From Tiger Stadium to NFL glory
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| Matt Flynn continues to make most of long-awaited opportunities
By RICHARD FISCHER
Tiger Rag Assistant Editor
Opportunities in life are hard to come by, and you never know when they may show up.
For Green Bay Packers quarterback Matt Flynn, 46 games passed in his professional career before he got his first opportunity to start a game, but the former BCS National Champion made it count.
Freezing temperatures in Foxborough or a defense that had allowed 10 points in its previous two games didn’t stop the Tyler, Texas native from making the most of his opportunity.
Flynn completed 15-of-26 passes for 177 yards, three touchdowns and one interception to lead the Packers to a near victory over the heavily favored Patriots Sunday night.
All in all, the Packers are having a disappointing season at 8-6 considering they were picked by many to be a strong Super Bowl contender, and although there are no moral victories in the NFL, Flynn may have done quite a bit to enhance his stock around the league with his performance.
Many former Green Bay backups have gone on to long and prosperous careers in the NFL, albeit they all played behind Brett Favre.
Mark Brunell left the Packers for the Jaguars and led Jacksonville to two AFC Championship Games in the franchise’s first five years in existence.
Aaron Brooks left Favre’s tutelage to lead the Saints to their first ever playoff victory, and Matt Hasselbeck led the Seahawks to the Super Bowl after departing from the Packers.
Could Flynn be the next former Packer quarterback to find great success elsewhere? Time will tell.
But if his college pedigree is any indication, don’t bet against the 2007 BCS Championship Game Offensive MVP who surely made the most out of his small opportunity in college.
Flynn threw for 21 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in his only year as a starter for the Tigers, after standing on the sidelines with a clipboard in his hands for his first four seasons.
If he could bring the same immediate impact to an NFL team, there may be several trade suitors this offseason.
Unfortunately for Flynn but not for Aaron Rodgers fantasy owners, it appears the Green Bay starter will be back from his concussion for this week’s game against the Giants.
If indeed Flynn is done playing for this year and the New England tape is all NFL general managers have to look at this offseason, what a highlight reel it was against a Bill Belichick defense in wintery conditions.
CLICK HERE for my previous installment highlighting WR Dwayne Bowe’s rise to NFL stardom.
CLICK HERE for my previous installment highlighting LB Bradie James’ continued stellar play for the Cowboys.
CLICK HERE for my previous installment highlighting CB Corey Webster’s Giant Super Bowl run.
CLICK HERE for my previous installment highlighting DE Glenn Dorsey overcoming a position change with the Chiefs.
CLICK HERE for my previous installment highlighting OG Alan Faneca’s continued consistency and toughness in the NFL.
*Check back to Tigerrag.com throughout the month of December for more updates on former Tigers in the pros.
I am trying to get to the bottem of the AUBURN NEWTON mess, and if you people do not help, AUBURN will get away with it one more time…no one says a thing about their cheating, and yet others get punished for less and even when they turn themselves in…Why??? It is always hard to win at AUBURN, I believe that every coach knows that. Why when they know that they are dealing with a known cheater (FLORIDA two to three times, before they kicked him out of school!) LSU could have and should have beat AUBURN. The defence lost the game…what is the use, no one is listening…Merry Christmas to all, and PRAY FOR AMERICA…Lord WE CLAIM 2CHRO. 7:14, PLEASE BLESS AND HELP US, stop Auburn, thank you!!! JOHN
Yes I feel that the attitude I have for AUBURN is real, why should a good kid, and he knows that he should not have done what he did, Why should a good kid like Our LITTLE LSU tailback NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY IN THE GAME OF HIS LIFE WHEN OTHERS ARE ABLE TO DO SO!!! WITH MUCH MORE EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE MORE GUILTY AND WILL GRASP GREAT BENEFITS…
WELL ALONG COMES AUBURN!!! THE ONLY TEAM THAT SEEMS TO GET
AWAY WITH ANYTHING, AND EVERYTHING, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, BE ABLE TO PULL ONE MORE PROBABLY A BILLION DOLLAR DEAL AT THE PLAIN !!! AT AUBURN, “HATTRICK” … WITH AN INEDGIBLE QB, CAM NEWTON SHOULD NOT EVEN BE AT AUBURN, THERE WERE THREE SCHOOLS INVOLVED, HE WAS BROUGHT INTO THE FLORIDA NATION TO PLAY FOOTBALL, AND FLORIDA CAUGHT HIM CHEATING TWO OR THREE TIMES AS I REMEMBER IT, AND FLORIDA DISMISSED HIM…I BELIEVE THAT THIS HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FLORIDA COACHING CHANGE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CAM’S DAD NEVER TOLD CAM THAT HE WAS SELLING HIM IN MONEY FOR PLAY DEAL. I KNOW THAT MY SON WOULD HAVE KNOWN!!! Just another cover up.
When as much money is involved as there is in a NC in football, the people in charge will sweep under rugs, Look the other way, and the top brass like Mr , will swear to anything, AND i AM NOT SAYING THAT MR SLIVE IS A BAD GUY, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE GET CAUGHT IN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, BUT PLEASE DO NOT MAKE IT WORSE, AND HURT A LITTLE RUNNING BACK FROM LSU. PLEASE??? PLEASE LET OUR KID PLAY!!!
The HISMAN, another racket, very seldom does the right kid get that trophy. CAM NEWTON DOES NOT, AND IT IS MY BELEAF THAT TEBOW SHOULD HAVE HAD THREE, BUT NO, NO, NO WE HAVE A BLACK FOOTBALL PLAYER WITH TWO, AND IT JUST CANNOT BE THAT HE BE TIED OR PASSED, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HE DESERVED IT TWICE, BUT WHO AM I? TO ME TEBOW IS THE GREATEST FOOTBALL PLAYER OF MY TIME, WHICH IS MORE THAN SEVENTY YEARS… I ALSO DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CAM ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT MUCH MORE INTELLIGENT AT AUBURN THAN HE WAS AT FLORIDA…THIS WHOLE THING STINKS!!! OF COURSE, ONE LITTLE RUNNING BACK AT LSU, A UNIVERSITY THAT TRIES TO BE HONEST AND ABOVEBOARD, IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS, OLE AUBURN, THE MOST “ABOVE BOARD AS OF ALL, AU!!!” GOD HELP US, YES FOOTBALL IS KING!!!…MARANATHA!!! HELP LORD, LET THE TRUTH COME OUT!!! I MEAN NO HARM TO ANYONE BUT PLEASE HELP THE TRUTH TO COME OUT, THANK YOU, LORD AND AMEN, AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL WITH THE TRUTH. JOHN
On the MATT FLYNN player, MATT is a good and can be great with the correct handling, and leadership. He played behind Jmarcus Russell in college and I kept telling the coaches that MATT FLYNN was a much better QB but no one would listen, I believe that he has proved me to be correct, because JMarcus never took us to the CHAMPIONSHIP but MATT FLYNN did. I believe that MATT is much better than ROGERS but he seems to be stuck with a coach much like MATT had at LSU, they do not know their personal as well as they believe that they do. FLYNN is a better QB in my opinion than ROGERS. I believe that if someone will pick MATT up and handle him right, not as JMarcus was treated at OAKLAND!!! He, matt that is can be all PRO, JMarcus was ruined by KIFFIN I believe. He must have someone to treat him with loving care and JMARCUS can be brought back,,,OAKLAND has him all confused… it happens sometimes. I have seen it distroy many a good football player…maranatha!!! john