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Ryan Fitzpatrick – August 22, 2019 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Thursday, August 22, 2019
Postgame – Jacksonville

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick

(Was tonight’s performance more than meets the eye?) – “You want me to comment on that? (laughter) We had talked about what we want to see out of this game. It was obviously very sloppy in the first half, had some third down throws that I think I could have made better plays on. There was communication issues that we kind of worked through. So in terms of … Thank goodness it was a practice game I think is how we look at it, but I think we got better. I think we got a lot better. Some of the communication stuff we had to deal with no matter who it was against and who was in the huddle, we go out there and put a nice drive together in the second half. But maybe in terms of did we do what we wanted to? No. We didn’t establish a good rhythm early, a lot of three-and-outs. I’m glad it was a practice game.”

(The defense caused some problems there up front. Do you think you gave Head Coach Brian Flores and the team kind of the look that you wanted to give going up against those guys in the first half?) – “Like as an offense?”

(Yeah.) – “I think there were some … In every game, there’s going to be stuff that comes up, whether it’s unscouted stuff or stuff maybe that is new that they haven’t shown. There’s one or two things that just hadn’t shown up yet in the preseason, and we had to get on the sidelines and talk about. So I thought, in taking positives out of the game, that was a positive one, and having to make some adjustments on the sideline and go out there and fix them.”

(What are some things that helped you out on that drive, that touchdown drive that you had?) – “I think, obviously, just getting some completions going and third-down conversion to Kenny (Sills). That was probably, at least for me, that was my favorite play of the day, just to get that with Kenny and keep that drive going a little bit because we needed that. Nice to see other guys, Nick O’Leary take one up the sideline, and (Mike) Gesicki get up and make a nice catch on that one, Mark Walton in the end zone. There was a lot of guys that made nice plays on that drive.”

(Is that something that has to happen for this offense to do well this season is for guys to make plays at every position?) – “Yeah and I think part of what this offense is, is you distribute the ball all around. There’s not one or two guys that you’re going to key in on because we’ve got a lot of different guys that we can put in advantageous situations and have them make plays.”

(Head Coach Brian Flores said he wasn’t sure that it was possible if you and/or QB Josh Rosen could play in the final preseason game. I’m not sure how often you’ve played in the final preseason game?) – “Lots. Most of my career.”

(How would you feel if you that did occur if you didn’t play in the final preseason game?) – “There really haven’t been a lot of final preseason games I haven’t played in throughout my career, but whatever Coach says goes. There’s not really back and forth or argument. It’s what he wants to do. I know he always has the best interests of the team up front and first. So I’m fine with whatever he decides.”

(Do you feel like your work against – in the second half against Jacksonville’s second teamers – kind of mitigates what happened in the first half or not really?) – “Every year there’s the same narrative of preseason. Everybody’s panicking, and things are good or they’re bad. It’s preseason. So, yes, I would have liked to have gone out there and played better the first half for sure, but I think what you do is you try to learn from what happened. You try to grow, whether it’s throughout the game or the next week, and build up to that first game. I take positives out of this game because I think we got better because of it.”

(Do you feel like you’re on schedule for what you ultimately want to do to which start in the first game?) – “I think for me – and I’ve said this before – I think preseason kind of is a necessary evil, especially for quarterbacks, just getting out there and running around a little bit, getting hit a little bit. That stuff, you go a whole year without it happening. I feel very comfortable with where I’m at right now and am happy to have played and gotten the time that I did the first three games. I feel like I needed it, and I feel good with where I’m at right now.”

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