ALF Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 (edited) "In other words, the long and short of it for Fitzpatrick is this: he wants to get Sam Bradford money (a.k.a. $18 million a year or somewhere in the range). But teams see him as successful in Gailey's system and, at 33 years old, a bridge quarterback at absolute best." http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25515380/the-two-teams-tied-to-ryan-fitzpatrick-are-reportedly-annoyed-by-his-price-tag The big contract for Chase Daniel is even stranger to me Edited March 14, 2016 by ALF
atlbillsfan1975 Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Fitz, might just be saying to himself 'I have enough money, I will only play for this money'. Fitz is a smart guy. He knows about all the health issues of playing the game. It is also March, as the season gets closer both teams and players get more anxious.
HT02 Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Fitzy should be really careful, I think he's overplaying his hand a little bit here. He is an easy guy to root for but to paraphrase the "immortal" "he is what we thought he was". Its best for everyone (including Bills fans) if he resigns and starts for them.
Webster Guy Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 I hope for Fitz family's sake the guy just stays in NY for a few more years. Talk about nomadic. Damn fitzy.....
BuffaloBill Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Probably so. Where can he go to be a starter? Fitzy lost his big contract money in week 17 last year. Had he not stunk up the field with EJ-level hellaciousness, the JESTS probably would have given him more this year. He am what he am. ^^^^^^ this. That game simply confirmed that Fitz has a ceiling, he doesn't acknowledge it and teams would be insane for paying him as though the truth is something otherwise.
dollars 2 donuts Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 (edited) Man, just forget about being a Bills fan right now...can you imagine if the 4th quarter of the Jets game happens differently and he finishes the season (regardless of playoffs) with the Jets at 11-5, with 31 TDs and 12 picks? Yes, it didn't happen that way, but I seriously think he gets exactly what he's asking for if he did. My point? The guy was....that...close...to having it his way for the remainder of his career, even if he was a bust from here on out. If he could have gotten 15-20 million guaranteed, the guy guarantees himself at least a 60 million dollar career...an extremely middling one. Edited March 14, 2016 by dollars 2 donuts
QuoteTheRaven83 Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Man, just forget about being a Bills fan right now...can you imagine if the 4th quarter of the Jets game happens differently and he finishes the season (regardless of playoffs) with the Jets at 11-5, with 31 TDs and 12 picks? Yes, it didn't happen that way, but I seriously think he gets exactly what he's asking for if he did. My point? The guy was....that...close...to having it his way for the remainder of his career, even if he doesn't do well. If he could have gotten 15-20 million guaranteed, the guy guarantees at least a 60 million dollar career, albeit an extremely middling one. But he didn't and choked the big one. Like he always does...Against our back ups.
Doc Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 If the Jets made the playoffs last year, Fitz is probably looking for Osweiler money. So I'm not sure returning would have been certain.
QuoteTheRaven83 Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Rams? That would be his best bet at starting and then choking again.
Maury Ballstein Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Leodis beat that asssss. Cost Fitz another 20 million to buy smedium nerdy t shirts.
boyst Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 As a bottom tier NFL starter/back up caliber QB, what the Jest are offering is about all he's worth. he's no a bottom tier. he is middle of the road tier. he is only bottom tier when you take out the horrible guys. at the top you have roethlisberger, newton, wilson, romo, brees, brady, rodgers, manning, manning, palmer, ryan, luck that's 12 no doubt better. there are others who may or may not be better: alex smith, jay cutler, taylor, rivers, cousins, gingerboy in cinci... that's 19 qbs, with 7 you could reasonably debate being equable so we'll put him at 20. that's aveage. because no way should he be consiered worse than... mallett mccarron davis stafford hoyer freeman bortles keenum tannehill geno smith derek carr bradford gabbert winston mettenberger Fitz is middle of hte pack no matter how bad you want to call him awful.
Mr. WEO Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 "In other words, the long and short of it for Fitzpatrick is this: he wants to get Sam Bradford money (a.k.a. $18 million a year or somewhere in the range). But teams see him as successful in Gailey's system and, at 33 years old, a bridge quarterback at absolute best." http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25515380/the-two-teams-tied-to-ryan-fitzpatrick-are-reportedly-annoyed-by-his-price-tag The big contract for Chase Daniel is even stranger to me Where is this guy getting this? I thought he was looking to do better than Chase Daniels, but 18 million?
Maury Ballstein Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 He's bottom tier, no one wants him after a 10-6 season He's always been bottom tier.
Deranged Rhino Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Man, I hope the Jets get stuck with Hoyer or a rookie. It'd be sweet to watch that **** show play out in the NYC media all season long.
YoloinOhio Posted March 14, 2016 Author Posted March 14, 2016 What happened to Bryce Petty? Polian killed the Bills for not drafting him last year as an "option" at starting QB. Apparently he really isn't an option, even after a year.
Deranged Rhino Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 What happened to Bryce Petty? Polian killed the Bills for not drafting him last year as an "option" at starting QB. Apparently he really isn't an option, even after a year. He's still there as far as I know. I'd be more than fine watching him start as well.
YoloinOhio Posted March 14, 2016 Author Posted March 14, 2016 He's still there as far as I know. I'd be more than fine watching him start as well. watch out! Chan is going to run the Baylor offense and we will rue the day we didn't spend our 3rd on him!
Deranged Rhino Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 watch out! Chan is going to run the Baylor offense and we will rue the day we didn't spend our 3rd on him! I don't know much about Petty other than seeing maybe 1 or 2 games in college, but I imagine any first year starter/2nd year QB in this division wouldn't do all that well. Maybe he'll grow into it, who knows. But I do know that the Jets 2016season hinges on how this whole QB fiasco plays out and I'm really hoping they role snake eyes.
BuffaloMatt Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 When was the last time Polian said something that was relevant or accurate? Talk about living off of past success. Seems to me he is becoming more Sullyesque as time goes on. IMO.
Saxum Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 "In other words, the long and short of it for Fitzpatrick is this: he wants to get Sam Bradford money (a.k.a. $18 million a year or somewhere in the range). But teams see him as successful in Gailey's system and, at 33 years old, a bridge quarterback at absolute best." http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25515380/the-two-teams-tied-to-ryan-fitzpatrick-are-reportedly-annoyed-by-his-price-tag The big contract for Chase Daniel is even stranger to me It is because HC had him in KC and thought he had fundamentals to play in system planned for Eagles and not confident in Bradford beating him out as QB.
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