Ryan Fitzpatrick is coming off two strong games in wins that have the Dolphins at 3-3 through three weeks, but he was benched by head coach Brian Flores this week and it was clear when he spoke to reporters that the news hit him hard.
“I was shocked by it,” Fitzpatrick said, via Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald. “It definitely caught me off guard. It was a hard thing for me to hear yesterday, just digesting the news. My heart just hurt all day.”
“I felt like it was my team and that’s why my heart was so heavy yesterday. My heart just hurt all day. It was heartbreaking for me.”
Ryan Fitzpatrick on finding out he was benched for Tua @brgridiron pic.twitter.com/OJAueobTm9
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 21, 2020
Ryan Fitzpatrick: “I basically got fired yesterday and my day today consisted of zoom meetings with the guy who fired me and sitting in a room with the guy who replaced me for four hours.”
— Armando Salguero (@ArmandoSalguero) October 21, 2020
