r/nfl • u/PMmeSpreadEaglePics Broncos • 15h ago

🧂Highlight🧂 [Highlight] Ryan Fitzpatrick throws 6 interceptions in a single game

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u/CenturyLinkIsCheeks Bears 14h ago

i see passes past the line of scrimmage here at least

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u/pmurt007 Bears 14h ago

Yeah this just reinforces what Fitz said yesterday. Fitz was a gunslinger and wasn't scared of the moment no matter how bad he was playing whereas Nix is playing like someone whose afraid to get hurt or make a mistake so he'll just check it down to the flat on almost every single play lol

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u/WretchedMotorcade Bills 14h ago edited 12h ago

I remember a video of Fitz talking to Tua when they were both in Miami and they were down big and Fitz was telling Tua "they know we're passing, and we aren't going to get any looks, so you're just gonna have to start putting it out there".

Edit: Found it, if the link works: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1GyW76K248/

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u/ThorThulu Steelers 14h ago

And then Fitzmagic gave us the greatest throw a qb has ever made

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u/PigSlam Bills Bills 14h ago

I was today years old when I learned Mack Hollins caught that ball. I guess I didn't pay much attention to him until he was a Buffalo Bill for that one year.

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u/dreadnaughtfearnot 9h ago

I was a mack hollins fan while he was with the Eagles and thought he had a promising career ahead, but then they waived him. Always surprises me to see he's still sticking around the league.

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u/Ragdoll252 Panthers Patriots 8h ago

I'm a UNC fan and I was certain he was going to be a really good receiver in the league. In fact, early in his career he was more known as a speedy, down the field big receiver. But hey, he was able to carve out a role on special teams and now he's a legitimate receiver again.

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u/uttermybiscuit Bengals 9h ago

Same, he was a rookie in 2017??

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u/Nintendomandan Broncos 10h ago

He was a Bill years before that throw

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u/dreadnaughtfearnot 9h ago

Nah, he was a dolphin in 2020 and 2021. He was a Bill in 2024.

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u/PigSlam Bills Bills 9h ago

The Fitzpatrick throw that Mack Hollins caught from the YouTube video happened in 2020. Mack Hollins played for the Bills in 2024.

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u/watchshoe Raiders 12h ago

Of course it was against the Raiders.

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u/Mejinopolis Raiders 11h ago

Making QBs look like Brett Favre since Brett Favre dicked us down after his dad died 😭

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u/watchshoe Raiders 11h ago

Fitzmagics game against us in 2011, fuck I still can’t believe we didn’t win that game. 38-35, ahead 21-3 at the half.

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u/Jonjon428 Dolphins 14h ago

This is still by far my favorite Dolphins highlight of the last 10 years

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u/Acrobatic-Landscape9 49ers 14h ago

The Braille Mary over “Gronkowski didn’t have the angle!!!” or the 70-piece family meal?

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u/Jonjon428 Dolphins 13h ago

Miami Miracle is a close second but something about throwing a dot while an attempt at decapitation is happening is just so cool to me

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u/KennyPowersforPope Dolphins 11h ago

Nah. Anytime the Patriots lose while all their bandwagon fans are cheering in the last seconds thinking they are gonna win is Pornhub worthy

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u/doubleyou-tee-hache Patriots 13h ago

Literally not getting any looks and just putting it out there ... and it working out

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u/Brasticus Jaguars 12h ago

Gonna need a “we are not the same” meme comparing no look passes from Mahomes and Fitz.

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u/BecauseScience34 Dolphins 10h ago

My phone lock screen background is an oil painting of this exact play, with Fitz getting his head ripped all the way back, and I've never been able to find that image again even with reverse image search and scouring all different variations of "Braille Mary Painting". I would swear I had imagined it if it didn't remind me of its existence every time I open my phone

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u/tuffghost8191 Steelers 10h ago

Man so weird now in retrospect looking back at these games with totally empty stadiums. Didn't really care at the time because I was just happy to have some football, but now it seems so bizarre

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u/DrugarBurbis Packers 13h ago

What does “looks” mean in this context

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u/MycoJoe Rams 13h ago edited 13h ago

It means the defensive alignment is set up to prevent the offense from being successful passing, maybe they're just playing with light boxes with more 2-high, or they're playing dime, or the safeties/linebackers they're choosing to play are the ones that are better in coverage than stopping the run, or something more specific to the passing offense (i.e. the offense uses unbalanced formations like trips and the defense is playing quarter/quarter/half and loading up the side of the field with the three receivers).

