Seahawks rumors: Seattle will not release Matt Flynn

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Flynn is set to be one of the highest-paid backups in the NFL. While the Seahawks are open to trading Flynn, they do not plan on releasing him, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com. Rapoport notes that the Seahawks maintain that they are comfortable retaining Flynn as insurance against starting quarterback Russell Wilson, whose style of play makes him more prone to injury. Wilson is also inexpensive as he was a third-round pick and is still under the contract he signed as a rookie. While the Seahawks do have the luxury of keeping both Wilson and Flynn on their roster, there is a chance that they are simply posturing in an attempt to acquire higher compensation for Flynn. If teams thought that Seattle was likely to cut ties with Flynn, they wouldn’t give up anything of significance to acquire him. Rapoport speculates that the Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns and New York Jets could all potentially express interest in Flynn. Follow @TheNFLInjuryRpt !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="http://www.thenflinjuryreport.com//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-34100676-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Looking for fantasy football advice?