Facial hair faceoff: Gardner Minshew's mustache vs. Ryan Fitzpatrick's beard
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thursday night’s game between the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars can certainly be called the “mane” event.
When it comes to the quarterbacks, anyway, because Ryan Fitzpatrick and the NFL’s best beard will face off against Gardner Minshew and the league’s most recognizable mustache at TIAA Bank Field (8:20 p.m. ET, NFL Network) .
If you have no allegiance to either team, it might be tough for you to pick your side (burns): full beard or mustache?
Are you Team Grizzly Adams or Team Burt Reynolds?
Chuck Norris or Sam Elliott?
Santa Claus or Teddy Roosevelt?
OK, we’ll stop now.
Blame Fitzpatrick for starting the beard versus mustache debate. He was asked on Tuesday about the game, and Fitzpatrick joked about it being a contest between the two.
“The mustaches versus the beard. … I think the beard is a cooler look,” Fitzpatrick said. “I think guys that grow mustaches a lot of times have patchy sides for their beards so they just stick with the mustache.
“My wife appreciates the mustache trimmed up a little bit more. But she does hate the beard, too, so I guess that’s a lose-lose for me.”
Fitz just dunked on Minshew Mania: “The mustaches versus the beard…I think the beard is cooler. Guys that grow mustaches have patchy sides.”
