Ryan Fitzpatrick’s career revival has spread yuletide cheer and positioned the Jets to make a serious run to the postseason. He has stabilized a historically unstable position and given the new regime time to answer the most maddening question of all: How do we find a franchise quarterback?
Patience is a four-letter word in a business where job security is a myth. Turnover is rampant. Golden parachutes don’t exist.
Fitzpatrick, on pace to set a franchise record for touchdown passes this season, has been the elixir.
Bowles’ admission to the Daily News last week that he “definitely” wants to re-sign Fitzpatrick for 2016 was the latest evidence of his impact.