The Seahawks are struggling offensively with rookie quarterback Russell Wilson at the reins of what Pete Carroll calls a scaled-back scheme. But Carroll, despite his team having the NFL's worst passing game (No. 32) isn't thinking about making a change to high-priced veteran acquisition Matt Flynn—because Flynn isn't healthy enough to play.
"We have a little bit of a problem with Matt," Carroll revealed to ESPN Seattle on Monday. "Matt's still not full speed. Anybody that thinks, OK, let's go with the other guy, well, he can't practice yet."
The problem, according to Carroll, is an elbow injury which affects Flynn's ability to throw the ball. So at the moment, Flynn, signed away from Green Bay in the offseason, isn't an option to create a quarter-pole quarterback controversy.
"He throws 15 throws a day, a couple days a week, so that's not really enough to get him ready in a game plan," Carroll told ESPN Seattle. "He has to throw 50 balls a day to get ready, so that's not even an issue for us yet to have a chance to put him in."
So now the questions are when exactly did Flynn get hurt to such a degree, and whether Carroll chose Wilson outright for the starting job in the preseason without factoring in injury.
Flynn was a hot free agent after the former Packers backup to Aaron Rodgers threw for 480 yards and six touchdowns in a Week 17 win over Detroit last season. Consider in four starts this season, Wilson has throw for only a combined 594 yards.
The Seahawks have a strong, physical defense with a strong, physical running game led by Marshawn Lynch to match. At an asterisked 2-2 with a tough matchup at Carolina coming up in Week 5, they're not getting enough from Wilson and their receivers to be a legitimate NFC playoff threat.
It will be interesting to see what happens if the offense continues to stagnate and the Seahawks keep losing with teens on the scoreboard. At this rate, when Flynn is healthy, Carroll strongly needs to consider making a change.
source: aol.sportingnews.com
