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Paxton Lynch’s first XFL game started with a touchdown pass on the game’s opening drive. He ended up being pulled after throwing a costly interception late in the third quarter, leaving his team in double digits. Lynch’s team, the Orlando Guardians, finally fell 33-12 to the Houston Roughnecks in Week 1 of the league’s restarted 2023 season on Saturday night.
Lynch, the Broncos’ first-round pick (26th overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft, finished the game for 136 yards and a touchdown on 15 of 21 passes. But he was sacked four times and failed to convert on multiple fourth downs as Orlando fell 21-6 at halftime.
Lynch was drawn after being picked off by Houston’s Tavante Beckett, a play after Orlando’s defense made their second pick of the quarter. The Guardians failed to capitalize on either pick, however, as Orlando’s offense didn’t do much after 77 yards on the game’s opening drive.
Saturday night’s bench press was the latest in a series of on-field setbacks for Lynch, who finished 3-1 during his brief stint as the Broncos’ starting quarterback. After parting ways with Denver after the 2017 season, Lynch spent a full year as a free agent before failing to make the Seattle and Pittsburgh regular-season rosters over the following two summers.
Lynch spent the 2021 season as a third-string quarterback in the Canadian Football League before injuring himself during his lone season with the USFL’s Michigan Panthers.
Lynch’s pro career clearly hasn’t matched what he did in Memphis, where his success (he threw 59 touchdowns against 23 interceptions in three seasons) saw him become the NFL’s 26th overall pick.
Source: www.cbssports.com
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