"That wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement Dan Marino gave Matt Flynn this week.

Asked about Flynn, who just finished his fourth season as a backup quarterback for the Packers, the Greatest Dolphin of All-Time sounded lukewarm about his former team making a run at the likely free agent.

"Some guys are just — I don't want to say it in a negative light — but sometimes there's a reason why guys are backups, you know?" Marino said during his weekly WQAM appearance. "I'm not saying he can't come in here and be a terrific player. Maybe he can be. But he didn't play somewhere the whole time.""