Without meaningful postseason implications to play for in the final week of the 2011 regular season, the 14-1 Green Bay Packers made the decision to start Matt Flynn against the Detroit Lions in front of the Lambeau Field faithful.
Few followers of the team knew that on that day, they would witness Flynn tie two Packers’ all-time passing records with 480 yards through the air and six touchdowns. Only Aaron Rodgers has shared that single-game success in Green Bay history, a surprising feat even almost seven years after the fact with the legendary quarterbacks to start under center in Green Bay.