Ryan Fitzpatrick’s magical season might have been a longshot, but there’s no denying he deserves NFL MVP consideration with the Jets on the precipice of a playoff berth.
He is the improbable engine of a team that nobody, including the reigning Super Bowl champions, wants to face in January. He is the unlikeliest of MVP candidates, marginalized for the better part of a decade before awakening with the year of his life.
“He’s been amazing for us,” outside linebacker Calvin Pace said the day after Fitzpatrick’s three-touchdown performance buoyed the Jets in a 26-20 overtime thriller against the Patriots on Sunday.