Football Ryan Fitzpatrick

Mile High Mania · 12-02-2019, 09:42 AM

Side rant...

Buddy of mine and I were talking fantasy football players and this guy came up. If you look at his stats and career, he may be the greatest journeyman backup QB of all-time. It's proven you're not going to win with him as the consistent starter, but the dude has had one hell of a career.

Started 135 games - terrible W/L ratio @ 53-81-1 (8 teams)
31,623 yards
203 TDs / 159 INTs

Compare that to someone like, I dunno ... Aikman. (no, not suggesting he's better than Aikman, but it supports the 'crazy stats' argument of the last 20 years)

Started 165 games - W/L of 94-71 (1 team)
32,942 yards
165 TDs / 141 INTs

30 fewer games, almost the same yards with 38 more TDs and 18 more INTs.

During the summer, I read an article talking about the great journeyman career of Josh McCown... he doesn't touch Fitzpatrick. Fitz is up there with Krieg, Deberg and Collins (all 6 teams) - even Vinny T was with 7 teams... and Fitz has banked over $58M in 14 years. Not too shabby with over $1M per career win.

Anyway - back to your regularly scheduled program. And, no ...

this is not an endorsement for Denver's next journeyman in 2020.

12-02-2019, 09:42 AM	Topic Starter
Mile High Mania #triggering Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Tejas Casino cash: $3657229	Ryan Fitzpatrick Side rant... Buddy of mine and I were talking fantasy football players and this guy came up. If you look at his stats and career, he may be the greatest journeyman backup QB of all-time. It's proven you're not going to win with him as the consistent starter, but the dude has had one hell of a career. Started 135 games - terrible W/L ratio @ 53-81-1 (8 teams) 31,623 yards 203 TDs / 159 INTs Compare that to someone like, I dunno ... Aikman. (no, not suggesting he's better than Aikman, but it supports the 'crazy stats' argument of the last 20 years) Started 165 games - W/L of 94-71 (1 team) 32,942 yards 165 TDs / 141 INTs 30 fewer games, almost the same yards with 38 more TDs and 18 more INTs. During the summer, I read an article talking about the great journeyman career of Josh McCown... he doesn't touch Fitzpatrick. Fitz is up there with Krieg, Deberg and Collins (all 6 teams) - even Vinny T was with 7 teams... and Fitz has banked over $58M in 14 years. Not too shabby with over $1M per career win. Anyway - back to your regularly scheduled program. And, no ... this is not an endorsement for Denver's next journeyman in 2020.
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