The Great Unknown: Matt Flynn Signs With Seahawks

Matt Flynn could be the next Aaron Rodgers -- stuck behind a franchise QB for a few years until he gets his own chance to shine and breaks out into stardom. Oddly enough, Flynn held the clipboard for Rodgers in Green Bay, and as you know, Rodgers did the same for Brett Favre.

Or Flynn could just as easily become the next Kevin Kolb or Matt Cassel -- signed for big money because of a sample size of a few games. Cassel had a full season under his belt before Kansas City broke the bank to make him what they hoped would be their franchise quarterback, but was handicapped by playing in Bill Belichick's offense. And Kolb was signed for $63,000,000 by the Cardinals based on a few 300-yard starts in Philadelphia, in which he still threw an alarming amount of picks. But potential was there.

The thing is, while Rodgers is obviously an All-Pro, Kolb and Cassel haven't yet lived up to their billing.

Kolb's sample size of seven starts, and Cassel's of a full season, however small they are, are reassuring when you see that Flynn was just inked for $26 million based on a mainly a single game (he had two other starts in 2010, one of them impressive, but would not have been enough to get him a payday).

You might remember Week 17 of last season when Aaron Rodgers' unknown backup came in for the Packers' meaningless game against the Lions, and went on to throw for six touchdowns and 480 yards. That was Flynn.

Sure, that was just one game, but many are saying Seattle got a bargain with the potential franchise QB: "only" ten million guaranteed on the three-year deal.

Flynn comes into 2012 as a giant question mark with a ton of upside. Aiding him will be a top five running back in Marshawn Lynch, and an excited receiver Doug Baldwin.

"Just got off the phone with Matt Flynn. And he's ready to WIN!!," the excited wideout tweeted.

We'll see if he can.

Rams or Seahawks to Make Playoffs

The St. Louis Rams are 7-8. The Seattle Seahawks are 6-9. After a head-to-head matchup in Week 17, one of these two teams will be headed to the playoffs as the NFC West Champion.

Is there any fairness to this, a possible 7-9 team making the playoffs over a possible 10-6 team, either the Tampa Bay Bucs or New York Giants? Not really. Could it be exciting? Sure. How cool would it be for the casual fan to see the St. Louis Rams make a Super Bowl run, even though realistically there's not really a chance. That would sound weirder than the phrase "The Arizona Cardinals are going to the Super Bowl!" of a couple of years ago.

While many fans may not mind it, this could be devastating to a city, in this case the those of the Giants or Buccaneers. Since their records are better, don't they deserve the spot? Well remember when Matt Cassel, in place of Tom Brady, led the Patriots to an 11-5 record, only to have them left out of the postseason after it was all said and done? It happens. Maybe the Giants shouldn't have let that Eagles game get away from them, or played better vs. Green Bay today. It's not like they didn't have chances.