Ryan Fitzpatrick
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"Ryan Joseph Fitzpatrick" is an American football quarterback with the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Harvard Crimson football/Harvard University.

Fitzpatrick has also played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, and Tennessee Titans.

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I knew there was no way we were going to lose that game, ... You sort of get that feeling out there, of invincibility, with the way the offense was playing late and the way the defense really stepped up.

The biggest thing when you make a mistake is you did it, it's over with, ... It's real important on that next drive to bounce back and get the confidence of the guys in the huddle.

I was actually thinking about that game. The biggest thing when you're in those situations is you need to get everyone around you fired up.

My goal from the very start was to make the team as the Number 3.

It's going to be a really neat experience. I'm looking forward to putting on that uniform. I'll try to soak it all in.

Going in and not being the starter, you kind of get thrown into the situation so you don't have too much time to think about it, ... Once I got that first ball out of my hands, I was fine.

I was very lucky that I fell into a great situation where I could work very closely with coach Martz.

I wouldn't let him buy one until I officially made the team.

[When cast as Warner, Fitzpatrick stayed mostly in the pocket. As the ersatz McNair,] I did a little bit more running, a little bit more scrambling this week, ... It's mostly schemes and what the plays call for. But sometimes there are little things they want me to mimic that the quarterbacks do.