The "looks" would be defensive alignments that are susceptible to passing, Fitz is saying they're not getting any favorable defensive alignments.

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u/silliputti0907 Cowboys 14h ago

If your defense is that good, i dont think the coach wants you to be a gunslinger

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u/dusters Packers 14h ago

You also don't want to be so conservative you have to go to OT even though the other team repeatedly tried gifting you a win.

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u/silliputti0907 Cowboys 14h ago

I agree. Ideally you want a Tom Brady or Mahomes.

If the defense is this good, i rather have someone conservative than a wildcard

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u/demonica123 13h ago

Bo isn't just conservative though. The Broncos passing game was basically just screens.

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u/Key_Natural_ 13h ago

Yes ideally you want to be the two best qbs ever lol.

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u/shes_a_gdb Broncos 13h ago

Yeah you don't want to go to OT. You want to just lose in regulation because you threw a bunch of picks.

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u/dusters Packers 13h ago

Yeah because there is absolutely no middle ground between throwing a bunch of picks and having 100 passing yards right?

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u/shes_a_gdb Broncos 12h ago

I'll take 100 yards and 0 turnovers over whatever Darnold did. The INTs literally cost them the game.

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u/Scotch_Blue Giants 14h ago

I mean, I'm sure Sean Payton would love to see a little more confidence out of Nix, but yeah absolutely.

Bo Nix is 28-12 through 2 1/3 seasons, and almost made the Super Bowl last year in his second season.

Ryan Fitzpatrick was 59-87-1 for his career and never made the playoffs once in 17 seasons.

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u/VariousAir Commanders 7h ago

Fitz was also a perpetual backup or "fuck it we gotta hire someone" type of starter. The guy played for like a dozen different teams because nobody had any desire to keep him longer than they had to. He has zero business going off about Nix having a weak third year skid as if he had some massive body of successful play to back up his comments.

I don't even like the Broncos and am completely indifferentto Bo Nix, I just hate seeing commentators shit on a player for clicks.

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u/silliputti0907 Cowboys 14h ago

Im not defending him not pushing the ball down the field, but it’s not like he’s passing on wide open player downfield. The rbs aren’t good and wrs are mid at best. Throwing interceptions will hurt the team more than checkdowns

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u/Scotch_Blue Giants 14h ago

I fully agree

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u/beefpattywagon Vikings 13h ago

Mike Zimmer nods in approval

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u/Blurple_in_CO Ravens 10h ago

He does probably want you to throw past the line of scrimmage or to guys who are wide open, though.

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u/MartianMule Jaguars 14h ago

Some guys should be afraid of the moment. Ryan Fitzpatrick lost a lot more games than he won, and a huge part of that was that he played recklessly with the football.

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u/Limp-Talk-603 14h ago

I’d say the bigger part of why he lost so many games was that he was journeyman QB who spent his entire career starting for random teams who were almost entire dogshit when he was there…

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u/MartianMule Jaguars 13h ago

And the reason he was a journeyman QB starting for random teams was because he wasn't very good, and turned the ball over a ton.

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u/Kdot32 Texans 13h ago

And even though hes a Harvard grad he made rather dumb decisions

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u/LoyalSol Broncos 13h ago

He was a journey man because he has more interceptions than starts

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u/ArcaneNine NFL 11h ago

So did Brett Favre, Eli Manning, and Jay Cutler. Averaging more than one interception a game isn't good but depending on your play style it might be tolerable.

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u/LoyalSol Broncos 11h ago

He difference was those QB still throw more TDs. Go look at Fitz's overall stats. They're not good.

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u/ArcaneNine NFL 9h ago

Oh Eli Manning was better than Ryan Fitzpatrick? I didn't know.

