CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora has confirmed that Matt Flynn has been released by the Raiders.
| Matt Flynn was recently demoted from backup to third-string quarterback after he struggled in place of Terrelle Pryor during a Week 4 loss vs. Washington. Oakland Raiders obtained Matt Flynn in an April Fool's Day trade with the Seahawks. In exchange for the quarterback, the Raiders sent a 2014 fifth-round pick to Seattle. Given Flynn was a costly bust for two teams - The 28-year-old former LSU quarterback was paid $8 million in 2012 by the Seahawks and $6.5 million by the Raiders. |
Matt Flynn opened training camp as the Raiders’ starting quarterback, but would lose that job to Terrelle Pryor, just as he lost the Seahawks job in camp a year ago to Russell Wilson. There have been whispers that Flynn was moping around in meetings and the locker room and he was demoted to third-string behind undrafted rookie Matt McGloin last week.
The Raiders are bringing in veteran backups David Carr and Pat White in for workouts in the next couple of days.
