Are you ready for The Revenge of Fitzmagic?
Ryan Fitzpatrick will start at quarterback for the Buccaneers on Sunday against the Jets, the team he led for the past two seasons. It is a delicious storyline that adds intrigue to this midseason matchup.
Buccaneers starter Jameis Winston has been playing with a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder and had to leave Sunday’s loss to the Saints with shoulder pain. An MRI exam on Monday revealed the injury had gotten worse, and the team has decided to shut him down for at least two weeks.
Enter Fitzpatrick, the journeyman quarterback who had the Jets on the brink of the playoffs in a magical run in 2015 and then bottomed out in 2016 after receiving a one-year, $12 million deal.