"These two facts are indisputable: The New York Jets are an extremely bad football team, and Justin Fields is an extremely bad quarterback. Everyone in the organization shares responsibility for the team's 0-7 start to the season, but a big a chunk of it belongs to Fields, who has played miserably and passed for a combined 91 yards in his last two starts (one of which saw him benched after halftime). Just about anyone can get away with slagging Fields right now, but it's a bit much to see the guy who signs his paychecks try to get in on the action."
""It's hard when you have a quarterback with the rating that we've got. He has the ability, but something's just not jiving," Johnson said. "But if you look at any head coach with a quarterback like that, you're going to see similar results across the league.""
"It's probably true that any NFL team with Fields starting at quarterback would be struggling to complete a pass right now. And it's a good thing that the Jets are currently being run by a keen talent evaluator like Johnson, who can clearly identify Fields's long-established deficiencies as a quarterback and would have never, ever, not in a million years, signed him to a two-year contract with $30 million in guarantees."
The New York Jets have started the season 0-7 and are performing extremely poorly. Justin Fields has played miserably as quarterback, totaling 91 passing yards in his last two starts and being benched after halftime in one game. Responsibility for the poor start is shared across the organization, but Fields bears a large portion of the blame. Owner Woody Johnson publicly criticized Fields' performance while expressing full support for first-year head coach Aaron Glenn. Johnson noted that defense and special teams are improving but said offensive struggles—particularly pass completion—remain a major issue.
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