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          Matt Flynn can't believe how much Brock Osweiler is getting paid

          • Sheil Kapadia, ESPN WriterMar 9, 2016, 04:45 PM ET
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            • Covered the Philadelphia Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine and Philly.com from 2008 to 2015.
            • Covered the Baltimore Ravens and the NFL for BaltimoreSun.com from 2006 to 2008.
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          Matt Flynn was a backup with the Green Bay Packers for the first four years of his career, but in 2012 he was in position to test free agency.

          At that point, Flynn had started two NFL games. But the Seattle Seahawks took a shot on him, signing Flynn to a three-year, $26 million deal with $10 million guaranteed. Flynn lost the starting job to Russell Wilson and ended up throwing nine total passes as a member of the Seahawks.

          On Wednesday, Flynn, like everyone else in the football world, took notice of the contract the Houston Texans handed to quarterback Brock Osweiler:

          According to ESPN's Adam Schefter and Ed Werder, Osweiler received a four-year, $72 million deal with $37 million guaranteed. He has spent four seasons in Denver and has just seven career starts under his belt.

          Flynn knows what it's like to be in that position, but he probably wishes his chance at free agency would have come four years later.