Ryan Fitzpatrick #14 of the overawe Bills walks off the field after the game against the Miami Dolphins on declination 23, 2012 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Bills released Fitzpatrick Tues solar day.(Photo: Joel Auerbach, Getty Images)
The free-agent quarterback securities industry just got more interesting.
Just minutes into the new league grade, the buffalo Bills and new coach Doug Marrone announced they had released starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick after cardinal inconsistent seasons as starter.
The team announced the move Tuesday, short after the NFL's free agency period opened, and a day before Fitzpatrick was due a $3 million bonus. oecumenical manager Buddy Nix said the team unplowed "every possible option open," before reaching the decision.
Fitzpatrick went 20-33 as a starter over four seasons in Buffalo. He was in the midst of a six-year, $59 million decoct extension signed in October 2011.
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Fitzpatrick was the second-highest role player on the Bills' roster, set to make a base salary of $4.25 million, in addition to a $3 million roster bonus, in 2013.
Fitzpatrick averaged only 212.5 passing yards per game bear year – his lowest total as a starter – and ne'er led the Bills to the playoffs.
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Buffalo re-signed fill-in quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, a former starter in Seattle, last month, and it now appears more likely the Bills will draft a quarterback in April.
Earlier Tuesday, a private phone communication between Bills general manager Buddy Nix and Tampa verbalise general manager Mark Dominic – recorded by two pranksters and released to Deadspin.com – revealed Nix's frustrations with Fitzpatrick and the quarterback's contract.
Materials taken from USA Today
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