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When the Washington Redskins acquired the No. 2 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft in order to select Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, it put the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns in a tough spot. Both teams need a quarterback and neither seems to be a serious player for free agent signal-caller Peyton Manning. That has left them with few options. Matt Flynn stands to make a lot of money as a fallback option for the Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, or Seattle Seahawks. Matt Flynn Negotiation With Dolphins and Browns Green Bay Packers backup Matt Flynn is the second-best quarterback on the market this offseason and the 26-year-old is likely to be pursued by whichever of the league’s quarterback-hungry teams that don’t land Manning or possess one of the first two picks in April’s draft. That puts him in a position to make a serious amount of money. The Dolphins and Browns have apparently opened negotiations with Flynn already as the first night of free agency winds down. The LSU pro...
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