Fitzpatrick hopes to be back with Jets next season

The Bills beat the Jets 22-17, while Pittsburgh knocked off Cleveland 28-12, the only results that would have gotten the Steelers into the postseason.

To be fair, the Bills played an inspired game for their embattled coach. Of course, Bowles wasn’t the one who threw a trio of interceptions with the game on the line in the fourth quarter, but the team came out of the gates flat-footed and trailed 13-0 early on. Moments after his team completed its heroic run to an 8-8 season, the Bills’ head coach couldn’t resist the urge to take a parting swipe at his critics.

“It’s the hardest and most difficult end to a season I have ever had”, Fitzpatrick said. “I understand when you try to bring somebody back and money gets involved to it – it involves the whole team”, he said. “But not at my expense”.

In his second year with the Bills, Schmidt set the team record by finishing the season with a net punting average of 41.3 yards.

“EJ Manuel is somebody that (has) got to play better”, Whaley said.

“It seemed a lot of things came together a little too late”, said nickel back Nickell Robey. The Bills were already without starting RB LeSean McCoy (knee) for the second straight game…. “I let our fan base down”. “I talked about it in the spring how impressed I was with his mental aspect and then going into training camp he impressed throughout and he was the most consistent guy and he earned that spot”. Their FitzMagic ran out against none other than Rex Ryan and the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo finished 8-8 and got some momentum going into next season after winning their last two games.

For the first time in his 18-year career, Manning was a backup. “It says everything about Peyton how he handled everything”. Defensive end Mario Williams was a huge disappointment, and defensive tackle Marcell Dareus did not have a great year.

There were times where Taylor was revolutionary, a dynamic dual threat who made eye-popping runs on his way to a franchise record 568 quarterback rushing yards, and threw flawless deep passes to Sammy Watkins. Bears quarterback Jay Cutler did not play well in the defeat, being intercepted three times and leaving questions as to whether he is the franchise’s quarterback for the future.

It appears the Buffalo Bills aren’t going to make the Ryan Fitzpatrick mistake again. It didn’t end well, but I definitely want to see him back. I’ve seen him work with veteran players, young players. It really comes down to a few plays. Publicly, the coach and general manager have done nothing but gush about their relationship. The Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, St. Louis Rams and San Francisco 49ers are on the schedule. The Chiefs’ streak allowed them to win the first AFC wild-card berth and challenge Denver for the AFC West title despite a 1-5 start.

It would cost Dallas as much as $24 million to fire Jason Garrett, whose Cowboys lost to Washington, 34-23, to finish 4-12. Dan Carpenter missed the extra point attempt for the sixth time this season.

Over on top-rated Fox NFL Sunday, host Curt Menefee asked Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson to pick one game that was a “lock” – and another that would be an “upset”.

“That would’ve been good”, a smiling Fitzpatrick said. According to the report, Manziel ate at the casino restaurant and was spotted at the blackjack table.

All of that should have made him more jolly than Santa the day after Christmas. “I want to compete”. “I think it’s a good group of guys”.

The Niners went 5-11 under Tomsula, who replaced the successful but controversial Jim Harbaugh.

The order at the top of this spring’s draft was established Sunday.

“Jimmy has been a valuable member of the 49ers organization for the last nine years”, York said.