Always carrying the promise he could be “MUT 24 Coins,” with his time with the Dolphins being so pronounced fans wanted him to get reps over Tua Tagovailoa. There was no worse fate for a young quarterback than playing for a team that signed Fitzpatrick, because you knew people would want to wait for the magic to appear.

That’s why I love Ryan Fitzpatrick. His career made no sense, and all the sense in the world at the same time. He pulled the wool over the eyes of a huge chunk of the Madden NFL 24’s most powerful executives, millions of fans along the way, and was paid like a king — all while playing like a pauper.

It impossible to imagine another player coming along and working this scheme again, as the Madden 24 Coins cheap leans more and more towards drafting young players to ride the pine and not towards aging veterans.