Fitzpatrick 'excited' Dolphins took Tagovailoa, but still wants to play

[Jetsfan80]

https://www.nfl.com/news/fitzpatrick-excited-dolphins-took-tagovailoa-but-still-wants-to-play

Fitzpatrick 'excited' Dolphins took Tagovailoa, but still wants to play

Grant Gordon

NFL.COM DIGITAL CONTENT PRODUCER

 

Often times a one-man highlight reel in 2019, Ryan Fitzpatrick did everything he could at the tail end of last season to provide Dolphins fans with excitement and the Miami franchise with something to cheer for following a dubious onset to the campaign.

Not only does Fitzpatrick want to continue playing, but he showed in 2019 that he most certainly can still play and do so at a high level.

Nonetheless, the Dolphins have their franchise quarterback of the future in Tua Tagovailoa -- the Alabama product selected fifth in the 2020 NFL Draft by Miami. Perhaps surprisingly, Fitzpatrick was happy to see the Fins pick Tagovailoa.

"I'm excited that they drafted him," Fitzpatrick said on Eric Wood's "What's Next" podcast, via SI.com's Alain Poupart. "I'm excited because in watching him play at Alabama, he looks like a pretty dynamic talent. Just in meeting him a few times, he seems like an unbelievable kid, great head on his shoulders, says the right things, wants to do the right things, so like — for me — I'm his biggest cheerleader right now, but I also want to be out there playing. I also want to be on the field because that's why I'm still doing it, because I still enjoy the game."

It's really not a new concept. An older quarterback who still has some left in the tank and a highly-touted rookie who is the future of the club together on the same roster. No matter the best of intentions, the hope of a bright tomorrow via Tagovailoa and the prospects of a meaningful present via one of the NFL's all-time finest journeyman QBs will collide.

The Dolphins will actually take a two-game winning streak into 2020, thanks in large part to the histrionics of Fitzpatrick, who led Miami to the biggest highlight of last season in Week 17 when a 27-24 win was had over the hated Patriots. The victory, one in which Fitzpatrick threw for more than 300 yards, had two total touchdowns and out dueled Tom Brady, kept New England from a first-round playoff bye. In the eyes of some, it was a win for the Dolphins that effectively ended the best of times in Beantown.

 

For Fitzpatrick, it was the capper to a season that showed -- despite his age and being on his eighth franchise -- that he could still play at a high level and compete at the highest of levels. He threw for 3,500 yards and 20 TDs in 13 starts, while also leading the Dolphins in rushing with a career-high 209 yards.

"Last year may have been my best season in terms all the obstacles that we had faced, the adversity, the things that we went through throughout the season and what we did at the tail end of the season," Fitzpatrick said. "I view last year as such a success for the Miami organization and what we were able to do and improve throughout that season and the last game of the year, beating New England in a must-win for them in Foxborough."

Though Fitzpatrick's showings last year are a testament of what he still has left in him, this is nothing all that new for Fitzpatrick. In many ways he's a placeholder. But he's also there to compete while helping along the next big thing. Though he's hoping to teach by example, no matter the role, Fitzpatrick has designs on carrying it out to the best of his abilities.

"Hopefully some of the lessons I'm able to teach him are (from) him watching me, but if it's the other way around, I'm going to do my best to help him succeed in the best way that he can," he said.

There's little doubt that Tagovailoa is the future of the Dolphins franchise, but Fitzpatrick and most notably his arm, experience and bearded wonderment, might have something to say about the immediate future for the team.

"To me, that was such a successful season [last year] and one that I'm so proud of," Fitzpatrick said. "But it just leaves me like wanting more. Like, I want to still play, I want to still be out there."

[Jetsfan80]

[ljr]

hes a smart guy whos been there done that .... knows what to say but im sure still only wants to look out for himself

[Losmeister]

1 hour ago, Jetsfan80 said:

i've never seen this before...

 

[Jets0712]

i've never seen this before...
 

Who’s that Trevor Lawrence. Hehehe


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[14 in Green]

Just now, Losmeister said:

i've never seen this before...

 

I know, right?

I'm not sure what the "acceptable" thing to do in this thread is either. Are we supposed to knock Fitzpatrick or Tua?

