A day after Jets proprietor Woody Johnson criticized his play this season, Justin Fields took the excessive highway.
The fifth-year quarterback, who was not conscious of Johnson’s feedback till Wednesday, mentioned he won’t attain out to Johnson, nor does he count on him to do the identical. Nonetheless, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn famous he mentioned Johnson’s feedback within the workforce’s Wednesday morning assembly.
“I don’t think me talking to him is going to do anything,” Fields mentioned. “It’s not going to make me play higher, it’s not going to offer me extra confidence on the sector, so I don’t assume there’s essentially some extent in speaking about that and I doubt he’ll come and speak to me.
“I’m not sure how he feels about the situation at all, but I mean I don’t have any plans of going up to press him about what he said. Everybody’s entitled to their opinion, that’s just what it is, but you just have a choice or not whether those opinions affect you or not.”
Fields may probably lose his beginning job this week in opposition to the Bengals. Glenn mentioned on Wednesday that he is aware of who the beginning quarterback might be on Sunday, however received’t reveal that data as a result of it may give Cincinnati a “competitive advantage.”
The day earlier than, Johnson principally blamed Fields for the Jets’ 0-7 begin.
“It’s hard when you have a quarterback with a rating that he’s got,” Johnson mentioned. “I mean, he has the ability, but something just is not jiving.”
Fields mentioned he and Johnson have met earlier than video games, however shouldn’t have an in depth relationship.
Fields was benched on Sunday at halftime in the course of the Jets’ 13-6 loss to the Panthers. He accomplished 6-of-12 passes for 46 yards and was sacked 3 times. Tyrod Taylor changed Fields, however the Jets offense was solely capable of rating three factors within the ultimate half-hour.
Gang Inexperienced’s offense has struggled with each Fields and Taylor below middle. The workforce hasn’t registered a landing in two weeks and the Jets have simply seven within the earlier six weeks.
The Jets signed Fields to a two-year, $40 million contract in March, hoping he may very well be their long-term answer at quarterback. However along with their winless report, the Jets rank final in passing yards (143.4) and are twenty eighth in factors per sport (18.4).
Fields, 26, declined to debate whether or not he would ask for a commerce if Glenn named Taylor the beginning quarterback following Johnson’s feedback.
“I don’t like answering those questions, those what if, quote-unquote what if questions,” Fields mentioned. “I’m not going to try this as a result of that’s not going to do something for me, that’s not going to do something for this workforce.
“If anything, that’s going to put on a subject that the team is going to not focus on and the biggest focus right now is this game on Sunday. So, that’s just going to stir up more stuff that we don’t need.”
