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Ryan Fitzpatrick visiting Texans (signs)

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So it is written,
So it shall be done.
 
Wait...what?!?

Fitzpatrick started nine games for the Texans last year in place of an injured Jake Locker and completed 62 percent of his passes while throwing 14 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
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Maybe THAT was our problem last year!
 
Ed Werder ‏@Edwerderespn
Source says Houston Texans signing QB Ryan Fitzpatrick to a 2-year contract following visit today. Matt Schaub could be more expendable
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Needed a guy with a brain who can learn OB's system if we're not bringing one of his other guys in.

6'2 3/8", 221 lbs. Harvard

Code: 
        Tm	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD	AV
Career		85	77	27-49-1	1555	2599	59.8	16790	106	4.1	93	3.6	98	6.5	5.7	10.8	197.5	77.5	165	932	5.74	4.99	6.0	7	9	49
4 yrs	BUF	55	53	20-33-0	1041	1742	59.8	11654	80	4.6	64	3.7	98	6.7	6.0	11.2	211.9	79.8	97	581	6.02	5.33	5.3	4	6	34
2 yrs	CIN	14	12	4-7-1	221	372	59.4	1905	8	2.2	9	2.4	79	5.1	4.5	8.6	136.1	70.0	38	193	4.18	3.58	9.3			3
2 yrs	STL	5	3	0-3-0	76	135	56.3	777	4	3.0	8	5.9	56	5.8	3.7	10.2	155.4	58.2	9	49	5.06	3.11	6.3	1	1	3
1 yr	TEN	11	9	3-6-0	217	350	62.0	2454	14	4.0	12	3.4	77	7.0	6.3	11.3	223.1	82.0	21	109	6.32	5.62	5.7	2	2	9
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FitzRy00.htm
 
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infantrycak said:
His career rating is lower than Schaub's crappy last 16 games. 35% winning as a starter v. 52%.

Yup - agenda & hater apply to you and any mention of Schaub.
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Uh nope they just signed him to a 2 year deal...

Why are they signing Fitzpatrick if they plan on keeping Schaub, for third string? Don't think so...

Forest for the trees my friend, forest for the trees..
 
Bye TJ.

Hello dink and dunk.

BullNation4Life said:
Uh nope they just signed him to a 2 year deal...

Why are they signing Fitzpatrick if they plan on keeping Schaub, for third string? Don't think so...

Forest for the trees my friend, forest for the trees..
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You missed the point. If you weren't a Schaub hater you would have been commenting on Fitzgerald and it being a bad move to bring in someone even worse.
 
Schaub is now as good as gone. Waiting on the other shoe to drop, possibly soon. Good bye and good luck.

Meanwhile, I see Fitz and Keenum duking it out in camp to see who starts anywhere from a couple of games to a half season or so while 1.1 aka Blake Bortles holds a clipboard and learns the system.
 
Porky said:
Schaub is now as good as gone. Waiting on the other shoe to drop, possibly soon. Good bye and good luck.

Meanwhile, I see Fitz and Keenum duking it out in camp to see who starts anywhere from a couple of games to a half season or so while 1.1 aka Blake Bortles holds a clipboard and learns the system.
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Agreed.
 
Porky said:
Schaub is now as good as gone. Waiting on the other shoe to drop, possibly soon. Good bye and good luck.

Meanwhile, I see Fitz and Keenum duking it out in camp to see who starts anywhere from a couple of games to a half season or so while 1.1 aka Blake Bortles holds a clipboard and learns the system.
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Bingo. I think they go with Bortles, as well, and sit him at the beginning of the season and start working him into games by the end.

:fortune:
 
I agree. At least as far as their draft day plans are. Maybe Bortles, maybe not, but a QB. The proverbial hand has been tipped.
 
infantrycak said:
Bye TJ.

Hello dink and dunk.



You missed the point. If you weren't a Schaub hater you would have been commenting on Fitzgerald and it being a bad move to bring in someone even worse.
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No I just stated the obvious, that he is being brought in to replace Schaub. One of two things are about happen, they have a deal to trade Schaub or he is about to get cut.


Bortles will be the day 1 starter and Fitzpatrick will be the back up...

If stating facts is having an agenda then so be it
 
Playing devils advocate here, but reality is we have no idea whats about to go down. Fitzpatrick could be signed as a starter to get us through one year before getting a bigger named qb next season. Or we could be sold on a later round qb and need someone like Ryan in the mean time. This IMO means nothing at this point except instead of keeping Schaub we have Fitzpatrick. As for the number 1 pick, this indicates nothing.
 
Either they go with Bortles or another QB and sit him behind Fitz to start, or they draft Mack/Clowney and roll with Fitz through the year and draft a QB in 2015.
 
BullNation4Life said:
No I just stated the obvious, that he is being brought in to replace Schaub. One of two things are about happen, they have a deal to trade Schaub or he is about to get cut.


