Ranking all the stages of Ryan Fitzpatrick's NFL career

#2 – Houston Texans (6W 6L)

Houston Texans v Denver Broncos

In a single year with the Houston Texans, we saw perhaps the most mature and consistent version of the quarterback. He had an even record of six wins and six losses, throwing for 2,483 yards and 17 touchdowns.

He made history for the Texans in a 2014 game against the Titans, throwing a franchise-record six touchdown passes in a single game, a record that still stands to this day.

#1 – New York Jets (13W 14L)

Seattle Seahawks v New York Jets

The Texans traded their quarterback to the New York Jets in 2015, which would bring about the greatest period of his professional life.

Once again, fate would shine on the player who seemed born to be a backup. A pre-season punch from a defensive lineman to Geno Smith left the starter with a broken jaw and all of a sudden the former seventh-round pick was the Jets’ biggest hope.

His 2015 season was historic as he gained his first winning record, leading the Jets to a 10-6 season.

He threw for 3,905 yards, the closest he would ever get to the 4,000-yard mark, but his 31 touchdown passes that season remain a franchise record, something the great Joe Namath never managed.

Just two days after thumb surgery, Fitzpatrick would still play in a game against the Jaguars, throwing two touchdown passes. The overtime game-winning drive against the New England Patriots was a particular highlight.

Fitzpatrick elevated himself to a bona-fide NFL starter, but his second year in New York fell flat, despite signing a guaranteed $12 million contract.

Irrespective of that, his first year with the Jets was a player at his absolute best, who had extracted the absolute most out of the talent he had been given, and it’s the season that we will all remember the most when thinking of Ryan Fitzpatrick.