Dating back to his days as an NFL quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick has been a favorite of both the media and fans.
The journeyman was a great quote for reporters and hosts, and lived up to the notion that backup quarterbacks are always the fan favorite on a team. Several of Fitzpatrick’s late-season runs — in Houston, New York, Buffalo and Miami — will are still remembered fondly by the fans of those franchises.
Since joining the Prime Video crew on Thursday Night Football, Fitzpatrick has remained a daring darling of the football community. The big-bearded QB was in Buffalo for the opening of Highmark Stadium, and celebrated with a traditional leap through a folding table.
It went over great in the building, but somewhere in New York City, FS1’s Nick Wright watched with bemusement. Friday on First Things First as the show aired a highlight of Fitzpatrick’s table-crash, Wright questioned the hype.
“We don’t need to promote this guy. It’s enough. He gets plenty of promotion,” Wright said.
“He made a nice career for himself. He’s rebranded from, like, the Harvard smart quarterback, which never really made sense because if you watched him play, he looked like he might not be able to add....