Bortles will be the day 1 starter and Fitzpatrick will be the back up...

If stating facts is having an agenda then so be it
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You can say that without saying Schaub was never any good.

I don't think anyone disagreed that Fitzpatrick was being looked at to replace Schaub as a vet backup or even that Schaub should be kept on the team (although some would say that Schaub is a better all-around QB than Fitzpatrick.)
 
amazing80 said:
Playing devils advocate here, but reality is we have no idea whats about to go down. Fitzpatrick could be signed as a starter to get us through one year before getting a bigger named qb next season. Or we could be sold on a later round qb and need someone like Ryan in the mean time. This IMO means nothing at this point except instead of keeping Schaub we have Fitzpatrick. As for the number 1 pick, this indicates nothing.
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Exactly.

With this signing (and the assumption that Schaub is gone one way or another), we could really be targeting a QB at 2-1 or 3-1 that we could groom while Fitz is starting.
 
Well I'll guess I'll be the did duck and say I have no clue what any if this means or what their next move will be.
 
Well I guess this means that we sought after and brought in Fitzpatrick to teach Night School classes to the rest of the guys.
 
I'm loving this Fitzpatrick signing... He's smart (Harvard grad), mobile, and will be cheaper than Schaub... Not to mention, this now most likely means Schaub will be gone soon! He's a solid backup, and a capable stop-gap.
 
The Pencil Neck said:
You can say that without saying Schaub was never any good.

I don't think anyone disagreed that Fitzpatrick was being looked at to replace Schaub as a vet backup or even that Schaub should be kept on the team (although some would say that Schaub is a better all-around QB than Fitzpatrick.)
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how many 10 million dollar backups are in the NFL right now? Unless Schaub was willing to take a pay cut, and why should he, he was been a starter for 8 years, Schaub was never going to be the back up.

Now Fitzpatrick will make either a serviceable tackling dummy or a back up to the rookie.
 
281 said:
I'm loving this Fitzpatrick signing... He's smart (Harvard grad), mobile, and will be cheaper than Schaub... Not to mention, this now most likely means Schaub will be gone soon! He's a solid backup, and a capable stop-gap.
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Depends on how you look at it.

QB would have cost us $14.5M in 2014, $7M in 2015 with Schaub (cutting him next year).

Now, QB will cost us $10.5M + Fitz cap hit in 2014, Fitz cap hit in 2015.

So we'll see.
 
The Pencil Neck said:
Exactly.

With this signing (and the assumption that Schaub is gone one way or another), we could really be targeting a QB at 2-1 or 3-1 that we could groom while Fitz is starting.
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Why would they target a QB at 2-1 or 3-1 when they are about to draft a QB at 1-1...

McNair and Co. does not want to make the same mistake twice in drafting a QB #1 over all and put him out there to get David Carr-ed.

Either Bortles will be the starter day 1, because he is absolutely, 100% ready, or they will take the safe approach and let Fitzpatrick play until late in the season and then bring on Bortles then, alah how the Oilers did Steve McNair...
 
BullNation4Life said:
how many 10 million dollar backups are in the NFL right now? Unless Schaub was willing to take a pay cut, and why should he, he was been a starter for 8 years, Schaub was never going to be the back up.

Now Fitzpatrick will make either a serviceable tackling dummy or a back up to the rookie.
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Do you think I disagree with any of that?
 
The Pencil Neck said:
You can say that without saying Schaub was never any good.

I don't think anyone disagreed that Fitzpatrick was being looked at to replace Schaub as a vet backup or even that Schaub should be kept on the team (although some would say that Schaub is a better all-around QB than Fitzpatrick.)
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For the record, I don't recall saying he wasn't any good, just he was a mediocre poop stain for 8 years, to say the least...

or we can use your phrase...
 
BullNation4Life said:
Why would they target a QB at 2-1 or 3-1 when they are about to draft a QB at 1-1...
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I'm not convinced they're necessarily taking a QB at 1-1. They might. They might not.

The lesson they got from the previous two times we've had the 1-1 draft pick is that it's best to go with a pass-rusher (Julius Peppers instead of Carr and Mario Williams instead of Leinart/Young/Cutler).
 
The Pencil Neck said:
I'm not convinced they're necessarily taking a QB at 1-1. They might. They might not.

The lesson they got from the previous two times we've had the 1-1 draft pick is that it's best to go with a pass-rusher (Julius Peppers instead of Carr and Mario Williams instead of Leinart/Young/Cutler).
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I am, I think OB has been eying Bortles ever since he declared for the NFL Draft...

I don't think they would go DE like in the previous draft, for fact the way the DE's are used in Romeo's defense. They are not pass rushers, they are gap stuffers for the linebackers to come in and make the tackles, at least they have been in the past.

Unless they feel Clowney can play OLB, or they feel Mack is a big enough prospect to draft him #1, or trade back, I think QB at 1.1 is inevitable...
 
powda said:
Schaub trade is dead now.
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I'm not so sure about that.

