Recently retired QB Ryan Fitzpatrick was a guest on The Adam Schefter Podcast this week and talked about a myriad of topics including his beloved 17-year career in the NFL.
Fitzpatrick played for nine teams throughout this career and is widely known as everyone’s favorite NFL journeyman. Fitzpatrick’s career actually began in 2005 when he was drafted by the Rams in the seventh round of the draft out of Harvard. During his podcast appearance with Adam Schefter, Fitzpatrick recalled meeting Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce for the first time and the circumstances, are, well, awesome.
“The night that we were together, Patrick Mahomes walked into where we were, or was it Travis Kelce? It was Travis Kelce and I said, ‘Oh there’s Kelce’ and you were like ‘I’ve never met him!’ And I couldn’t believe that you’d been in the league as long as you have and that you know as many people as you do and you hadn’t met Travis Kelce,” Schefter exclaimed. “Like that’s amazing to me, I thought you knew everybody.”
Fitzpatrick responded and explained that he actually is close with Kelce’s older brother, Jason Kelce, who plays center for the Philadelphia Eagles.
“I know Jason Kelce very well,” Fitzpatrick said. “I brought him to my barber in Tampa and we got the beards trimmed together.”
“But after that night and a few games of beer pong, I know Travis (Kelce) very well,” Fitzpatrick said. “He’s a great guy.”
So we clearly need to know if Kelce and Fitzmagic were on the same team or playing against each other? How did this end?
Listen to the full podcast here: https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/the-adam-schefter-podcast-52482/a-glimpse-into-the-future-with-ryan-fitzpatrick-1451330597
