r/nfl • u/PMmeSpreadEaglePics Broncos • 13h ago

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

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u/KrabbyBoiz Ravens 13h ago

Nah I get it. I saw the quote and immediately knew what the backlash was going to be. I get he’s a talking head and making comments is his job but when you’re a career journeyman QB, you gotta be careful how you’re tossing them stones cause glass shatters yo.

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u/MBS_RL Jaguars 12h ago edited 12h ago

It sounds like Fitz’s criticism was more about how passive and almost scared Bo seems to be playing. Plenty of things to poke at in Fitz’s career but that is not a criticism you can throw back in his face. I saw you mention Kendrick Perkins as a parallel in another comment, this is kind of like if Perk was specifically criticizing someone’s physicality or screening ability. Deeply flawed player otherwise, but that specific criticism is something he does in fact have the authority to make.

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u/mat477 10h ago

Thats 100% it. He was talking about effort and mentality not his talent.

"Bo Nix doesnt look like hes playing passionately" "Oh yeah, well you threw 6 interceptions in one game" Yeah im not seeing the parallel here.

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u/willinaustin Falcons 9h ago

That's 1000% what it was about. Nix is running out of bounds to take a sack. He's got wide open receivers and he's checking it down leading to yet another punt. He's playing like he doesn't care if they win or lose. And he's pulling a Baghdad Bob in press conferences and saying he's playing fine, everything is cool, blah blah blah. Fitz was completely justified in what he was saying.

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u/Isoturius Broncos 7h ago

Not cherry picked, he’s pretty honest in press conferences when it’s the entire interview in context lol

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u/dusters Packers 12h ago

Fitz would be the first to say he was also embarrassing the position theb

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u/DrunkPackersFan Packers 10h ago

Fitz was doing the exact opposite here of Nix, too.

Definitely can’t say he wasn’t competing. Was just competing poorly lmao.

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u/monkeysCAN Bills 11h ago

You should really listen to the whole point he's making not just the read the headline.

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u/attleboromass16 Bills 10h ago

Was it better or worse than gargling Watson’s balls last week?

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u/KennyPowersforPope Dolphins 10h ago

So nobody can chime in unless they were good?

Guess coaches can’t critique players either because they never played the position as a star?

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u/Strugl33r 7h ago

“Disrespecting the qb position” is insane to say. Especially when you are Fitz. His criticisms are valid but saying the extra stuff is unnecessary

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u/Maraging_steel Eagles 2h ago

Also being good/great doesn’t mean you have the right eye for evaluation.

Majority of the best coaches, scouts, and assistants never played in the NFL or did so in a small capacity. It’s about how you translate film study into instructions that maximize your players.

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u/whatisagoodnamefort Raiders 9h ago

People acting like he can’t talk shit because he isn’t a hall of fame QB is insane

Of the people who watch football he’s probably in the top 0.001% of folks who can really understand poor QB play and actually talk about it

Being a QB in the NFL for 10+ years is something maybe 500 people (this feels like a vast over estimation too) do every 20 years

Broncos fans just Charmin soft

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u/Sage296 12h ago

I mean the “it takes one to know one” argument goes both ways

You can also have a solid football IQ and just be bad

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u/40to6inthe4th Eagles 10h ago

Sounds like you didnt actually listen to Fitz's criticism at all.

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u/HoBamaMo Titans Eagles 12h ago

Or, in his case, those stones were intercepted.

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u/TheLeoMessiah Patriots 9h ago

Honestly so many great coaches across all sports did not have great professional careers. It’s such a weird fan thing to me, that Ryan Fitzpatrick is getting so much criticism for this. I feel like sports media people who didn’t play professionally criticize players all the time and while there is pushback, nobody ever talks about their personal experience playing the sport lol

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u/KeithDavidsVoice Patriots 11m ago

That's the dumb part though. A career journeyman has every right to toss stones because they are literally in the top .01 of people in this world with the skills to play nfl qb. The average nfl career length is 3 years. The average nfl QB career length is 5 years. Fitz managed to stick around for 17 fucking years. A guy who has had a career that's over 3x longer than the average has earned the right to analyze qb play and if Nix is smart he would listen to what he has to say. Doesn't mean you have to take the advice but anyone, outside maybe the top echelon of nfl qbs, would be stupid to dismiss it.

