Ryan Fitzpatrick on Dolphins benching him for Tua Tagovailoa: 'It broke my heart'
Ryan Fitzpatrick laid bare his soul on a Zoom call with reporters on Wednesday, honestly describing his feelings about being pushed out of the starting position on a team he loves.
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RYAN FITZPATRICK: And my heart just hurt all day. Like, it was heartbreaking for me, you know, and I-- Flo kind of said what he said and said what he said to you guys as well. And that's the decision and the direction that the organization is going in and, obviously, you know, we've talked in the past, me and you guys, about, you know, how I'm the placeholder and this eventually was gonna happen no matter-- it is just a matter of kind of when, not if.
And it still just-- it broke my heart yesterday. And you know, it's a tough thing for me to hear and to now have to deal with. But you know, I'm gonna do my best with it.