dollars 2 donuts Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Save for Kurt Warner, he has made more money ($54 million, including the Tampa Bay one year deal) than any QB in NFL history drafted later than him (250th, 7th round), or undrafted. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/tampa-bay-buccaneers/ryan-fitzpatrick-1336/cash-earnings/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Save for Kurt Warner, he has made more money ($54 million, including the Tampa Bay one year deal) than any QB in NFL history drafted later than him (250th, 7th round), or undrafted. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/tampa-bay-buccaneers/ryan-fitzpatrick-1336/cash-earnings/ Tony Romo? Yup just checked, he made $127 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 W should have never cut him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Whats really funny is he is always brought in as a BU but winds up starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 the guy has managed to have a lucrative nfl career. you absolutely have to give him that. i'm sure once he retires, he'll still be a very productive guy, without having to worry about money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 the guy has managed to have a lucrative nfl career. you absolutely have to give him that. i'm sure once he retires, he'll still be a very productive guy, without having to worry about money. When he retires, he'll end up on wall street and make even MORE money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Good for him. Did you know he went to Harvard and wears his wedding ring while he plays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris heff Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Good for him. Did you know he went to Harvard and wears his wedding ring while he plays? I did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 W should have never cut him I agree. I think if Fitz was the QB in 2013 and 2014, the Bills would have had at least a 9-7 record in 2013 (they went 6-10 with virtually no QB at all). They went 9-7 in 2014 with Manuel and Orton, and by the end of the season, Orton had lost interest in playing in the NFL. They would have made the playoffs in at least one of those years, and possibly both with Fitzy. He was the perfect example of the Bills organization's willingness to sacrifce wins for profit. They wanted to maximize profits, so they cut Fitz without having any viable QB on the roster. Then they drafted Manuel in the first round even though there wasn't a good QB prospect in entire the 2013 draft and signed Kevin Kolb who couldn't even stay healthy enough to make the first preseason game. I believe Jeff Tuel was the starting QB at the beginning of the season, followed by Thad Lewis, and then Manuel. In 2014, they lured Kyle Orton out of retirement late in preseason, and he eventually replaced Manuel who sucked. The problem was, Orton called it a career about 3 or 4 games before the end of the 2014 season, even though he was still the Bills starting QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisker A Tasker Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I bet he's saved almost every penny, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I agree. I think if Fitz was the QB in 2013 and 2014, the Bills would have had at least a 9-7 record in 2013 (they went 6-10 with virtually no QB at all). They went 9-7 in 2014 with Manuel and Orton, and by the end of the season, Orton had lost interest in playing in the NFL. They would have made the playoffs in at least one of those years, and possibly both with Fitzy. He was the perfect example of the Bills organization's willingness to sacrifce wins for profit. They wanted to maximize profits, so they cut Fitz without having any viable QB on the roster. Then they drafted Manuel in the first round even though there wasn't a good QB prospect in entire the 2013 draft and signed Kevin Kolb who couldn't even stay healthy enough to make the first preseason game. I believe Jeff Tuel was the starting QB at the beginning of the season, followed by Thad Lewis, and then Manuel. In 2014, they lured Kyle Orton out of retirement late in preseason, and he eventually replaced Manuel who sucked. The problem was, Orton called it a career about 3 or 4 games before the end of the 2014 season, even though he was still the Bills starting QB. Fantasy land. Fitz is a choker when the lights are the brightest. He's proven that time and time again with exhibit A being the 2015 season finale where he predictably turned into an interception machine with the NYJ playoff chances there for the taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HT02 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Whats really funny is he is always brought in as a BU but winds up starting. I thought the same thing which only proves the old adage "depth is great, until you have to use it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Tony Romo? Yup just checked, he made $127 million. Wasn't Romo undrafted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Wasn't Romo undrafted? Undrafted was part of the consideration in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Wasn't Romo undrafted? Yea and so was Kurt Warner, who the OP mentions. So it really should read, besides Kurt Warner and Tony Romo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HT02 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Fantasy land. Fitz is a choker when the lights are the brightest. He's proven that time and time again with exhibit A being the 2015 season finale where he predictably turned into an interception machine with the NYJ playoff chances there for the taking. I don't think it's fair to say he's a choker. He just doesn't have the physical talents (arm strength being the most obvious) to win in those big spots. Teams just start to take away the quick outs and stuff over the middle and he becomes a much easier QB to defend and makes more mistakes. Its more physical errors than the mental ones I associate with being a choker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) I don't think it's fair to say he's a choker. He just doesn't have the physical talents (arm strength being the most obvious) to win in those big spots. Teams just start to take away the quick outs and stuff over the middle and he becomes a much easier QB to defend and makes more mistakes. Its more physical errors than the mental ones I associate with being a choker. I disagree because he makes plenty of dumb decisions (that lead him into physical errors) as a QB irrespective of his Harvard pedigree. Edited June 21, 2017 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I always loved his line that went something like "I picked the one job in the world where having a Harvard degree is considered a bad thing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 When he retires, he'll end up on wall street and make even MORE money. i'm curious to what he'll do after. i'm guessing at this, but wasn't he and english or lit major? i'm sure he'll be good at what he does, but i'm not sure if he's a wall street guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drey Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 i'm curious to what he'll do after. i'm guessing at this, but wasn't he and english or lit major? i'm sure he'll be good at what he does, but i'm not sure if he's a wall street guy. He was an economics major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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