Tyrod Taylor will try to beat the staff that drafted him, whereas additionally making an attempt to assist the Jets offense get out of the black gap they’ve been in all season.
That’s the duty at hand on Sunday afternoon for the 36-year-old sign caller, who was drafted by the Ravens in 2011 and performed his first 4 seasons in Baltimore as Joe Flacco’s backup.
“Obviously, offensively, you want your passing game to be better, and listen, that’s not totally on him,” Glenn stated of transferring on from Fields. “There’s a number of things that go into that. That’s myself, that’s the routes that’s ran, that’s dropped balls, that’s including him. I just feel like we have to do something to get this team going offensively in the passing game, and I just felt like it was time to make that decision. And, listen, I do still feel strongly about Justin. That has not changed, but I do feel at this point that we have to make a change.”
This quarterback change was a very long time coming. For the reason that season-opening loss towards the Steelers, through which he completed with 218 passing yards and registered three touchdowns, Fields’ play has been abysmal within the majority of his 9 begins.
The Jets at present rank final within the NFL with 139.9 passing yards per sport. That may be the bottom passing complete any staff has completed with because the 2022 Bears (Fields was the QB).
Information are information and it by no means got here collectively for Fields after he signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Jets in March. The Jets started this season 0-7, and proprietor Woody Johnson chastised Fields for his poor play and lack of downfield passing through the staff’s first seven video games.
Glenn really benched Fields at halftime through the Jets’ Week 7 loss to the Panthers. It was rumored that Taylor would begin the next week towards the Bengals, however a knee damage prevented that, and Fields continued to start out, and his struggles persevered.
In his previous two video games towards the Browns and Patriots, Fields completed with a mixed 170 yards, two TDs and one interception. To place that in perspective, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye handed for 281 yards and a landing within the 27-14 victory towards the Jets final week.
“I think the first thing I do is I look inward at myself and go, ‘What is it that I can do better?’” Jets offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand stated. “There’s undoubtedly some issues that I can do.
“I always want to look at myself first and see am I making sure that I’m putting him or any of them, in general, in the right position, at the right time. And I just got to continue to evaluate that on a daily basis, but we’re in the situation we’re in, and we’re going to move forward with that this week.”
The Jets put all of their eggs within the Fields’ basket and they didn’t draft a developmental quarterback who might compete with him. As a substitute, they saved Taylor, who has performed within the league for 15 seasons however is clearly not the reply for the longer term. Now, the Jets will search for a long-term answer at quarterback subsequent offseason.
Within the meantime, Taylor will look to proper a ship that’s been off target because the season started. Along with their dreadful passing assault, the Jets offense is twenty ninth in yards (281.5) and twenty fifth in factors per sport (20.9).
Not like Fields, Taylor will push the ball downfield, however that would additionally result in extra interceptions for the Ravens this weekend. Nonetheless, Taylor can run an NFL offense and be a adequate level guard to distribute the ball to his playmakers, together with Breece Corridor, whom Fields focused simply twice within the loss to the Patriots.
Fields’ play was not conducive to successful video games, which is why Glenn needed to make the transfer.
“Taking advantage of the opportunity is everything,” Taylor stated. “Simply the chance itself, clearly grateful for, however with the ability to go on the market and be capable of lead this locker room, lead this offense in a manner that represents what we speak about day by day in our conferences, and the way in which that I do know I’m able to doing, it means the world to me.
“I take tremendous pride in getting things right and doing things the right way day in and day out to be able to take advantage of the opportunities in the way they present themself.”
In these last seven video games, Glenn will look to proceed establishing his tradition whereas additionally making an attempt to win just a few down the stretch to construct optimistic momentum heading into the offseason. However loads of Jets followers need the staff to tank video games as a result of they need a brand new golden baby at quarterback subsequent season in both Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, Oregon’s Dante Moore or Alabama’s Ty Simpson.
“I think guys are bought in and I think when he gets settled in and really figure s–t out, we are going to be fine.”
The Jets may also be taking part in with heavy hearts this weekend after cornerback Kris Boyd was shot exterior a Manhattan restaurant early final Sunday morning. Boyd, 29, was hospitalized and is in secure situation after posting on his Instagram story that he was beginning to breathe on his personal.
Regardless of being on injured reserve since August because of a shoulder damage, Boyd has remained a continuing presence across the Jets facility.
