Ryan Fitzpatrick was sweet. .. and then sour.
Despite appearing to squash his beef with Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, with the two embracing before Tampa’s “Thursday Night Football” showdown against the Ravens, Fitzpatrick laid into Brady’s team after they suffered their third-straight loss, 27-22.
“I didn’t want to believe it coming into this game,” Fitzpatrick, who is now an analyst for Prime Video’s broadcast of “TNF,” said.
“I tried to drink the Kool-Aid. I thought they were going to come out and do it. But this offense is broken. They are absolutely broken right now. They’re lost. It was tough to watch today because that’s not the Bucs of old. And I don’t see a fix anytime soon. Two drives, and then it just fell off a cliff again.”
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Ryan Fitzpatrick Getty ImagesFitzpatrick, who played two seasons for Tampa Bay in 2017 and 2018, has spoken on multiple occasions about how Brady would never shake his hand after the two played each other during their respective careers. The former journeyman said on the “Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz” that he believed himself to be the “motherf–ker” Brady was annoyed that a mystery team was sticking with at quarterback.
On an interview with “Pardon My Take,” Fitzpatrick later stated that Brady had “no respect” for him and that it “bothered [him] so much.”
The two sides, however, appeared more than cordial before the game, embracing for a hug and having what appeared to be a friendly chat with fellow analyst Richard Sherman that was caught by the Amazon cameras.
Still, Fitzpatrick was highly critical of the Buccaneers’ offense after the game ended. Tampa Bay was once again unable to run the football, amassing 44 total rushing yards to Baltimore’s 231. Brady threw for 325 yards and a touchdown, but the offense still only produced 22 points and lost to Lamar Jackson’s Ravens at home.
The Bucs have now lost three games in a row – the first time Brady has done so since 2002. At 3-5, Tampa Bay has two more home games on the horizon – though, the next one is against the Los Angeles Rams team that eliminated them from the playoffs last season.
