I'm not sure there is anyone who would confuse Ryan Fitzpatrick for being a gunslinger. Well, other than Ryan Fitzpatrick himself. The Miami Dolphins quarterback said as much about himself this week, saying that he isn't afraid to let it fly.
“When I watch quarterbacks and I can see that they’re thinking about their stats and their quarterback rating in the fourth quarter when they’re losing in a football game, like that just kills me to the core,” Fitzpatrick said on What's Next with Eric Wood. “So, I almost think at times I’m like, representing the old school gunslinger. Like, when we’re down, I know you can’t score 14 points with one throw, which you used to always say to me but I’m still trying to at times.”
Fitzpatrick joined the Dolphins last year and ultimately made 15 appearances, and 13 starts for Miami in 2019, throwing for 3,529 yards, 20 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions while completing 62 percent of his passes and posting a passer rating of 85.5.
The 37-year-old journeyman didn't get much resistance from young signal-caller Josh Rosen this past year, who clearly was not up to the task of running the Dolphins' offense.
However, going into 2020, Fitzpatrick is sure to face stiff competition from incoming rookie Tua Tagovailoa, whom Miami selected with the fifth overall pick of the NFL Draft last month.
Fitzpatrick has played for eight different teams throughout his professional career, which began back in 2005 when the St. Louis Rams took him in the seventh round of the draft.
The Dolphins went 5-11 in 2019.
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