Justin Fields sustained a dislocated toe but avoided serious injury, which allows the Jets to continue their season preparations without major disruption. Fields is day-to-day, which is concerning but manageable with the regular season still weeks away. The injury will require monitoring and may limit his practice time with teammates, although starters were not expected to compete heavily in preseason games. Tyrod Taylor's presence as a capable backup prevents the team's situation from becoming catastrophic, unlike past seasons burdened by QB injuries.
The Jets said Fields suffered a dislocated toe on his right foot and will be day-to-day. That he avoided serious injury doesn't sound as if it will be a wrecking ball to what the new regime is trying to build.
Fields might miss some valuable reps with his new teammates in the new system, but he and the other starters probably weren't going to play much in the preseason games anyway.
Even if this was the latest wave to crash on the Jets' QB sand castle, it wouldn't have been like those other dire injuries that turned promising seasons into disasters.
There are two words to explain why even a more serious injury to the new quarterback would not have produced the kind of overarching doom usually associated with this franchise: 'Tyrod' and 'Taylor.'
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