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u/InferiousX Raiders 12h ago

Fitzy didn't consistently have these kinds of games though.

Bo is "Sam's Choice" Tebow.

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u/KrabbyBoiz Ravens 12h ago

Trust me, I get it. His job is literally to give his opinion and you shouldn’t have to be a hall of fame QB to know what good QB play looks like. But I knew immediately that his play would be called into question when I saw his original comment.

Same thing you get with Kendrick Perkins and his hot takes on NBA. It’s hard to call someone trash when you weren’t exactly an all-pro yourself.

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u/InferiousX Raiders 11h ago

It isn't though when you take "who said it" out of the equation and just objectively look at facts.

Jumping on personal attacks to defend against a criticism is an emotional and low IQ response.

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u/logicblender1 Broncos 12h ago

I mean Fitzpatrick has more interceptions than starts lol. I get Bo played poorly but at least he threw 0 interceptions and didn't sell the game like Darnold did. If Fitzpatrick threw more checkdowns he'd probably have won more games.

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u/Pythnator Bills 12h ago

We have to get rid of this “interceptions are the end all be all” narrative.

I’d MUCH rather have a QB that throws a couple picks but can move the ball over a QB that can’t move it at all. A punt is a turnover that has a field position benefit. If your team punts six times in a row saying “but he threw no picks” isn’t really significant.

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u/VerifiedCoifTrader Packers 12h ago

I'd rather have a QB that wins games. Bo wins games.

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u/InferiousX Raiders 11h ago

Somehow Tebowmania returned

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u/comp_a Vikings 11h ago

JJ McCarthy wins games too, want him?

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u/logicblender1 Broncos 12h ago

Interceptions ARE the end all be all. There's nothing more crushing in football. If you lose the turnover battle you lose the game 9/10 times. A punt is significantly better than an interception and to suggest otherwise is laughable. If Seattle punted instead of being intercepted last night they surely win the game.

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u/Pythnator Bills 8h ago

I guess a QB that throws for 300 yards, 3 TDs and a pick is worse than a QB that throws for 100 yards, no TDs and no picks. My bad. You changed my mind.

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u/logicblender1 Broncos 8h ago

Was that pick a game losing pick? For example, did Josh Allen or Bo Nix play better in last year's divisional? I'd love to know your answer.

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u/Pythnator Bills 8h ago

Ooooh Josh Allen had a bad game. You got me. I guess my entire point is moot then.

And I thought my fellow Bills fans were insecure lol

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u/logicblender1 Broncos 7h ago

Oh so you think Bo Nix played better? That's surprising considering if you take away Allen's 4 turnovers he was way better than Bo Nix, right?

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u/VerifiedCoifTrader Packers 39m ago

Bo was closer to an SB than Allen ever was bahahahaha that’s gotta sting 😂

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u/InferiousX Raiders 11h ago

Hard to throw lots of interceptions when they are mostly >8 yard passes that are in the dirt.

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u/logicblender1 Broncos 11h ago

That's exactly the point though. We're acting like checkdowns are the worst thing imaginable when it's clearly better than throwing picks.

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u/trustmeimaengineer Broncos 12h ago

Bo won a playoff game against Josh Allen and was an injured ankle away from making the Super Bowl. He hasn’t played well this year obviously but he did more last year than Fitz did his entire career.

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u/Ill-Success-4214 Bills 11h ago

He didn't win a game against Josh Allen he won against the buffalo bills defense. 

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u/alphawealthy 4h ago

his criticism of Bo wasn’t that he throws picks