[The Rams became enamored with Fitzpatrick during training camp.] I've been an effort guy, sort of the underdog guy, my whole life, ... The thing that got me here is hard work, and there's no way I'm going to stop doing that now. |
[When cast as Warner, Fitzpatrick stayed mostly in the pocket. As the ersatz McNair,] I did a little bit more running, a little bit more scrambling this week, ... It's mostly schemes and what the plays call for. But sometimes there are little things they want me to mimic that the quarterbacks do. |
Anything managing other people's money would be nice, ... Hopefully, I won't have to put it to use for a while. |
Going in and not being the starter, you kind of get thrown into the situation so you don't have too much time to think about it, ... Once I got that first ball out of my hands, I was fine. |
I knew there was no way we were going to lose that game, ... You sort of get that feeling out there, of invincibility, with the way the offense was playing late and the way the defense really stepped up. |
I said the horse. He's got a metal shoe on, doesn't he? |
I think their blitz package was good. We felt like they were going to blitz. There were things we were going to do to counter that. They just didn't work as well as we wanted them to. |
I was actually thinking about that game. The biggest thing when you're in those situations is you need to get everyone around you fired up. |
I was real excited when I heard St. Louis was going to call my name. |
I was very lucky that I fell into a great situation where I could work very closely with coach Martz. |
I wasn't sure if we were going to run the clock out or go for it. And he gave me the play. I was trying to loosen my arm up in the huddle a little bit. I just threw it up to Kevin and Kevin made a great play. |
I wouldn't let him buy one until I officially made the team, |
I'm supposed to know all the answers to every obscure question. Last week they asked me to settle an argument. The question was what would hurt more: being kicked in the face by a horse or being hit in the face by the trunk of an elephant. |
It was really getting boring having to beat them every year. |
It's going to be a really neat experience. I'm looking forward to putting on that uniform. I'll try to soak it all in. |