Ryan Fitzpatrick could have thumb surgery as early as Friday
Ryan Fitzpatrick #14 of the New York Jets reacts after a victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 in East Rutherford, N.J. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick expects to have surgery to repair the torn ligament in his left thumb before the end of the season, perhaps as early as Friday.
It is not clear how much time he would miss after such a procedure on his non-throwing hand.
Fitzpatrick was assumed to be waiting until after the season. But during the telecast of the Jaguars-Jets game yesterday, sideline reporter Jamie Erdahl revealed Fitzpatrick had told CBS he probably will have surgery before the end of the season.
Erdahl then added "the logical schedule might be this upcoming Friday," given the extra three days between games afforded by the Thursday night game against the Bills.
When asked after the game by Newsday about the report of a potential Friday procedure, Fitzpatrick seemed surprised and said, "Somebody reported that?"
Asked if it is not accurate, he said: "I don't know. It's still kind of up in the air."
So is it a possibility? "Yeah," he said. "I have to get surgery at some point on it, yeah."
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