Let's just sit back and find out... 

[The Crusher]

Players with prior injury issues give fitzpatrick wood.

[Ex-Rex]

3 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said:

He is firmly in his suck cycle now. Second year is always the start of his suck cycle. I know this is a minor point and probably no one else cares but it peeves me to no end to here Tua called Tangovialoa. Why not call him TuNa as well? There is no 'N' in Tua but there is no 'N' in Tagovialoa either. IDK it just pi$$es me off.

[Jet Nut]

1 hour ago, 14 in Green said:

I know, right?

I'm not sure what the "acceptable" thing to do in this thread is either. Are we supposed to knock Fitzpatrick or Tua?

Let's just sit back and find out... 

You must be praying for one so that you can come back with trashing Darnold, am I right?

So where are we, Allen defended, Fitz defended and now Tua ready to be defended?

Lets not go into Baker nonsense

I like you but this schtick is old, really old

 

[Warfish]

1 hour ago, 14 in Green said:

I'm not sure what the "acceptable" thing to do in this thread is either. Are we supposed to knock Fitzpatrick or Tua?

I'd guess the proper reaction is a quick chuckle at the verbal games old journeyman vet QB's play, and then to quickly move along to more interesting topics.

[14 in Green]

Just now, Jet Nut said:

You must be praying for one so that you can come back with trashing Darnold, am I right?

So where are we, Allen defended, Fitz defended and now Tua ready to be defended?

Lets not go into Baker nonsense

I like you but this schtick is old, really old

 

This comes off like you've been dying to say something, and you did.

It has nothing at all to do with the post you quoted. but at least you got it out of your system.

I'm ok with that, and you know I like you too. Now lets go back to being friends again, ok?

[BigRy56]

Fitz has nothing to worry about Tua won’t be actually available until midseason at best

[slimjasi]

52 minutes ago, The Crusher said:

Players with prior injury issues give fitzpatrick wood.

LOL.

 

 

 

[slimjasi]

2 hours ago, Losmeister said:

i've never seen this before...

 

You've seen it before because it's the single most accurate, non-controversial chart ever created. 

[Kleckineau]

Fitzpatrick probably texting with Jeff Gillooly right now.

[Jet Nut]

2 hours ago, 14 in Green said:

This comes off like you've been dying to say something, and you did.

It has nothing at all to do with the post you quoted. but at least you got it out of your system.

I'm ok with that, and you know I like you too. Now lets go back to being friends again, ok?

Dont feel what you say is that important

I've noticed, like most here, that this is your M.O. 

But really has nothing to do with remaining friends, that's why I added that line in the original post.  

Just been observant 

[More Cowbell]

6 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Ypu gotta respect this. The guy has made a ton of money

[More Cowbell]

3 hours ago, The Crusher said:

Players with prior injury issues give fitzpatrick wood.

[Philc1]

Crapzpatrick throwing shade at Tua

 

the guy is a cancer

[Philc1]

13 hours ago, More Cowbell said:

Ypu gotta respect this. The guy has made a ton of money

Being a mediocre to bad Qb

[Warfish]

13 hours ago, More Cowbell said:

You gotta respect this. The guy has made a ton of money

Going into his 16th season as an NFL Quarterback.

32,000+ Passing Yards.  210 Passing TD's.  

Sure, he never won literally anything, ever, and is rightly famous for being the lucky bastard who gets a job because his starting QB gets hurt.

But credit where it's due, it's hard enough to get a QB job at all in the NFL. Harder still a starters job.  Hardest of all is to stay in the league, a league with an average career of 3-4 years, for over a decade and a half......as a 7th round pick from Harvard.

Let me tell you, if our new 4th round pick Morgan can last 16 years in the NFL and play at Fitz's level when/if needed, I'd be very happy.

And a reminder, the 2nd best overall production season by a NY Jets QB remains 2015 by Fitzy. 

3,900 yards, 31 TD's, 15 INT's, 59.6% Comp. rate, and a 10-6 record.

Only Joe Namath in 1967 (slightly better in yards, worse in most other stats) and Ken O'Brien in 1985 even come close.

I'd kill to have our vaunted Sam Darnold put up 3,900 yards, 31 TD's and a 10 win season.

