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Second, the gift fits right in with what the public perception of Marshall’s personality seems to be. Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and star wide-out Brandon Marshall have been in the league for a combined 21 seasons in the NFL, but neither have made a trip to the post-season. “I probably could have 100 catches, [Decker] could probably have 75 catches, if [Fitzpatrick] didn’t hurt his thumb”.
After Buster Skrine intercepted Mariota early in the second quarter, Bullock increased the Jets’ lead to 13-0 with a 27-yarder.
Fitzpatrick will be a free agent, and head coach Todd Bowles said he would like to see him back for another season.
“I think he is everything that I thought he was coming in”, Bowles said. “Obviously, you deal with all of those things after the season”. We can play man. We can stop the run and make people one-dimensional. Three touchdowns on Sunday and no interceptions puts Fitzpatrick’s TD/INT ratio at 25:11.
The Jets’ final three-game stretch begins Saturday night in Dallas, a struggling non-conference opponent in prime time.
Fitzpatrick credited Marshall with recognizing the coverage, or lack thereof, and center Nick Mangold for figuring out what Fitzpatrick and Marshall wanted to do. But when you consider that they have a Top 5 running back in Chris Ivory, a Top 5 defensive unit, and a talented receiving tandem in Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker, the question becomes: Why aren’t they better? He has nine catches for 115 yards and a touchdown overall this season. We later learned there was a problem with the audio communication, but the result was a lot of standing around and staring by the Titans’ players. “I have been playing 10 years, Fitz 11, Deck for six… and also [Decker played] with one of the best quarterbacks ever in Peyton….”
“I’ll make my opinion known”, Bowles said, when asked what input he will have about personnel decisions when the season is over. “I’m just going to root for us and hope we do well”. Those guys got him. “We’re constantly working at it, still working at it. But it’s been good that they’ve grown together”.
Marshall and Fitzpatrick have never made the playoffs. If the Jets and Wilkerson can’t come to an agreement on a long-term deal, they will nearly definitely franchise tag Wilkerson.
Fitzpatrick was viewed as a veteran who could take over for the Jets should Smith prove ineffective. CB Buster Skrine blanketed TE Delanie Walker (seven catches for 71 yards), who is Mariota’s lone reliable weapon.
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“I want to write my own piece of the psyche of a No. 1 receiver or prima donnas or what we call divas”. He just kind of covered it well.
On Tuesday after practice, Marshall, a Jets receiver, pondered that question for a moment before saying, “No, not yet”.
They could have continued to allow a better team with more motivation to push them around and roll up the score.