Why New York Jets QB Ryan Fitzpatrick won NFL AFC Player of the Week
On Thursday Night Football in Week 2, the New York Jets defeated Rex Ryan and the Buffalo Bills 37-31. Why did quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick win the NFL award for AFC Player of the Week?
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Jets’ Ryan Fitzpatrick, Giants’ Janoris Jenkins Named Players Of Week « CBS New York In a 37-31 victory at Buffalo, Fitzpatrick completed 24 of 34 passes for 374 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions, for a 116.5 pass rating. |
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In Primetime, Gang Green was behind the Buffalo Bills several times during the game. Fitzpatrick put the team on his shoulders and led them to victory. He completed 24 of 34 passes for 374 yards, including a touchdown to Eric Decker. Most importantly, he threw ZERO interceptions against Rex Ryan’s defense, which is why he had a 116.5 passer rating (50 is average). Plus, he ran for 21 yards on 5 carries for 1st downs to keep the drive going. Ryan led the Jets into the Bills red zone 7 times and helped his team finish with 493 yards on offense and 28 first downs. This is why New York controlled the football for 39:12 minutes and wore down Buffalo’s defense in the 4th quarter. In a divisional game where the Jets defense failed him and gave up 31 points at New Era Field in Orchard Park, Fitzpatrick drove up and down the field several times to put Gang Green in scoring position. But he is already looking ahead to playing the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3.
“We’re not going to sit and celebrate last week because we have to move on. We have a team that last year won 11 straight and were a playoff team and have played very well already this year and it’s a very tough place to play, so we’re already trying to get ready for that.”
