Bills | Fitzpatrick likely to be released

[sportznutt]

The Bills can actually save nearly $500K against the salary cap by cutting Ryan Fitzpatrick after this season.

According to the Buffalo News, it now "seems obvious" Fitzpatrick will be released or have his contract restructured. He's received $21 million of a six-year, $62 million contract he signed on Oct. 28, 2011. Since then, the Bills have gone 7-18 and Fitzpatrick has to shoulder a lot of the blame. He's managed just 211.7 yards per game this year while throwing 16 interceptions and losing six fumbles. His 82.9 passer rating ranks 19th in the league. The Bills could show interest in replacing Fitz with Michael Vick this spring.

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[Chopper0080]

This would surprise me though I agree he is not their long term solution. Mike Glennon or Tyler Bray would not shock me with their first round pick if they do.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Fitzpatrick to Fitzgerald would sound cool, Fitz to Fitz

 

[sportznutt]

The fact that they're doing this to save $500k tells me something.

 

[Snakester]

He could be a stopgap player until we draft johnny Manzel.

 

[SECTION 11]

Bring him in. Then immediately put him in Whiz's dog house for some inexplicable reason and continue to play Brian Hoyer. Or maybe Charlie Batch. Or whoever Pittsburgh is nice enough to allow us to play with.

 

[Jetstream Green]

He could be a stopgap player until we draft johnny Manzel.

Manzel will continue to be a stud in college but unless he puts some serious weight on, he will get killed in the NFL. Wilson is short but built for his frame. Johnny Football is exactly that, a kid. If he were to find a way to add mass to his frame, then hell yes.

 

[JeffGollin]

I haven't watched him that closely, but the perception I get is that Fitzpatrick is capable occasionally of lighting things up with big plays - something nearly 100% absent from the Cardinal passing attack this year.

Of course, having Spiller and not having the Cardinal OL didn't hurt either.

 

[Superfuzz]

Stopgap, nothing more

 

[sportznutt]

He is far superior to ANYTHING we have right now.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

If we can pick him up without spending an arm and a leg I would be all for it. I would obviously still draft a QB somewhere in the first 2 rounds of the draft and would consider trying to restructure Kolb's contract to stay on as a backup.

 

[PoolBoy]

id take him and draft a qb in the first or second to compete. Makes sense.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

Obvioulsy he's better than what the Cards have but I am not a big fan. I think this means Buffalo is taking Geno Smith if he's there. This stinks because it's putting more teams in the QB pool. Now we have the Cards, Chiefs, Jets, Bills as sureities and Oak, Cleve, SD, and Jax as possibilities.

 

[Southpaw]

Obvioulsy he's better than what the Cards have but I am not a big fan. I think this means Buffalo is taking Geno Smith if he's there. This stinks because it's putting more teams in the QB pool. Now we have the Cards, Chiefs, Jets, Bills as sureities and Oak, Cleve, SD, and Jax as possibilities.

I can't see Chiefs passing by Geno Smith.

 

[football karma]

Buffalo has arguably much better offensive personnel around the QB than the Cards do

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Buffalo has arguably much better offensive personnel around the QB than the Cards do

I think the Cards have better receivers, but you could be right on the remainder of personnel (RBs and lineman), but at the same time I feel as though our whole offense would look better if teams were forced to respect our ability to throw. Right now teams are stacking the box just daring us to drop back and throw, but we are incapable of making them pay for it.

 

[sportznutt]

We could go after David Nelson too.....he and Andre Roberts would be a nice complement.