WGR-AM<\/a> on Tuesday, hours after he learned of his release during a flight to Arizona.<\/p>\n“This isn’t something that all of a sudden was thrown at me, I was blindsided by it, this is something that we talked about for a week or two,” Fitzpatrick said. “It was a lot of just private conversations. It was nice for it to be kind of left between me and (general manager Buddy Nix) and not played out through the media.<\/p>\n
“It stinks. I really did enjoy being a Buffalo Bill, and unfortunately we couldn’t get anything worked out.”<\/p>\n
The Bills finished 6-10 last season and Fitzpatrick finished with 24 touchdowns and 22 turnovers. In the end his six-year contract signed in 2011, worth $62 million, proved too much. Fitzpatrick went on to say that he had spoken to the Bills about restructuring his contract but the two sides never found common-ground on the numbers.<\/p>\n
Buffalo has already signed Tavaris Jackson and will hold an open competition for the starters job in camp. General manager Buddy Nix has also expressed interest in drafting a quarterback in this years draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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