- Washington, DC is contending with a swarm of cicadas.
- But the cicadas didn't deter Washington quarterback
Ryan Fitzpatrick , who smiled with one of the bugs stuck in his beard. - Drafted in 2005, Fitzpatrick has been in the
NFL nearly as long as the cicadas have been in hiding.
The cicadas of "Brood X" have emerged after 17 years of waiting.
The cicadas have made their presence known in the nation's capitol - the trillion-bug swarm is wreaking havoc on Washington, DC, buzzing around the city for everyone to hear. The bugs have already disrupted the flight plans of the president and even managed to stick onto Joe Biden for a brief moment before getting swatted away.
And a development that feels like it's out of a horror film, the cicadas hatched in such large numbers that they have been picked up by weather radar.
But amid all of this disruption,
As Fitzpatrick took part in his team's offseason workouts, he was apparently unflappable in the face of the cicadas, smiling and showing off for the camera after a bug got stuck in his bushy beard.
-Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) June 9, 2021
Given the size of Fitzpatrick's beard, it's possible that even more cicadas were hiding in there, but regardless, Fitzpatrick didn't seem to mind.
Drafted in 2005, Fitzpatrick has been playing NFL football nearly as long as this brood has been in hiding.
Fitzpatrick is set to take the starting job in Washington this year, the eighth team he's played for in his 17 years in the NFL.
If he can keep his cool with a bug crawling through his beard, he should be ready to face whatever his opponents throw at him come September.