Report: Bills, Fitzpatrick agree on new contract
By Zaket on October 28, 2011
A person familiar with negotiations has told The Associated Press that Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has agreed to terms of a new contract that secures the Harvard graduate as the team’s long-term starter.
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