If Schaub is cut, he'll almost definitely go to the Browns and be re-united with Shanahan.

If the Raiders really want Schaub as much as people have been saying, the best chance they have to get him is to trade for him.

So it's not totally dead.
 
Does Fitzpatrick bring with him a CURSE?:chef:


I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but there's a bit of a disturbing trend going on with this guy's career.

Everywhere Ryan Fitzpatrick goes, misfortune rains upon anyone who stands in front of him on the depth chart.

Let's review how things have gone for all four teams Fitzpatrick has played with:

St. Louis Rams - Fitzpatrick, a Harvard grad with a perfect Wonderlic score, is drafted in the 7th round of the 2005 draft as an intriguing project pick. The team who drafts him, the St. Louis Rams, is already set with a franchise quarterback. Marc Bulger, a Pro Bowler who has led them to back-to-back playoff appearances, is in the prime of his career. However, Bulger injures his right throwing shoulder after a 2-4 start to the 2005 season. He returns a few weeks later, but after losing two more games, he re-injures his shoulder and is out for the year. Bulger is replaced by Jamie Martin in Week 12, but Martin quickly succumbs to injury himself in the first quarter.

In comes Ryan Fitzpatrick. The unheralded 7th round rookie shocks the world with a brilliant performance, throwing for 310 yards on just 30 attempts, and delivers a 56-yard bomb in Kevin Curtis to win the game in overtime. This, however, is just a tease. Fitzpatrick plays horribly over the next three games, tossing five interceptions in his second start and throwing for 69 yards on 24 attempts in his third. He is relegated back to the bench, and never sees the field again for the Rams before being let go after the 2006 season.

As for Bulger, his career quickly falls apart. He rebounds with a pretty strong season in 2006 despite failing to reach the playoffs, but this doesn't last. Starting in 2007, the Rams plummet toward the bottom of the NFL and Bulger's numbers instantly crash for the next few seasons. With a horrible team surrounding him, Bulger appears shellshocked and never plays like his old self. Once Bulger is let go by the Rams, he never gets another starting job.

Cincinnati Bengals - Fitzpatrick, meanwhile, finds himself in Cincinnati by the 2007 season, where he is backing up another franchise quarterback. Carson Palmer, who has made back-to-back Pro Bowls, appears to have recovered just fine from his torn ACL and is right back on track to being a superstar....until 2007. Palmer throws 20 interceptions in a 7-9 season for the Bengals, an unexpected decline from the young superstar. But while 2007 was merely disappointing, 2008 was a disaster for Palmer. He is plagued with an elbow injury early in the season, later revealed to be a torn ligament, and aggravates it in a Week 5 loss before being placed on IR. Many believe this elbow injury has permanently affected Palmer, taking away some of the arm strength he once had. He has never been the same since.

Fitzpatrick again enters the starting lineup following Palmer's injury, but doesn't play well enough to warrant serious consideration as a starting quarterback.

Buffalo Bills - In 2009, Fitzpatrick signs with Buffalo to back up a somewhat promising young quarterback in Trent Edwards. While Edwards had not been spectacular in his first two seasons, he had performed reasonably well in what was thought of by some as a game manager role as Buffalo's starting quarterback. Until 2009, of course. Edwards regresses in his third season and, at the halfway point, is benched. Fitzpatrick once again enters the lineup and starts most of the second half of the season.

Despite the benching, the story remains the same one year later: Edwards once again wins the starting job in 2010. It doesn't last. Edwards ends up playing two of the worst games of his life to start the season, and is surprisingly released by the Bills afterwards. After a disastrous midseason stint with Jacksonville, Edwards' career in the NFL is essentially over.

Fitzpatrick, back in the lineup once again, surprises everyone with a decent performance to close the 2010 season. While that performance was promising, he then shocks the world in 2011 with a dominant 3-0 start capped off by a miraculous comeback victory over the Patriots. The Bills prematurely reward him with a massive contract extension, and Fitzpatrick immediately proceeds to regress back to his old self. He throws 20 picks in the last 13 games as the Bills go 3-10 to close out the season. He continues to languish in mediocrity in 2012 before being released.

Tennessee Titans - Once again, Fitzpatrick finds himself in a situation where he's backing up a young, potential franchise quarterback when he signs with Tennessee for 2013. The results, so far, are eerily similar. While Jake Locker appeared to have turned the corner on the field, he has now been struck down with injuries twice this year and is now out for the season. Yet again, Ryan Fitzpatrick returns to the starting lineup.

To recap, nothing but terrible things have happened to the quarterbacks Ryan Fitzpatrick has backed up in his career, regardless of how good they were thought to be at the time. Marc Bulger, Carson Palmer and Trent Edwards all saw their fortunes collapse quickly and unexpectedly once Fitzpatrick came to town. And now, Jake Locker has also been lost for the season.
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Now, message from Fitzpatrick to the Texans?

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