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

Sunday, December 8, 2019
Postgame – N.Y. Jets

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (transcribed by New York Jets)

(On Jason Sanders setting the franchise record for field goals made in a game…) – “(We had) a lot of field goals. I think we moved the ball well today, but didn’t execute when we got down in the red area. I think he did a great job all day. Seven is a pretty remarkable number of field goals in a game. Every time we really needed it, he kept hitting them, especially that last one. That was a great kick.”

(On if this loss feels a little tougher…) – “It was a tough way to lose. I think more than anything right now, I’m proud of our guys. I’m proud of our locker room. The amount of guys we had go down and just trying to figure things out on the fly with some personnel issues in the second half. That was a really difficult game to call and get lined up. There were a lot of things on our end and if you look over to (the Jets) defense, they had a lot of injuries coming into the game. There was a lot of stuff they had to work through as well. I’m proud of the way we worked through that and a guy like Isaiah Ford stepping up and getting an opportunity and making some plays was nice to see.”

(On the pass interference call at the end of the game…) – “It’s just one of those things. If I was on their sideline, I’d be happy, but I was on our sidelines, so I’m not. It’s a part of the game. It can go either way.”

(On if having pass interference reviewed in New York isn’t a good idea…) – “I don’t know about that one.”

(On struggles in the red zone…) – “They did a nice job defensively. We came in pretty hot in the red area with the way we were able to convert those drives into touchdowns. It just didn’t happen today. There were a couple of throws that I missed and couple of things we could have done better, but overall they did a good job on defense.”

On losing WR DeVante Parker and WR Albert Wilson…

It definitely made it a little bit difficult. We had guys out there hobbled and giving everything they had. I was proud to be in the huddle with those guys. I know there’s a lot of stuff people won’t see or don’t really care to write about, but there were some guys that really gutted it out today. It was tough sledding in the second half from communications and lining up for us just because of some of the injuries we had.

(On having the game decided by the reversal of a pass interference call…) – “It’s a tough call. I was happy we had the opportunity to go down there and take the lead and we did. We had guys step up. Pat Laird made some nice plays and Isaiah made some nice plays. Those are the things I try to focus on as the positives for us and the things we did well and maybe some of the things we could have done better. We obviously scratched and clawed our way back into that game and it would have been a nice one to win.”

(On if he would have believed it if someone had told him that Isaiah Ford would be his leading receiver in a game and Patrick Laird would have over 80 yards…) – “Just when you thought this season couldn’t get any crazier. The thing is, those are two great examples of guys who have been here. Isaiah has been on the active (roster) and off, on the practice squad and up and down. He’s worked so hard. He’s a guy we have so much faith in as quarterbacks because whenever anybody has a question, sometimes when coaches have questions, we’ll go back to Isaiah and say, ‘What is this signal? What is this route?’ and he knows everything. I was happy to see him get out there and get an opportunity to catch some balls and really take advantage of it and make the most out of it today.”

(On them asking Ford questions…) – “There are times when I ask Isaiah questions about the offense, that’s how smart the kid is.”

(On Coach Brian Flores’ message to the team after the game…) – “I think we’re all disappointed. We’re just disappointed in losing the football game. There’s a lot of emotions that go into that.”

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