Packer fans would welcome Flynn back in a second, with Oakland picking up the tab.

FairWarning · Oct 3, 2013

Maybe if the Raiders had a OL that could block, that would help. He never had a chance in that game.

donkeybucks · Oct 5, 2013

HarryCaray said:
Flynn might win the award for most money made on a per-game basis...

Jstack34 · Oct 5, 2013

FairWarning said:
Maybe if the Raiders had a OL that could block, that would help. He never had a chance in that game.

You watch the same game as me? He sat in the pocket and held on to the ball way too long. Missed open receivers and took too many sacks when a serviceable qb would have avoided many of those mistakes.

CatsOverUnders · Oct 5, 2013

Since when is ONE start - against a then-desperate 0-3 defense, no less, that is led by an elite defensive coordinator like Jim Haslett - enough to judge whether or not a quarterback can make it? That's absolutely preposterous. If that were the case, some of the best QBs of all-time (Troy Aikman; and he was given a whole SEASON to suck!) would have been doomed and never given another chance.

It's not like Matt Flynn sucked and was as bad as, say, Curtis Painter, who GLARINGLY AND OBVIOUSLY showed that he had no potential to be a competent starting quarterback. Yet he was almost given a full season as well. Flynn still has potential. He just needs a fair opportunity to prove it. Some of these newer, impatient coaches need to learn that growing pains - even in superstars - are HUMAN NATURE and inevitable for a lot of players. In no way am I saying Matt Flynn is going to be a superstar, but everyone goes through them at different points.