GAME DAY MEMORIES
Lions vs Packers - The Forgotten Man
The Packers played the Lions
in the final week of the 2011 NFL season.
The Packers rested starting QB Aaron Rogers and some of their other
starters as Green Bay had already secured the number one playoff seed in the
NFC. The Lions had also clinched a
playoff spot. A win would guarantee them
the number five seed. A loss would
likely result in the number six seed.
The teams played the game
like a seven on seven passing drill.
Detroit QB Matthew Stafford finished with 520 passing yards and five
touchdowns. Packer backup Matt Flynn did
him one better with six touchdown throws and 480 passing yards. Flynn passed to Jermichael Finley for the
winning score with just over a minute to play as the Packers won 45-41.
The New Orleans Saints easily
outgunned the Lions in the wild card round.
The New York Giants upset the Packers in Green Bay in the divisional
round in route to winning the Super Bowl.
The big winner turned out to
be Matt Flynn. The obscure quarterback
parlayed his record setting day into a big free agent contract. In March Flynn signed a $26 million contract
with the Seattle Seahawks. Reports
pegged the guaranteed amount at $10 million.
The Seahawks were not so
enamored with Flynn that they would hand him the job. Instead they drafted an intriguing QB
prospect Russell Wilson in the third round of the 2012 draft. Wilson won the starting job with a stellar
training camp and pre season. He has
guided Seattle to a 6-4 record and into playoff contention in the NFC. Matt Flynn has returned to obscurity as an
NFL backup QB. This time he sits on a
fatter wallet on the bench.
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