Sunday, December 9, 2012
Piling on?
Watched the Seahawks bury the Cardinals today. In the second half, the coach let the Multimillion dollar "backup" quarterback get some snaps and run some plays. The commentators made inference to the fact that by having the quarterback air out a few passes and get some scores, he was "piling-on" the Cards. True, they set a club record for most points, biggest halftime lead, and biggest final margin, as well as biggest shutout. However, what the announcers failed to really mention was that this was the first time in the regular season (13 games now) that they have had that kind of an opportunity. Of course it looked like they were piling on, Matt Flynn is a lot more than just some rookie backup. They did get it right when they pointed out that Flynn did not lose the starting position, Wilson earned it. I support coach Carroll's decision to let Matt play at full speed and get some quality snaps. The Seahawks didn't trade Matt before the Nov 2 deadline because they still needed to make sure they had "defense in depth" at that position. With all the close and overtime games, it would be irresponsible not to take advantage of this opportunity to play Flynn for the last 25 minutes, especially at home.
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