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Thoughts:1-Finley is a TE, not a QB.2-McCarthy has a history of NOT sitting players early.3-Unless you have a week 17 championship game, this won't be an issue anyway (even then, it probably won't).
I doubt they will outright sit him and start Flynn for the entire game.They might insert Flynn late if they are up 40 points or something like that.And surely the other owner has a QB #2 on his roster as well?
Read that last sentence again, and you're spot on! Flynn would be starting right now in Seattle, Washington, Cleveland, Miami or Indy, KC, Chicago or Houston with their QB injuries (all of which shouldn't be an issue next year). It could be like picking up Kolb late last year....but actually working out in the end.
How do you know this? Based on Flynn's one good game? Kolb had several good games when he was in Philly, but he hasn't done squat this year. Flynn could do exactly the same thing if he signed somewhere else.
Harbaugh take notes
Did the Pats win the Super Bowl in 2007?In a redraft, depending on what you got backing him up, I can think of a whole lot of WORSE people to have than Flynn. He will do fine if needed. Just hopefully, you will be able to know you need him (Like the Packers say Rodgers is resting this week, not pulled in 1st quarter after he takes a blind side hit and they start thinking "we better not get too cute here").In dynasty, Flynn has been on a roster for over a year at least now in my leagues; he is no secret and someone above said it best; he is generally viewed in my leagues as the Kolb of this year that will actually work out". My gut says he goes to Miami next year and life is good.
Thats the shark move to make for dynasty leagues
A real stretch there.
Just my opinion but I don't think they lost the Super Bowl in 2007 because they didn't bench Tom Brady in Week 17. I think they lost because they were outscored by 3 points in the Super Bowl.
Hey David - not to hijack the thread, but can you unpack this a bit? I can understand saying their offense is well-suited to playing on the road. But I'd have a hard time finding a case where getting homefield advantage hurts any team...unless perhaps you're worried about winter weather in GB hurting the precision passing game?
That's exactly the way I read it. GB has a stellar passing attack with a limited running game and weak defense. The weather in GB in January could easily level the playing field with whatever opponents they get.
We know the Packers offense is a well oiled machine and can regularly go for 30-40 ppg indoors and in warm/dry weather. They've proven that.What we don't know is how well they will do in frigid/snowy/icy playing conditions in Green Bay in late December and January. I suspect that will cut into their offensive production and they will score fewer points. At this point, anything that serves to limit the GB offense is good for any of their opponents.
Great explanation - strange as it sounds to say "homefield disadvantage", the way you describe it makes some sense.
Just mentioned that because I didn't see the connection to the question and I was linking it to what I said after. Basically I was meaning that playing the guy in Week 17 doesn't correlate to winning THE goal; the Super Bowl, but playing him in a game that is otherwise meaningless could be a disaster (I went on to mention a scenario where rodgers starts a game like that and then takes a good hit early in the game, forcing the coach to say "this isn't worth it..we need him for the playoffs). So I was building a reason why someone with Rodgers might want to add Flynn because whether they are chasing an undefeated season or not, if there is not seeding implications on the line, week 16 and 17 could be tricky for Rodgers owners because if there is nothing to play for, the coaches won't risk him if a game starts off badly or he gets a bad hit.