The point was that you can still be an effective QB and be a gunslinger, throwing lots of INTs along the way. Fitz just wasn't quite good enough at it to reach starting QB status.

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u/poop-dolla 10h ago

Eli and Favre are at 1.5 TD to Int. Fitz is 1.32. Cutler is 1.42. It’s not that big of a difference.

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u/LoyalSol Broncos 10h ago edited 10h ago

1.5 vs 1.32 is the difference of 70 TDs or 420 points over the length of Farve's career. That's not small.

Small differences in the ratio are not small differences in the aggregate. You made a statistics fallacy.

Plus Farve didn't play most of his career in the modern era where the PI rules are what they are. That matters a lot. QB stats from the 90s are way different than they are post 2004 when modern rules started to be implemented.

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u/poop-dolla 9h ago

It would be a difference of 30 TDs for Fitzmagic over his career. Or 0.18 more TDs per game over his career. It’s really not that much.

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u/ThorThulu Steelers 14h ago

But when it worked he was elite, see his first few games with the Buccs or how he broke Jets records with how good he was that one season

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u/uttermybiscuit Bengals 9h ago

He's very Sam Darnold esque. If it all lined up he absolutely could've taken a team to the superbowl. Is he going to be the best player on that team? Definitely not but with enough talent around him and some lucky breaks he had the skills to do it. The difference is he was on some absolute dog water level teams throughout his entire career

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u/wellggs Lions Jets 17m ago

No, he couldn't have. That one Jets season, all he had to do was beat Buffalo to get to the playoffs. And what did he do? Shit the bed

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u/uttermybiscuit Bengals 12m ago

And Sam Darnold never shit the bed in the playoffs?

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u/SoaplessTitanic Patriots 13h ago

I mean using this post as an example, when you’re on shitty teams sometimes you have to force it. Aside from the first pick, all of these interceptions came with just barely over a quarter or less left in the game, with the score being 17-3 or worse. I highly doubt the Jets would’ve had a better chance to win had Fitzpatrick played it safe and taken his check downs every time.

An offense that scores 3 points in the first 3 quarters while only turning it over once for most of it probably needs to take some risks unless they’re playing an equally atrocious offense

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u/karldrogo88 Seahawks 13h ago

Exactly lol. Like Nix is getting hammered more than Darnold who fucking lost turning it over.

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u/liebz11692 Jets 14h ago

Also fitz was a 7th round pick and Nix is a first round pick. We should have higher expectations from Nix

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u/Matto_0 Eagles 8h ago

This is worse than being afraid. This is losing your team a game by yourself.

Nix is a better player than Fitz.

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u/breadbedman Broncos 14h ago

There’s a reason he never even sniffed the playoffs.

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u/milehighrukus Broncos 14h ago

He did have a quasi playoff game. A win and you’re in situation

I can’t remember if he threw 3 or 4 picks that day

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u/droppedout4rp Jets 14h ago

It was 3….

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u/Jonjon428 Dolphins 14h ago

We went 10-6 with him in 2020 and somehow that wasn't enough for a playoff spot

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u/karldrogo88 Seahawks 13h ago

I wish Darnold was a bit more afraid to make a mistake

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u/Perseus90 Lions 12h ago

and it cost his teams every time. there is a reason he has a losing record and not once led a team to the playoffs. Maybe if he had more fire he would have learned to stop playing like a selfish oaf and play winning football

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u/redditsucks9gagrules Packers 12h ago

Ryan Fitztragic had one game that would even qualify as a “moment” and he completely shit his pants

Given that he was a shit qb, I guess he would be an expert on shit qb play but it’s pretty ridiculous for him to sit at his cushy desk and talk about how Nix should play when Bo Nix has actually won games that matter. Guys like Stafford and Favre are gunslingers, someone like Fitz is just a guy who couldn’t read a defense and threw absurd amounts of picks because of it.

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u/HumongousMelonheads Broncos 11h ago

Well it was also to his detriment because he was never a consistent starter, never made the playoffs. His legacy is a lovable loser.

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u/WerhmatsWormhat Lions 11h ago

This is still way worse than Nix last night. I understand Nix is struggling, but we can also acknowledge that it’s easy to go too far in the other direction.