[Philc1]

1 minute ago, Warfish said:

Going into his 16th season as an NFL Quarterback.

32,000+ Passing Yards.  210 Passing TD's.  

Sure, he never won literally anything, ever, and is rightly famous for being the lucky bastard who gets a job because his starting QB gets hurt.

But credit where it's due, it's hard enough to get a QB job at all in the NFL. Harder still a starters job.  Hardest of all is to stay in the league, a league with an average career of 3-4 years, for over a decade and a half......as a 7th round pick from Harvard.

Let me tell you, if our new 4th round pick Morgan can last 16 years in the NFL and play at Fitz's level when/if needed, I'd be very happy.

He’s a slightly better Kellen Clemens yay

[Jetsfan80]

17 hours ago, 14 in Green said:

I'm not sure what the "acceptable" thing to do in this thread is either. Are we supposed to knock Fitzpatrick or Tua?

Turn it into a thread about Baker vs. Josh Allen vs. Daniel Jones vs. Darnold.  Obv.

[More Cowbell]

2 hours ago, Philc1 said:

Being a mediocre to bad Qb

If he was consistently  bad or mediocre,  he would be out of the league. He certainly wasn't  bad or mediocre  the first season he played for the Jets. 

[Daddy Wang Doodle]

Well obviously the best qb in the division wants to start? Duh.

?

[Jackie Treehorn]

The stars are aligned for Tua to get injured. His odds was poor to start with, but with Fitz as his backup...

[Jetsfan80]

13 minutes ago, Jackie Treehorn said:

The stars are aligned for Tua to get injured. His odds was poor to start with, but with Fitz as his backup...

Fitz will start the first 8 weeks, and then the final 7.  

[rangerous]

let's see , a back up qb who seems to always get the starting job when the starting qb goes down for an extended time and a qb who has thus far been fragile.  what can go wrong?  could it be fitzy is happy because tua is a china doll?

[Prodigal Syndicate]

On 5/21/2020 at 10:10 AM, More Cowbell said:

If he was consistently  bad or mediocre,  he would be out of the league. He certainly wasn't  bad or mediocre  the first season he played for the Jets. 

The league is filled with mediocre to bad QBs. And when it mattered most, he couldn't get the job done and threw multiple picks for us. He was mediocre for us propped up by having a great pair of WR's and a cupcake schedule. 

 

For all the talk about how smart he is, the man is a one read chucker.

[pdxgreen]

Fitz sucks the talent from young QBs like a vampire in order to maintain his career as a marginal starting QB.  When he got to Petty there was just an empty husk with nothing to leech off of. 

.

[More Cowbell]

4 hours ago, Prodigal Syndicate said:

The league is filled with mediocre to bad QBs. And when it mattered most, he couldn't get the job done and threw multiple picks for us. He was mediocre for us propped up by having a great pair of WR's and a cupcake schedule. 

 

For all the talk about how smart he is, the man is a one read chucker.

He threw for almost 4000 yards and 31 TDs. If Darnold did that I would be flipping cartwheels 

[Prodigal Syndicate]

1 hour ago, More Cowbell said:

He threw for almost 4000 yards and 31 TDs. If Darnold did that I would be flipping cartwheels 

I mean I would too considering how weak our WR core currently is.

 

If darnold had eric decker and Brandon Marshall I have no doubt he could hit 4000. Might have been the best WR duo in franchise history.

 

 

[Philc1]

On 5/21/2020 at 1:10 PM, More Cowbell said:

If he was consistently  bad or mediocre,  he would be out of the league.

Kellen and Geno say hi

 

Fitz statistically had an ok year because Marshall and Decker did all the work catching his 50/50 ducks

 

[Philc1]

6 hours ago, pdxgreen said:

Fitz sucks the talent from young QBs like a vampire in order to maintain his career as a marginal starting QB.  When he got to Petty there was just an empty husk with nothing to leech off of. 

.

The guy is a cancer.  The dolphins are the latest team that will find this out

[More Cowbell]

4 minutes ago, Philc1 said:

Kellen and Geno say hi

 

Fitz statistically had an ok year because Marshall and Decker did all the work catching his 50/50 ducks

 

Right, Geno and Kellen both were starters last season. Good comparison