The top hat and rabbit can rest. FitzMagic is calling it a career.
Ryan Fitzpatrick is retiring after 17 NFL seasons, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Thursday. Fitzpatrick is in talks with Prime Video for a key role in Amazon's NFL coverage this season, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport added.
Fitzpatrick's NFL journey was as unlikely as it was thrilling. The Harvard product entered the league as a seventh-round pick (250th overall) of the St. Louis Rams in 2005, the last quarterback selected in that draft. What followed was a trying, but magical career filled with uniform changes -- he started at least one game for nine different NFL teams, the most by any player since at least 1950 -- and heart-stopping moments.
There was Fitzpatrick's showdown with Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger on Monday Night Football in 2018, a game in which Fitzpatrick completed 30 of 50 passes for 411 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions, and threw for 430-plus yards for a second straight week. The aerial assault captivated the football viewing nation, but as was the case for much of Fitzpatrick's career, it ended in a 30-27 defeat. In 2015, Fitzpatrick nearly led the New York Jets to an unlikely playoff berth in their first season under coach Todd Bowles, but after winning five straight games between Weeks 12-16, the Jets fell just short of the postseason, losing to Buffalo 22-17 in Week 17.
And there was, of course, the legendary 2018 postgame presser in which Fitzpatrick wore teammate DeSean Jackson's track suit, complete with a gold chains and a pair of aviator sunglasses.
Fitzpatrick didn't compile a Hall of Fame career, but he certainly made it worth watching, both on and off the field. Fitzpatrick threw a touchdown pass to 62 different players in his career, coming in behind a trio of passers (Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Vinny Testaverde) who have thrown a touchdown pass to more than 62 different players in NFL history. He became known for authoring thrilling finishes, no matter for which team he was playing, and the lone disappointment came with the territory he didn't reach: the postseason. Fitzpatrick's 34,990 passing yards are the most in NFL history by a player who never played in a playoff game, and stand as the 32nd most in league history.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick is retiring after 17 NFL seasons, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Thursday. Fitzpatrick is in talks with Prime Video for a key role in Amazon's NFL coverage this season, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport added.
Fitzpatrick's NFL journey was as unlikely as it was thrilling. The Harvard product entered the league as a seventh-round pick (250th overall) of the St. Louis Rams in 2005, the last quarterback selected in that draft. What followed was a trying, but magical career filled with uniform changes -- he started at least one game for nine different NFL teams, the most by any player since at least 1950 -- and heart-stopping moments.
There was Fitzpatrick's showdown with Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger on Monday Night Football in 2018, a game in which Fitzpatrick completed 30 of 50 passes for 411 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions, and threw for 430-plus yards for a second straight week. The aerial assault captivated the football viewing nation, but as was the case for much of Fitzpatrick's career, it ended in a 30-27 defeat. In 2015, Fitzpatrick nearly led the New York Jets to an unlikely playoff berth in their first season under coach Todd Bowles, but after winning five straight games between Weeks 12-16, the Jets fell just short of the postseason, losing to Buffalo 22-17 in Week 17.
And there was, of course, the legendary 2018 postgame presser in which Fitzpatrick wore teammate DeSean Jackson's track suit, complete with a gold chains and a pair of aviator sunglasses.
Fitzpatrick didn't compile a Hall of Fame career, but he certainly made it worth watching, both on and off the field. Fitzpatrick threw a touchdown pass to 62 different players in his career, coming in behind a trio of passers (Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Vinny Testaverde) who have thrown a touchdown pass to more than 62 different players in NFL history. He became known for authoring thrilling finishes, no matter for which team he was playing, and the lone disappointment came with the territory he didn't reach: the postseason. Fitzpatrick's 34,990 passing yards are the most in NFL history by a player who never played in a playoff game, and stand as the 32nd most in league history.
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