Ryan Fitzpatrick agrees new one-year deal with New York Jets
Thursday 28 July 2016 07:10, UK
Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has agreed a new one-year deal with the New York Jets to end a long off-season standoff between the two sides.
Fitzpatrick will sign a new deal for $12m with a chance to make $3m in incentives, according to the NFL's website which reported the deal.
With speculation that Fitzpatrick and the Jets were at odds this off-season, the franchise gave the quarterback a 7pm Eastern deadline on Wednesday to reach an agreement on the contract.
Fitzpatrick, 33, is coming off a career year in which he threw for 31 touchdowns and nearly 4,000 yards.
The Jets' only other real option for a signal-caller would have been Geno Smith, who has floundered since the team drafted him in 2013.
Smith lost the starting job to Fitzpatrick last pre-season after being punched by a team-mate and suffering a broken jaw.
