Rex Ryan Says He Hopes Ryan Fitzpatrick Leaves Jets in Free Agency

March 27, 2016   ·   Matt Fitzgerald   ·   Jump to comments

Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan hopes the AFC East team he used to lead, the New York Jets, doesn't retain the starting quarterback who led it to 10 wins last season.
ESPN.com's Rich Cimini reported Sunday what Ryan had to say at the owners' meetings in Boca Raton, Florida, last week regarding free-agent signal-caller Ryan Fitzpatrick:
I hope he goes somewhere else, I do. He's tougher than hell. What's lost in it is, he might have played poorly against us -- it might have been a bad day (in Week 17) -- but I think they won five straight with him and he was lighting it up, probably the most yards in the history of that franchise. We'll see. Like I said, I hope they lose him.
Fitzpatrick's future is still up in the air as he and the Jets struggle to find common ground in contract negotiations.    
The 33-year-old veteran had a career year in 2015, throwing for 3,905 yards and 31 touchdowns with an 88.0 passer rating. It's a rather thin QB market, a situati...

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