Justin Fields‘ disastrous first season with the Jets has formally come to an finish.
On Tuesday, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn introduced that the staff is putting Fields on injured reserve for the ultimate two video games, thus ending his season.
Fields has been affected by knee soreness for the reason that starting of the month. He hasn’t performed for the reason that Jets benched him following their Nov. 13 recreation loss to the Patriots.
On Monday morning, Glenn introduced that undrafted rookie quarterback Brady Prepare dinner would begin towards the Patriots on Sunday. Tyrod Taylor, who was the Jets beginning quarterback earlier than struggling a groin damage within the Jets’ Week 14 loss to the Dolphins, will function Prepare dinner’s backup.
Glenn didn’t specify if Fields would want surgical procedure on his knee.
“I’m going to let the doc hone in on that,” Glenn stated. “If he does, it’s a great time to get it done, so he can get it knocked out and get himself healthy. We wanna make sure we get this thing healthy and get it ready.”
In March, Jets basic supervisor Darren Mougey and Glenn took an opportunity on Fields after signing him to a two-year, $40 million contract, hoping he could possibly be the most recent quarterback to have a late-career renaissance with a special staff. However Fields flopped after main the Jets to a 2-7 report in his 9 begins this season and was an unmitigated catastrophe.
Fields is twenty seventh out of 32 qualifying quarterbacks in Whole QBR (37.3). He additionally handed for 1,259 yards with seven touchdowns and one interception. The Jets are lifeless final in passing yards per recreation (145.9) partially due to Fields’ play many of the season. He was usually hesitant to get the ball out of his fingers within the pocket and reluctant to persistently throw the ball down the sector.
Fields’ play was so horrific that Jets proprietor Woody Johnson publicly criticized him on the NFL Fall Conferences in Manhattan in October after the staff began the season 0-7.
Final Friday, Fields advised reporters that he had an MRI on his knee and stated his standing could be week-to-week.
“This is for any player that doesn’t have the season that we would like for them to have, it’s always disappointing,” Glenn stated. “I simply don’t need to concentrate on Justin with this and I do know that’s the query requested.
“But any player that we have high hopes for and the season doesn’t go the way we want it to go, we are always disappointed in that.”
Fields is because of make $20 million subsequent season, together with $10 million assured, however his standing with the staff is in flux. It’s seemingly the Jets will seek for a brand new quarterback subsequent offseason, both a excessive rookie draft decide, a veteran, or each. If that’s the case, Fields would seemingly be a cap casualty.
The Jets might launch Fields with a post-June 1 designation and save $10 million. When requested if Fields could be again subsequent season, Glenn declined to reply.
“We will see how that goes, Glenn said. “We are focused on New England.”
