Ryan Fitzpatrick can get us to the playoffs. People dont realize how lucky we got to sign this guy. He is better than Teddy Bridgewater and Tyrod Taylor. People are completely counting this guy out. This guy just got in here and is slinging TD's all over the place.
People forget he is learning at the same time as Rosen. They have been here just this off-season. Fitzpatrick was even out of shape and Rosen still couldn't beat him out.
I'm sorry, but you are kidding yourself if you think Fitz is going to get you to the playoffs. He might get you a really exciting hot streak early in the season, and he might even land himself a nice contract. But it is only a matter of time, and a handful of games before he crashes. It has happened everywhere he has gone.
But, the good good news is: Fitz is not only a great backup, and team leader, he may be the perfect mentor for Josh Rosen.
The jury is still out on Rosen. The potential that many saw prior the 2018 draft is still there, a crummy season with AZ, notwithstanding. No one could have succeeded behind that pile of bowling balls that was the Cardinal's O-line. That fact that he is still standing, reasonably continent, with that same smirk on his face is a testament to his resilience. Lots of people were very high on Rosen coming out of the draft, and I was not one of them. But, I have been wrong many, many times. If I were a Phins fan (I'm not), I'd want to give him every possible chance to prove himself
this season. If he's a scrub, cut him loose.
But, my point is: If you only give him half a season, and even less of training camp, you won't really know what you have. (And, make no mistake:
Fitz will not last the entire season!) Rosen could do very well in the last four games of the season, and next year, you could find yourselves with Tannehill v.2.0. Even as a Bills fan, I wouldn't want to have to watch that for two games out of the year!
