Ryan FitzPAIDrick

[HoosierCat]

Bills give Fitz $59 million over 6 years, $24 million guaranteed.

/>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/28/bills-ryan-fitzpatrick-agree-to-new-contract/

So Ryan Fitzpatrick is now making more than Carson Palmer.

[UK Bengal]

Lol we shall see if he continues to be worth it

[BengalPimp]

So Ryan Fitzpatrick is now making more than Carson Palmer.

Not really, Carson took a pay cut this season, but still is scheduled to make $12.5 mill in 2012, $13 mill in 2013, and $15 mill in 2014.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7128693/oakland-raiders-carson-palmer-took-5-million-pay-cut-season-according-source

The NFL is crazy, and apparently so are the Bills, but hey, if they're willing to give Fitz almost $10 mill per....more power to him.....

[Spor_tees]

Fitzy is smart, he will get the money while the getting is good and then see his way to retire on his own terms and run with the money. I say he only plays another 2 years in the league.

[derekshank]

I guess the Bills gave themselves an Out Clause on the Fitz deal. If they cut him by March 19th, they would only be on the hook for the $10m bonus he got upon signing the new deal plus his 3.22m salary. Not a dime more.

The Bills will more than likely lose their last two games (Denver and New England). If they do so... they will probably get a pick before one or both of Washington and Miami. If this happens... they have a chance to get either Barkley or RG3.

I hope he put that $10m bonus in the bank.

[Sea Ray]

I guess the Bills gave themselves an Out Clause on the Fitz deal. If they cut him by March 19th, they would only be on the hook for the $10m bonus he got upon signing the new deal plus his 3.22m salary. Not a dime more.

The Bills will more than likely lose their last two games (Denver and New England). If they do so... they will probably get a pick before one or both of Washington and Miami. If this happens... they have a chance to get either Barkley or RG3.

I hope he put that $10m bonus in the bank.

I was wondering about how they felt about that deal now that the team has taken this dive. NFL owners are a smart (maybe shrewd) bunch. With this news Fitz is clearly done but I'm happy for him that he was able to parlay this into one nice payday. The competition for QBs will be very interesting to watch in this off season. There will be more than 3 1st rd QBs

[skyline]

I guess the Bills gave themselves an Out Clause on the Fitz deal. If they cut him by March 19th, they would only be on the hook for the $10m bonus he got upon signing the new deal plus his 3.22m salary. Not a dime more.

The Bills will more than likely lose their last two games (Denver and New England). If they do so... they will probably get a pick before one or both of Washington and Miami. If this happens... they have a chance to get either Barkley or RG3.

I hope he put that $10m bonus in the bank.

There will be more than 3 1st rd QBs.

The more the merrier as far as the Bengals are concerned!

[HoosierCat]

I guess the Bills gave themselves an Out Clause on the Fitz deal. If they cut him by March 19th, they would only be on the hook for the $10m bonus he got upon signing the new deal plus his 3.22m salary. Not a dime more.

Still, $13 million for, what, 9 weeks' work? Not too shabby.

Brings his seven-year take from the NFL to more than $20 million. Not bad for a seventh-round pick out of Harvard.

[Sea Ray]

There will be more than 3 1st rd QBs

I may have spoken too soon. Matt Barkley just announced that he's not coming out and Landry Jones at Oklahoma may be staying too. I guess we'll have to wait and see who's in. In looking at the top ten drafting teams, it does look like a lot of them will be candidates to draft a QB high