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Patriots pick up QB Flynn

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The New England Patriots added a veteran quarterback on Friday, signing Matt Flynn to an undisclosed contract.

The 29-year-old Flynn was an unrestricted free agent who played in seven games for the Green Bay Packers last season. Reports indicated Thursday that Flynn had agreed to terms with the Patriots.

Flynn joins a Patriots roster that has Tom Brady and second-year player Jimmy Garoppolo at quarterback, but New England is likely to be without Brady at the start of the season while he serves a suspension resulting from the Deflategate investigation.

The journeyman Flynn has spent seven seasons in the NFL with the Packers, Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders and the Buffalo Bills. A seventh-round draft pick by the Packers in 2008, Flynn has played in 51 games and started seven, throwing for 2,541 yards and 17 touchdowns with 11 interceptions.

Flynn was Green Bay’s backup from 2008 through 2011 and then signed with Seattle as an unrestricted free agent in 2012. A year later, he was traded to the Raiders but was released on Oct. 7, 2013, and signed a week later by the Buffalo Bills before being released again and returning to Green Bay.

In seven games last season for the Packers, Flynn completed 8-of-16 passes for 66 yards with no touchdowns and one interception.

But the Packers decided to go forward with Scott Tolzien as their No. 2 quarterback behind starter Aaron Rodgers as the start of training camp in late July draws closer.

The Packers also have quarterbacks Brett Hundley, a fifth-round draft pick out of UCLA, and Matt Blanchard, a second-year free agent, on the roster.

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Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk

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