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Ryan Fitzpatrick – August 8, 2019 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Thursday, August 8, 2019
Postgame – Atlanta

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick

(On the team’s first preseason game…) – “It warms my heart because for so long I was scratching and clawing and trying to make rosters and all these reps in games and whether it’s first, second, third or fourth really meant a lot to me. And so it’s so much fun to watch guys – Mark Walton, Myles (Gaskin), Preston (Williams), Patrick (Laird) – the guys stepping up and making plays and Jake (Rudock) having a couple nice drives, too, at the end there. It’s just, it’s good to see because there’s a lot of hard work that goes into this thing by a lot of different people and it’s nice to see guys get an opportunity to go out there and show what they have.”

(You avoided pressure in a few positive moments. What emotion do you try to take when there is undue pressure coming your way?) – “I mean, I don’t think there’s a whole lot that you can, a whole lot of stock you can put into things that happened today, other than we’ll look at it on tape and just see what we can do. For me as a quarterback, you try to avoid sacks, so you get rid of the ball, sometimes you scramble, sometimes you throw it away. A lot of it is just communication up front, making sure everybody’s on the same page, making sure what I’m saying and they’re saying is making sense, and you build that relationship and you go from there. We’ve got a lot of guys up front that are working really hard right now and a lot of moving parts and different things where the communication level’s been pretty good.”

(You had two third down plays where you took off to run. What were some things that you were seeing out there that made you decide to make that play?) — “The first one – it was a shorter third -and-2, 3, 4 – whatever it was and there was nobody standing there, so I decided to waltz to get the first down. The second one – I wish I would have been able to do something with that ball, because we had some guys — we have got a lot of talent on the outside and a lot of guys that if I get the ball to them, they can do some good things. There’s — it’s going to be, I think it’s going to be a fun offense to be in this year with all the talent we have.”

(What were those two young guards like in the huddle?) – “We just weren’t out there for very long, so they — I didn’t notice anything, so I guess that’s a good thing, right? Yeah, there was no, nobody with tears in their eyes or shaking or asking weird questions, so so far so good, I guess.”

(Speaking of not being out there very long, I know you’ve played for a long time, and probably don’t need it, but would you have liked to have gotten a little bit more work?) – “I mean, we have got a few games left here in the preseason, so I think — I’ve come to really enjoy the joint practices. I  think, and going to Tampa and doing that, going against a different defense, different scheme. But we have got a few more games where we’re going to get some more reps out there, so it was fine with what it was today.”

(Was it different for you going back to see some old teammates, how do you kind of approach that, seeing old teammates – Tampa Bay Buccaners QB Jameis Winston also trying to worry about this quarterback competition here?) – “I’m really excited about it. In general, the Tampa community really embraced me and my family, and it’s a place that’s near and dear to our hearts, so I’m excited to go back just to see a lot of familiar faces and friends. And then the team aspect of it as well, it’s going to be fun to see some of those guys and even Todd Bowles, who is my head coach with the Jets being the defensive coordinator, it will be great to catch up with him. So yeah, I’m excited for it for a lot of different reasons, but certainly the human aspect of it I’m excited for that.”

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