Jets Sign Matt Flynn

Jets are going to sign former Packers', Raiders', Seahawks', Patriots' QB Matt Flynn to a one-year contract, source tells ESPN.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 18, 2015

Has anyone in football history lived a better life than Matt Flynn?  Four years ago he threw six touchdown passes in a meaningless Week 17 game and he's been BANKING ever since.  He's made over $18 million in his career and he's started SEVEN games.  That's insanity.  The old saying is that the best job in football is being a backup quarterback.  Well Matt Flynn is like that times a trillion.

I actually love Matt Flynn.  It's not like he was this huge prospect who never panned out because he didn't work hard enough or couldn't stay on the field.  He just flat out sucks and was able to convince not one but TWO NFL teams that he was a starting quarterback worth millions and millions of dollars.  So many times you see really good, productive players get fucked over by NFL teams either by being drastically underpaid or getting straight up cut the minute they start to drop off a bit.  It's nice to see a guy who was able to turn the tables on a couple of teams.

As for the signing, Flynn is about as good as it's going to get for a backup's backup.  They weren't about to go out and make at trade for Kirk Cousins with Geno only slated to miss four games.  Just know if Fitzy goes down before then the Jets are fucked because Flynn really does suck.  If you need a barometer to measure that you can note that the Pats just cut him in favor of Ryan Lindley.