Unless you've been watching other games, you've seen it. On the few occasions when Ryan Fitzpatrick has attempted deep passes, he's normally way off target. Actually, I think he hit a few more of those passes early in the season. During the losing streak, expecially during the last three games of the losing streak, I don't think he's hit any, though I don't have the games recorded to go back and check.
This is not a thread to advocate dumping Fitzpatrick. I figure it is a foregone conclusion he'll start out the 2012 season as starter. We'll have plenty of time next year to hash through what the Bills should do about the QB situation long term. Obviously though, if teams don't respect your ability to throw deep, there is only so much you can do to stretch the field horizontally so your receivers can gain a bit of separation. If you can't throw deep, it eventually becomes a lot tougher to find receivers open short. It's really amazing, actually, without a deep passing game, that CJ spiller has found as much running room as he has.
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