Following the release of Matt Flynn, the Patriots decided to sign former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Ryan Lindley. Lindley was 16 of 28 for 82 yards with one TD and two interceptions in a playoff loss to Carolina.
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Lindley credited the Patriots’ coaching staff, as well as fellow quarterbacks Jimmy Garoppolo and Tom Brady, calling the opportunity a “quarterback’s dream”.
Brady’s ban was upheld by Commissioner Roger Goodell, however the NFL Gamers Affiliation continues to be interesting the suspension, which might open the prospect of Brady not lacking all 4 video games.
“There’s definitely something to that, yeah”. A seventh-round draft decide by the Packers in 2008, Flynn has performed in 51 video games and began seven, throwing for two, 541 yards and 17 touchdowns with 11 interceptions.
To take Flynn’s place, they added Ryan Lindley to the mix.
Belichick did not rule out bringing back Flynn at some point. “He’s got some experience, so I think he’ll pick things up hopefully quick enough to be able to play Thursday, but we’ll just have to see”. Trading players like Lawyer Milloy, Richard Seymour and Logan Mankins less than a month before the start of those respective seasons. He’s serve as a warm body on the bench in case the worse case scenario comes to pass, something the New England Patriots are hoping never happens. Despite his injury, Flynn has had time to learn the playbook, and if Garoppolo was injured or ineffective, he is a much more viable option than Lindley.
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Lindley didn’t appear in a game in 2013, and the Cardinals released him last August. “It was frustrating he couldn’t get out there, we couldn’t see him out there, so it’s the way it was”.
