Veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has reached an agreement with the Washington football team over a one-year deal worth $ 10 million that could reach $ 12 million with incentives, a source told Adam on Monday ESPN scaffold.
Fitzpatrick is expected to leave the camp as a starter, the source said, with competition from Taylor Heinicke and Kyle Allen.
Washington knew this off-season would struggle to add a long-term solution to the quarterback, but he also knows he can fight for another NFC East title. Fitzpatrick provides the team with someone who can play at a solid level to get a less expensive contract, allowing WFT to build the rest of their roster on offense.
Washington needs to add more help to the receiver – one of its main goals this offseason – and in particular wanted to add more speed to the position.
Fitzpatrick would be the organization’s 32nd quarterback since winning the Super Bowl after the 1991 season. Washington started three quarterbacks last season: Allen, Dwayne Haskins and Alex Smith. He released Haskins before the end of the season and earlier this month released Smith.
Fitzpatrick, 38, is in his 17th NFL season. He is the only quarterback in NFL history to start and throw touchdowns with eight different teams. You will now have the opportunity to do so for a ninth.
Fitzpatrick is the latest traveler and enjoys the role, especially during the last two seasons, when he was the owner of the Miami Dolphins bridges. While it’s year after year at this point in his career, Fitzpatrick told ESPN in February it was a “really easy” decision to play again in 2021.
He played a huge role in guiding the Dolphins from a rebuilding team to one of the best stories in the NFL in 2020, as Miami made a five-win jump to a 10-6 record. . In 2019, Fitzpatrick beat Josh Rosen in an open competition to become the Dolphins starter for a 5-11 season, where many felt the team was closing early tanks. In 2020, Fitzpatrick started the season again as a starter as a self-proclaimed “placeholder” and mentor to rookie Tua Tagovailoa.
Fitzpatrick started seven games in 2020, completing 68.5% of his passes and throwing 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He also had a 76.9 QBR and was the undisputed leader of the Dolphins.
In true Fitzpatrick style, his last Dolphins moment was to get off the bench and lead the team to a comeback victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. A few days later he tested positive for COVID-19, making him ineligible for the season’s loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Fitzpatrick ranks 10th among active quarterbacks, with 34,977 passing yards and has thrown 223 touchdowns with 169 interceptions in his career.
Information from John Keim and Cameron Wolfe of ESPN was used in this report.