The New York Jets will have a new coach in Aaron Glenn, and a new quarterback in 2025 in Justin Fields, and they introduced him to the media on Wednesday.
Fields signed a two-year, $40 million deal with the Jets in March and is expected to be the team’s starting quarterback.
After being selected by the Chicago Bears with the 11th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the 26-year-old, who played for the Steelers last season, will be on his third team in three seasons, but despite that, Fields says he never lost his confidence.
“I feel like when your confidence leaves you, then you have zero chance, so you can take however many losses in life and this game, but you can never lose your confidence,” he said. “You can never lose your will to work and get things done, so no matter how many losses and stuff like that, I’m never going to lose my confidence in life or in this game, so, like I said, just excited to be here and get to work, and get this thing going.”
Last season, Fields started the first six games with the Steelers and led them to a 4-2 record before going to the bench after Russell Wilson returned from injury. According to Fields, who threw for 1,106 yards, five touchdowns, and only one interception in 2024, last season’s experience changed his perspective.
“Yeah, I’m a big believer in everything happens for a reason,” he said. “I was put in a place where I wasn’t, really never in a place of my entire life, so I think I tried to have a different perspective on it. Of course, you know Russ (Russell Wilson) has been in the League for a long time, so I learned a lot of great things from him and got to kind of learn a different perspective of things, and like I said, he’s been in the League a long time, so just seeing how he works every day, seeing his routine and picking up things that I can implement into my routine into my game. It was, of course, different for me in a space where I wasn’t necessarily comfortable, but at the end of the day, like I said, coach Tomlin (Mike Tomlin) he made a decision where he thought was best for the team, and like I said I’m never going to go against that of course. I’m not a selfish guy whatsoever, so like I said I just tried to change my perspective, get better each and every day in practice.”
With the Jets, Fields will be reunited with his college teammate at Ohio State, wide receiver Garrett Wilson, which excites the fourth-year quarterback.
“I mean it’s awesome of course, we played together in college and when I saw him it was really just like the old days, he said. “Just get back on the same page as we were in college and, of course, communicate, make sure we are always on the same page when it comes to concepts and routes and what he’s doing in certain situations, but yeah, I’m definitely excited to be back on the field with him for sure.”
The Jets tried Aaron Rodgers, and it didn’t work. Now, they go to their eighth starting quarterback in the last 14 years. Fields is definitely worth taking a look at for the Jets. If he works out, they have their quarterback of the future. If he doesn’t, it’s not going to be a big hit financially, and New York will probably add a quarterback in this year’s draft, so if Fields doesn’t have a lot of success, maybe they’ll get their quarterback this year or after next season.
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