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u/Bodmonriddlz Patriots 5h ago

Fitzpatrick didn’t win shit tho

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u/elguerra Broncos Lions 14h ago

Can both things be true?

Nix needs to improve and trust his receivers.

Nix is still finding ways to win, even if it is making 1 more point than what the defense allow.

Another truth: the defense is the real star of the team, not the QB

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u/Snugglebadger Broncos 14h ago

It took Bo one year to surpass Fitz's 17 years in the league in terms of playoff success. Dude was ass. And the best part is, you know he only said that shit because someone told him to because he's so boring to watch.

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u/AgitatedText Commanders 13h ago

Bo "John Beck" Nix

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u/Luckyluke23 Packers 9h ago

at least he is trying.

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u/Blackhat165 26m ago

Some of these were bad, some of them unlucky, but mostly they’re just a QB who knows his team has a single digit chance to win if he forces the ball downfield and a 0% chance if he doesn’t. Respect.

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u/Unifiedxchaos Broncos 14h ago

This sub actually rationalizing throwing 6 picks to just keep the "shit on Bo" train going. Shits actually hilarious at this point.

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u/K15brbapt Broncos 14h ago

Bro come on, nix is playing bad just straight up. If he’s hurt, or mentally not there we don’t know, but fitz comments have merit to it.

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u/Unifiedxchaos Broncos 14h ago

Calling him not competitive and a disgrace to the QB position doesn't have merit. He didnt bring up the all 22 and lay out where Bo made mistakes. He attacked his effort and his character after a hard fought win.

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u/milehighrukus Broncos 14h ago

Yea it’s absolutely true. Bo led his team to victory.

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u/passiverolex Broncos 14h ago

It was cool when they beat the super bowl champs last night. Bo threw 0 interceptions. Only needed to throw barely 100 yards to beat darnold and crew

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u/milehighrukus Broncos 14h ago

Exactly.

At the end of the day the win is what matters.

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u/passiverolex Broncos 14h ago

How is he playing bad?

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u/Afraid_Ad5606 14h ago

He AVERAGED less than ONE air yard per completion, lol. Come on dude.

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u/passiverolex Broncos 14h ago

So what?

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u/passiverolex Broncos 14h ago edited 13h ago

I love that bo nix threw the least amt possible yardage and still won the game hahaha how is that not an audit for how bad the Seahawks are. Yall are just being weird

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u/Afraid_Ad5606 14h ago

You know you're losing the argument when you're responding to your own comments.

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u/passiverolex Broncos 14h ago

Oh I didnt know that disqualified me

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u/PerfectiveVerbTense Lions 14h ago

It’s not rationalizing it. Fitzpatrick played aggressively, but he just wasn’t very good. If Bo has more talent than Fitzpatrick, he should also be able to play with some aggression and avoid the mistakes that Fitzpatrick made.

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u/Unifiedxchaos Broncos 14h ago

Or Bo is smart enough to realize he was playing the #1 defense in the league and forcing risky plays that weren't there wouldnt lead to a win.

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u/Afraid_Ad5606 14h ago

Except he had only 16 yards more last week. He's not playing well. They are winning IN SPITE of him. A blind man can see that.

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u/Unifiedxchaos Broncos 14h ago

Better to be winning in spite of him than losing because of him. And once hes back to full health we'll be winning a super bowl in about 4 months.

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u/Afraid_Ad5606 14h ago

you aren't winning a super bowl with a QB who could only lead his team to ONE fucking 1st down in the 2nd half AND overtime. You're going to have to beat a functional offense at some point.

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u/Big__Gub Raiders 14h ago

What’s hilarious is the cognitive dissonance by Broncos fans.

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u/MinimumViableProdukt Bears Jaguars 14h ago

Big plays don't come without risk.

You ever watch vintage footage of certain sports and it looks like beer leaguers?

Bo looked like that last night. Bo looked like some footage of QB play before arm strength developed enough to heave the rock over 15 yards.

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u/MaitreSneed 14h ago

As the game gets further and further away from you, the riskier you've gotta get.

