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Ryan Fitzpatrick – November 29, 2020 (Postgame) Download PDF version

Sunday, November 29, 2020
Postgame – N.Y. Jets

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick

(On Xavien Howard’s impact on the game) – “Turnovers are such a big part of this game. It’s momentum, it’s field position, it’s just confidence overall. We don’t take that for granted on offense that they’re doing that, creating those turnovers, because we know it’s difficult to do, and they’ve been really good at it. It’s a great feeling to be sitting on the bench, looking at the tablet and somebody handing you your helmet and saying, “Hey, we’re back up. X got another interception.” It’s unbelievable. He’s always around the ball. He’s always got his hands on the ball. He’s a pretty special player in that regard.”

(On the rollercoaster of emotions that come with getting another chance to start) – “It’s kind of been the story of my career. It’s been so up and down and I’m in the lineup, and I’m out of the lineup, and I’m back in.  For me, just trying to stay steady, just trying to provide the team with leadership and going out there when my number’s called and playing well, and that’s what I had to try to do in this situation. I tell you guys the same thing every time I come off the field. I love playing, I love being out there. It was fun to be out there today.”

(On what his week was like and when he found out he was going to start) – “There was so much uncertainty throughout the week. We really had no idea. With a young guy and with an old guy, it’s easier for the old guy not to get any reps, so, it was just kind of up in the air all week. I didn’t know if I’d be out there or not. It was unfortunate for Tua (Tagovailoa) to have the thumb, but I was happy to be able to be out there with the guys today.”

(On running the option in the fourth quarter at his age) – “I think that one might have been in the game plan for Tua, not me, I don’t know. When it came in as the play call, I laughed to myself, called it, and was very surprised. Maybe 10 years ago, I score on that thing, but I was glad to get the first down.”

(On DeVante Parker) – “DeVante’s very special with the 50-50 ball and some of those tough catches. So, for us, and really for me as a quarterback, if teams are going to give us the opportunity to do that, then I’m going to give DeVante the opportunity to make that play more often than not. People can say sometimes that’s not the right move and whatever else, but if I’ve got a guy that I trust, that I’ve seen do it over and over and over again, then I’m going to give him every opportunity to make a play and he did a great job of making some of those today. It was just a lot of man coverage out there and a pretty classic DeVante Parker game when you play him in man coverage.”

(On whether this season has reignited his fire to keep playing) – “It has been such a strange season and really, when you throw COVID in there, that’s probably the most difficult. Not being able to see my family as much as (I’d like to) see them. Not being able to bring the kids in the locker room after the games. There’s a lot of stuff that I take a tremendous amount of pride in and so much joy in being able to provide for my family that I haven’t been able to do this year. So that’s made it really difficult for me. And everybody’s had sacrifices and things they’ve had to do in order to get this season played and these games played, but this season for me has been very difficult for that reason. But if we took everything else out of it and it was just me playing football, yeah, 100%. I think last year maybe reignited me more than this year. I’ve been ignited for a little while now, but yeah, I like being out there.”

(On his support of Tagovailoa and how important it is for everybody to be on the same page) – “I do think that’s important and I think just in the quarterback room in general having each other’s backs and supporting each other. I think that’s very important because it is such a tough position to play. I’ve now been put in a different role and when my number’s called, I’m going to go out there and win games for this team. So Flo (Brian Flores) is the head coach and we listen and respect what he says and we go from there.”

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