Jets Q&A: When is Ryan Fitzpatrick having surgery?

Did Ryan Fitzpatrick decide when to have surgery?

As expected, the Jets quarterback will, in fact, undergo the procedure on Friday.

With nine days until their next game in Houston, it was a foregone conclusion Fitzpatrick would have surgery after Thursday night's game against the Bills. And while there's a chance he'll miss some practice time, he isn't expected to miss any games.

"That's my understanding," coach Todd Bowles said of having Fitzpatrick for the Texans game on Nov. 22.

Fitzpatrick completed 15 of 34 passes for 193 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Asked what led to the offense's first-half struggles, he said: "There was a lot of different stuff, but I think a lot of it, just for me, I wasn't seeing things clearly. The clock was coming down fast, they were showing some different stuff. I'm sending motions and I was rushing myself mentally before the plays and I think that was our biggest issue in the first half. We cleaned some stuff up at half time and did a better job."

What did Fitzpatrick say about making NFL Ivy-League history?

"I mean, it's hard to even think about that right now just because of the opportunity we had in front of us and the way we fought as a team," he said of surpassing Sid Luckman for most TDs by an Ivy League QB in the NFL. "All the stuff that we did in the second half to give ourselves an opportunity and I'm just really disappointed in the way I played in the first half, really disappointed in some of those situations in the second half where I could have either made a better check or play than I did, or made a better throw. So that's kind of where my thoughts are right now."

What was Devin Smith's excuse for fumbling on his kickoff return?

"He just made a good play," the Jets rookie receiver said, matter-of-factly.

Smith committed the Jets' second -- and, perhaps, most costly turnover -- when he fumbled a kickoff return that was returned for a Bills touchdown in the second quarter. It resulted in Buffalo's first lead of the night and Rex Ryan's team never looked back. Smith, who had just 13 career kickoffs at Ohio State and none last year, said after the game that he was informed he'd be returning the kick "right before I went in."

Smith, however, made the mistake of taking the ball out and not protecting it as he was tackled. Bills safety Bacarri Rambo poked the ball out and teammate Duke Williams picked it up at the 19-yard line and ran it in for the score.

"He made a play," Smith said, noting that he returns kickoffs in practice. "He hit the ball, and it popped out."

At 5-4, what's the level of concern on the team?

Running back Chris Ivory smiled and said: there's plenty of games left. True, but the Jets keep finding ways to lose games they're more than capable of winning. But as always, Bowles remained even-keeled in the face of defeat. "I have a level of concern when we lose. I don't have a level of concern of where the team's at," he said. "I know we fight hard. I know we're going to fight hard every game. We have to execute better. We have to play better situational football. We played some of that in the second half, we didn't play enough of it. It was a hard-fought game. They made better plays than we made, and they won the turnover battle."

Said Darrelle Revis: "We can control our destiny . . . Now, we're sitting at 5-4. We have the break and hopefully we get away from football for a little bit and everybody can come back fresh and ready to work. We have a long way to go for the rest of the season."