Ryan Fitzpatrick will now have to sit in the backseat as Jameis drives in week 6.
Ryan Fitzpatrick entered 2018 as the Bucs starter, and no one would have guessed that he would set an NFL record for passing yards (400+ in 3 consecutive games) or even win offensive player of the week in back to back weeks.
Who would have thought that a Fitzpatrick-driven offense would co-sign on a 71-year old NFL record with the Saints in week one?
Ryan Fitzpatrick entered into the season with the belief that he would either do well or he would not. According to Jenna Laine of ESPN, Fitzpatrick said that he wasn’t exactly happy to hear that he was going to be sitting down in favor of Jameis Winston, but he understands whose team this is.
“It’s not necessarily something I wanted to hear, just in terms of getting that taste back, that feeling of being out there and having fun, enjoying myself, kind of creating some momentum at the beginning of the season with the guys,” Fitzpatrick said. “But Jameis is back and he’s the guy. He’s the face of the franchise. He’s gonna do a great job. But it’s not like it’s a happy day for me. I enjoy being out there.”
Ryan Fitzpatrick told his father after week one that he was either heading for big things or to the bench.
“What I said to my dad after how Week 1 went, and Week 2 and Week 3, was basically… ‘I’m either gonna win the NFL MVP this year or I’ll be back on the bench at some point.’ That’s just the reality of the situation,” Fitzpatrick said. “I wish I could still be out there, but that’s the way that it goes and I’ll accept my role.”
Fitzpatrick has thrown for 400 yards in three consecutive games while Jameis has only done that once. But considering that Jameis is the former #1 overall and the face of the franchise, you’d have to expect that at some point Fitz was out and Jameis was back in. Koetter planned on putting Jameis back in after week 4 anyway. Unless Ryan Fitzpatrick was playing lights out.
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