Ryan Fitzpatrick

Last night the NFL watching nation got a glimpse at how good a Harvard QB can be. Ryan Fitzpatrick went 19-30 for 310 yards with 3 TD's (and one INT) plus he rushed for 23 yards on three carries in the Rams overtime victory over the Texans.

Fitzpatrick being good should be no surprise to readers of this site. Here's what I wrote on the day of this year's NFL draft:

You have probably never heard of Fitzpatrick but he will make some team very happy as a back-up QB for a year or two and then I think he will blossom into a very good starter. Fitzpatrick has a strong arm, is surprisingly quick and he is obviously pretty smart (duh - he went to Harvard). I watched Matt Hasselback and Glenn Foley when they were at BC and Fitzpatrick is better than both of them.

Fitzpatrick should go down as the best NFL QB to ever come from the Ivy League but that just means he has to be better than Jay Fiedler.

Heck - I even touted Fitzpatrick as a dark horse Heisman candidate at the beginning of last football season.