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Ryan Fitzpatrick – November 17, 2019 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, November 17, 2019
Postgame – Buffalo

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick

(How are you feeling?) – “I feel good. I mean, obviously not happy about the loss, but physically I feel fine.”

(Six sacks today – was their defensive line doing something schematically that was just giving the offensive line so much trouble or what?) – “Every sack has its own little story. Some are on me not getting the ball out. Others, they’ve got good players over there, so there’s a myriad of reasons why things were happening and breaking down today; but at the end of the day, as a quarterback, I take that upon myself. I have to get the ball out better in some of those situations. Some of them were unavoidable and they did a nice job with some of their stuff, but there were some that I thought I could have got the ball out a little bit better today.”

(Is it disappointing for you, maybe it was a step back today after the positive of the two wins the last two weeks? Do you feel like maybe you took a step back today?) – “Yeah, I think – I think we did. We came into this game thinking the outcome was going to be better. I thought we’d come in and be more competitive, but credit to Buffalo. They did a great job. Their fans came out and were loud for them and they played tough. Hats off to them.”

(Some movement on the offensive line today. I think you’ve used seven different combinations on the line. How much of a factor can that be in the pressure?) – “Well, I think we have to – those five really have to work together, especially the guys that are standing next to each other, whether it’s the guards and the tackles or guards and center. Continuity is a big thing. Just communication is a big thing. Those guys work tirelessly every single day in practice to get all that stuff ironed out and we’ll watch the film and kind of review a lot of it; but I can promise you the work is being put in and we’re seeing improvement every day. I like being out there with those guys.”

(Why does it seem difficult to find much running room for your running backs?) – “(Buffalo) did a good job early. We had some negative runs that really – negative runs on first down and second-and-longs and you get into difficult spots. That’s what the Bills’ defense thrives on, and they did a great job early with that, putting us behind a little bit. Then as the score got to where it did, we ended up being a little more pass-happy; but yeah, we’ve got to be able to find ways to run the ball better.”

(It looked like that was their game plan, stack the line of scrimmage. They had a lot of big bodies up there that forced you to throw one-on-one, kind of one-on-one coverage out there, then the pressure got to you. It seemed very, very difficult to get anything going, certainly in the first half, just based on what they were doing against you.) – “Yeah and I think the first thing we’ve got to do is give them credit. I thought they came in and did a nice job with their scheme and the things that they were doing to get after us. The biggest thing I think before we review the film and everything for me is I’ve got to find a way to limit those negative plays, whether it was a run or taking a sack or maybe not getting the ball out quicker or checking it down. We’ve got to figure out ways just to get in a little bit better rhythm early in the game because we didn’t have a whole lot of possessions. We had a hard time getting into a rhythm because we weren’t getting first downs in the first half.”

(WR DeVante Parker had seven receptions for 135 yards. How would you assess how he did and the chemistry that you guys built today?) – “He just continues to show up every day, works hard. I was real proud of him and some of those big plays he made today. He’s a tough competitor. He’s the most consistent guy that we have on our offense and has been all year long. He’s a guy that I know I can count on every Sunday. It’s nice. Statistics – whatever, at the end of the day we lost – but for DeVante and some of the injury stuff in the past and whatever else has been talked about with him here, he has been such a consistent, great player for me to have in the huddle out there.”

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