NFL record-holder Ryan Fitzpatrick reflects on why his journeyman career is something he would never change

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick didn't expect to start for nine different teams, but he says he would not change it for anything else. (This video contains AI-assisted content.)

When Ryan Fitzpatrick had his NFL dreams, he wanted what every kid wanted.

Fitzpatrick was hoping to stay with one team for his entire career, but as he recently told Fox News Digital, "That just didn't happen to be my story."

Instead, Fitzpatrick holds the NFL record for starting for nine separate teams and is the owner of numerous other oddities when it comes to dressing for nearly a third of the NFL's organizations.

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New York Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) drops back to pass against the Tennessee Titans during the first quarter at MetLife Stadium on Dec. 13, 2015. (Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports)

"I always wanted to play. So wherever I went, it was usually with the intention of becoming a starter and playing somewhere. Then inevitably somebody would get drafted, and I would move on and go play somewhere else because I was a guy that enjoyed being out there on the field and not sitting on the bench watching," Fitzpatrick said. "So that was just the way I was going to be able to do that, was to keep moving from team to team."

It was certainly an unorthodox career, and Fitzpatrick is the definition of a "journeyman," as he played for the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, St. Louis Rams, Houston Texans, Tennessee Titans, and Washington Commanders.

But "I wouldn't change it for the world."

"A lot of it was the amount of teammates I was able to have, but it was also the journey that I was able to go on with my wife and with my