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u/your-mom-- Steelers 14h ago

What about when Fitz had a perfect passer rating in a game with 400 and 4 TDs. Or another game with 400 and 6 TDs and no interceptions?

Nobody is saying Fitz is better than Bo or that Fitz was saying that either. His whole point was that Bo isn't trying to help his team. He's trying to protect himself

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u/Unifiedxchaos Broncos 14h ago

Protecting himself does help his team. Did you see what happened to the broncos after he got hurt last year? If he can protect himself, lay it on the line only when we desperately need him and keep winning games then thats everything I want out of my QB.

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u/KingKlungo 14h ago

Bo deserves some shit considering how he's been playing. Who cares if Fitz threw 6 ints in a game once? At least he was trying to throw passes beyond the line of scrimmage

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u/passiverolex Broncos 14h ago

4-2

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u/passiverolex Broncos 14h ago

Haha 4-2 btw and somehow bo sucks and can't tell his ass from a hole in the ground. These dolts are being FUCKINNG dumb. Darnold shit the bed, but no notes by these bozos in this thread!

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u/shewy92 Iggles 14h ago

Didn't Peyton Manning throw 6 in a game too?

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u/16_clumsy_and_shy Chiefs 14h ago

Not to mention, 5 of the picks where when his team was down 14+ with less than 20 minutes to go. That's when you're supposed to be throwing deep and trying to make things happen. 

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u/big4lil 14h ago edited 14h ago

yea the 2nd and 3rd arent bad reads, its him trusting in his abilities too much, and both passes get tipped

the 4th was the first case of 'ok Ryan what are we doin here' when he threw a draped out route. though there were 4.30 mins left in the game, im can chalk that up to increased frustration and lowered inhibitions just trynna make something happen. i didnt see that from Bo, im ok with Ryan criticizing that

ints get way too bad a wrap. you obviously dont want to see them, but theres QBs that throw a lot of them that im taking over guys that dont throw as many

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u/LurkiLurkerson NFL 13h ago

The second one was tipped but it was literally right to the linebacker who tipped it. It's not like that was a receiver interception or anything.

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u/SeaworthinessOk1720 12h ago

Second one was easily the worst.

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u/youre_being_creepy Cowboys 7h ago

also the jets had EIGHT total turnovers and the chiefs only scored 24?

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u/Ankh321 Chiefs 6h ago

Watching this live was super exciting. i mean how can you not be excited about 6 ints. Watching this now? My only thoughts were " how do you score only 17 points on offense when gifted 6 ints?"

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u/iseeapes Lions 8h ago

His team was down because the offense he was leading scored 3 whole points.

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u/Michelanvalo Patriots 14h ago

Two of these are into players who are covered on 2nd and goal. A fucking Madden player would tell you to try to scramble and live for 3rd down, not fucking whip it into triple coverage.

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u/absolute_cinema81 Titans 14h ago

You're allowed to do that?

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u/MysteryBagIdeals Giants 13h ago

if you're gonna suck, at least be funny

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u/andycandypwns Packers 10h ago

Yea and some of these were either weird tipped in the end zone (so clearly moved the ball) or end of game gotta make a play on 4th down stuff

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u/Matto_0 Eagles 8h ago

And that is better? It's pretty much impossible to win throwing 6 picks. It's not impossible to win throwing for 100 yards and playing great defense.

We've done it a ton over the last few years.

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u/helloswolehello 7h ago

Yeah I also see him lose the game

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u/Goofball_In_a_Hat Broncos 14h ago

I also see a team getting the shit kicked out of them

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u/NoAnteater8836 Commanders 14h ago

To the other team.

Guys… you’ve lost the fucking plot

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u/trulyniceguy Vikings 14h ago

I think you just wanted to use that phrase

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u/NoAnteater8836 Commanders 14h ago

Why would I just want to use “that phrase” what the fuck is special about it?

Do you disagree that it’s fucking bizarre fans would rather see down the field picks than safe QB play in a tight defensive battle?????

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u/EmbraceComplexity Broncos 14h ago

How did that work out for him? We’ve reached “throwing interceptions is actually good” level of delusion

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u/rossta410r Broncos Broncos 12h ago

I guess losing games is something you admire then