In all, Fitzpatrick earned an astonishing $82.118.420 over his 17 seasons during the Madden NFL 23

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It didn't matter that Fitzpatrick could not be a successful starting quarterback for more than one season prior to his career fell apart. The brand he built was built on appearing out of thin air playing well, winning games, and getting fans to fall in love with him. This was the ethos behind "FitzMagic," but the most difficult part was finding the right Madden NFL 23 Executive willing to hand over a large sum of money.

In all, Fitzpatrick earned an astonishing $82.118.420 over his 17 seasons during the Madden NFL 23. On the surface , this might not sound like much in the current world of $100 million contracts are becoming the standard, but when you examine the earnings Fitzpatrick made in comparison to Madden NFL 23 greats of his time, he was a king.

Three players, two in the Hall of Fame, one still on his way -- all earned less, or a little more than someone who, in a way took less punishment, give up his body less, and sit in the bench for longer than the other three players.

It's a ploy to create this as a game about dollar or cents, but it's amazing how great Fitz was at making magic from the field. On the field, he was pretty good too. It's not a secret that he never really won games. In fact it was 59-87-1 when he was the starter, but you're surprised he lost that much because the mystique surrounding Fitzpatrick made him believe he was a winner even though he was not one.

In 2009. he took over in 2009 for Trent Edwards and Brian Brohm in Buffalo and they teamed up for a 2-6 record, before Fitzpatrick became the new coach, going 4-4 and became a hero. The following season, he went 4-9 as a starter and was still rewarded with an annual contract of 6 years, $59 million contract based on the impression that he was the best.

Similar things happened in New York. One successful season in 2014 with the Texans made the Jets to forget about the previous middling seasons. They also gave Fitzpatrick an initial signing bonus of $10 million and a belief that he is their future at age 33.