Ryan Fitzpatrick braves cold, goes shirtless with Bills Mafia
Ryan Fitzpatrick has by no means shied away from lavishing reward on Buffalo. On Saturday, he confirmed that actions communicate louder than phrases.
The previous Bills quarterback endeared himself additional to the staff’s followers when he was photographed within the stands with Bills Mafia throughout Buffalo’s 47–17 wild-card win over the Patriots on Saturday.
However his viral second got here when he posed shirtless with followers in freezing temperatures at Highmark Stadium, the place the game-time temperature in Buffalo on Saturday was 7 levels.
Fitzpatrick is technically nonetheless a member of Washington Soccer Workforce, though his contract is up on the finish of the NFL season. However that did not cease the NFL veteran from taking within the playoffs on Saturday.
The 39-year-old has put collectively a 17-year NFL profession with 9 totally different groups since being chosen out of Harvard within the seventh spherical of the 2005 NFL draft. However Fitzpatrick spent 4 seasons in Buffalo, his most time with an NFL franchise.
Final March, Fitzpatrick signed a one-year contract with WFT and entered the season because the staff’s beginning quarterback. However he suffered a hip harm within the second quarter of WFT’s opening recreation of the season, which ended up requiring season-ending surgical procedure.
Nonetheless, on Saturday in freezing temperatures, Fitzpatrick did not have chilly toes when it got here to exhibiting like to the Bills followers who made him a beloved determine in Buffalo.
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