There was some shock when the Seahawks decided to go with rookie Russell Wilson as their starting quarterback over free agent addition Matt Flynn.

The belief was that Seattle spent a lot of money on Flynn, but Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk points out that they really didn't.

Flynn received a signing bonus of $6 million and a guaranteed base salary of $2 million in 2012. Next season, Flynn has another fully guaranteed $2 million but a non-guaranteed total salary of $5.25 million.

In today's quarterback market, that isn't an excessive amount for a backup, especially when your starter is untested.