Jets sign Ryan Fitzpatrick to one-year, $12 million deal
The Jets and their starting quarterback finally have a deal.
Ryan Fitzpatrick has signed a one-year, $12 million deal to return to the Jets for the 2016 season, according to multiple reports.
This ends a long negotiation that spanned the entire offseason and got contentious at times, with Fitzpatrick seemingly upset that the Jets weren?t willing to give him the kind of money that quarterbacks who had lesser seasons last year ? like Brock Osweiler and Sam Bradford ? received.
In the end, however, they?ve come to an agreement that will bring Fitzpatrick back, and put back together a passing game that was surprisingly effective in 2016. The Jets think they can compete for a playoff spot this season, and now they have their leader.
Joe Flacco will wear knee brace, may not play much in preseason
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco?s recovery from last year?s torn ACL and MCL has gone well enough that Flacco avoided the PUP list to start training camp and all indications from the offseason are that he?s right on track for a return to the lineup in Week One.
It?s less clear whether he?ll be doing much in the team?s preseason games. Flacco met the media on Wednesday and said his focus is on the team?s September 11 opener against the Bills rather than on getting his feet wet during the exhibition season.
?The goal is to make sure I?m as healthy as possible, regular season, Game 1,? Flacco said. ?I?m not ridiculously worried about playing a ton in the preseason.?
One plus to preseason action would be a chance to see how he responds to taking hits as that?s not something that will happen during Ravens practices this summer. The flip side of that is the risk of what taking the wrong hit could do to his health, so the Ravens will have to balance both before making a call. Whether his next game action comes in August or in the regular season, Flacco will take the field wearing a brace on his left knee.
?If it helps a little bit, that?s huge,? Flacco said. ?I?m not going to leave it up to risk and then have something happen and say, ?What if?? I?m going to wear it. There?s no reason not to.?
Flacco said his knee has felt ?really good? in the workouts he?s done with rookies and injured veterans over the last few days. Whatever he needs to do in regards to braces and preseason playing time to keep it that way will likely be just fine with the Ravens.
John Elway: Quarterback competition is ?wide open?
Broncos rookie quarterback Paxton Lynch said this week that he thinks he has a chance to play right away and General Manager John Elway?s comments at a Wednesday press conference didn?t do anything to directly dispute that notion.
Elway said, via the team, that the quarterback competition featuring Lynch, Mark Sanchez and Trevor Siemian is ?wide open? as training camp gets underway. That doesn?t come close to ruling out the possibility of Lynch climbing to the top of the depth chart and coach Gary Kubiak said that he?s already seen improvement from Lynch during a couple of days of rookie work.
?I think Paxton?s struggles in the offseason were verbiage, huddle, those types of things, and we?ve seen improvement,? Kubiak said.
Kubiak added that there?s no timeline to determine a starter at this point and said that he wants the three quarterbacks to get equal reps. During Thursday?s first practice, Sanchez will go first with Siemian and Lynch in that order behind him although that order will change from day to day. That suggests the pecking order could change along with it if the rookie continues to show Kubiak that he?s growing into the job.
The Jets and their starting quarterback finally have a deal.
Ryan Fitzpatrick has signed a one-year, $12 million deal to return to the Jets for the 2016 season, according to multiple reports.
This ends a long negotiation that spanned the entire offseason and got contentious at times, with Fitzpatrick seemingly upset that the Jets weren?t willing to give him the kind of money that quarterbacks who had lesser seasons last year ? like Brock Osweiler and Sam Bradford ? received.
In the end, however, they?ve come to an agreement that will bring Fitzpatrick back, and put back together a passing game that was surprisingly effective in 2016. The Jets think they can compete for a playoff spot this season, and now they have their leader.
Joe Flacco will wear knee brace, may not play much in preseason
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco?s recovery from last year?s torn ACL and MCL has gone well enough that Flacco avoided the PUP list to start training camp and all indications from the offseason are that he?s right on track for a return to the lineup in Week One.
It?s less clear whether he?ll be doing much in the team?s preseason games. Flacco met the media on Wednesday and said his focus is on the team?s September 11 opener against the Bills rather than on getting his feet wet during the exhibition season.
?The goal is to make sure I?m as healthy as possible, regular season, Game 1,? Flacco said. ?I?m not ridiculously worried about playing a ton in the preseason.?
One plus to preseason action would be a chance to see how he responds to taking hits as that?s not something that will happen during Ravens practices this summer. The flip side of that is the risk of what taking the wrong hit could do to his health, so the Ravens will have to balance both before making a call. Whether his next game action comes in August or in the regular season, Flacco will take the field wearing a brace on his left knee.
?If it helps a little bit, that?s huge,? Flacco said. ?I?m not going to leave it up to risk and then have something happen and say, ?What if?? I?m going to wear it. There?s no reason not to.?
Flacco said his knee has felt ?really good? in the workouts he?s done with rookies and injured veterans over the last few days. Whatever he needs to do in regards to braces and preseason playing time to keep it that way will likely be just fine with the Ravens.
John Elway: Quarterback competition is ?wide open?
Broncos rookie quarterback Paxton Lynch said this week that he thinks he has a chance to play right away and General Manager John Elway?s comments at a Wednesday press conference didn?t do anything to directly dispute that notion.
Elway said, via the team, that the quarterback competition featuring Lynch, Mark Sanchez and Trevor Siemian is ?wide open? as training camp gets underway. That doesn?t come close to ruling out the possibility of Lynch climbing to the top of the depth chart and coach Gary Kubiak said that he?s already seen improvement from Lynch during a couple of days of rookie work.
?I think Paxton?s struggles in the offseason were verbiage, huddle, those types of things, and we?ve seen improvement,? Kubiak said.
Kubiak added that there?s no timeline to determine a starter at this point and said that he wants the three quarterbacks to get equal reps. During Thursday?s first practice, Sanchez will go first with Siemian and Lynch in that order behind him although that order will change from day to day. That suggests the pecking order could change along with it if the rookie continues to show Kubiak that he?s growing into the job.
