I'll agree that Tarvaris is better than Fitzpatrick. 7-9 with that roster wasn't bad. Has Fitzpatrick ever won 7 games in a season? My bro-in-law is a Bills fan, so I've had to watch way more of that guy than I ought to. The interesting part is that he is a really smart guy, but he throws some of the dumbest interceptions at the worst possible times that you will ever see. I can see where he does enough good to offset that in some systems, but not ours. We value the turnover differential too greatly. We would be much more likely to take a more boring quarterback that doesn't take unnecessary chances. Look at this TD/int ratio over years. It's horrible! You can always count on that guy to turn the ball over. Also, his second biggest weakness is his arm strength. We call as many deep passes as anybody. We're all of a sudden going to switch to a short, rhythm passing game to accommodate Ryan Fitzpatrick? I think the fit here is literally the worst fit for him of any NFL team.
I would think if we became Wilson-less, we would have a competition between Tarvaris, a current lesser-known backup similar to a Whitehurst profile that we would sign or trade for, and we would probably try a short rookie again to see if we could get a bargain. You don't let Wilson walk over 20 million to just pay somebody else 15, so I can't see another good vet coming in either.
