2025 When It ‘All Comes Together’ For Jets’ Justin Fields?
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2025 When It ‘All Comes Together’ For Jets’ Justin Fields?
Justin Fields has never truly realized his potential in his four NFL seasons. Bleacher Report gives its reason why he can make it work in New York. The defense needs to improve under Aaron Glenn, which most believe it will. Fields can lean on the run game as much as he likes, however there will be times where he has to make “the” play with his arm, and that is where the doubts stem from. He has a lot going for him with the Jets’ offense under Tanner Engstrand.
It certainly feels like now or never for Justin Fields with the New York Jets taking a flier on him this offseason to lead Aaron Glenn’s new regime.
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Having never truly realized his potential in his four NFL seasons, Fields comes to the Big Apple looking to finally make it all happen by playing consistent football, winning games and looking good doing it.
But can he? Yes, we hear the skeptics, and that noise is warranted.
However, can Fields make it work in New York? Bleacher Report gives its reason why he can.
“The uniquely talented 26-year-old is backed by a strong defense, a talented offensive line with two high-profile young tackles and a star receiver in Garrett Wilson,” Bleacher Report writes. “This could be the year when it all comes together for Fields.”
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Justin Fields And The JetsBy Tony Fisher
The defense needs to improve under Glenn, which most believe it will; the offensive line is stout, and Breece Hall, Braelon Allen, and Isaiah Davis can pound the rock.
That would ideally leave Fields to pick and choose when he can air it out, and with Garrett Wilson, Allen Lazard, and Josh Reynolds as his top weapons, for some, that may not be enough.
But in truth, Fields can lean on the run game as much as he likes, however there will be times where he has to make “the” play with his arm, and that is where the doubts stem from.
He has a lot going for him with the Jets’ offense under Tanner Engstrand, but can he put it all together?
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Jets fans sure hope so.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 12, 2025, where it first appeared.
AFC Notes: Justin Fields, Christian Elliss, Jets, Patriots
The Jets are using GoPro cameras on their quarterbacks’ helmets to study what they are seeing. The Patriots re-signed LB Christian Elliss to a two-year, $13.5 million extension as a restricted free agent. New York HC Aaron Glenn said Justin Fields isn’t trying to be a “celebrity quarterback” and is working hard in practice. The Jets will lean on RB Breece Hall and QB Justin Fields to complement the offense and defense, according to an anonymous coordinator. The New England Patriots are making an effort to help their team “come together” this offseason, Elliss said. “My entire life, especially my football career, it’s been a fight to get to where I’m at, and to get on the field.”
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler cites an anonymous coordinator who thinks Jets’ new HC Aaron Glenn will lean on RB Breece Hall and QB Justin Fields‘ athleticism, while Glenn should also benefit New York’s defense.
“A defensive head coach is going to run the ball with Breece Hall and a dangerous weapon to complement the offense in Fields,” the coordinator said. “AG will help the defense be even better, too.”
Justin Fields
Justin Fields enters the 2025 season as the Jets’ incumbent starting quarterback after parting ways with Aaron Rodgers. New York HC Aaron Glenn said Fields isn’t trying to be a “celebrity quarterback” and is working hard in practice.
“He’s not trying to be the celebrity quarterback, he’s just trying to be himself,” Glenn said, via Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic. “And whatever comes with that, it comes with it. So, he’s not trying to impress anybody. He’s going out there and he’s busting his a– trying to be the best quarterback he can be for this team. Everybody sees that — and I like that.”
The Jets have been using GoPro cameras on their quarterbacks’ helmets to study what they are seeing. OC Tanner Engstrand described the insight their new approach is giving them.
“It’s awesome. I’m just telling you, I can’t believe we didn’t do this before,” Engstrand said. “It is unbelievable. We can hear him call the play in the huddle. We can hear him at the line of scrimmage, making his check, whatever it needs, so you can see his eyes, where he’s going, and then you can see him go through the progression. You can see everything from his vantage point.”
With the technology, Engstrand and QBs coach Charles London can have a more extensive film study with Fields.
“It’s, what’s your pre-snap process?” Engstrand said. “You break the huddle, what are you looking at? What are we keying? Are we looking in the right areas? What’s the concept? If it’s a pass play, am I looking in the right spot? There’s all sorts of things to talk about with that.”
Patriots
The Patriots re-signed LB Christian Elliss to a two-year, $13.5 million extension as a restricted free agent this offseason. Elliss is grateful to earn the opportunity after bouncing around the league with the Vikings, 49ers, and Eagles before landing in New England.
“Humbling, especially,” Elliss said, via Mike Reiss of ESPN. “My entire life, especially my football career, it’s been a fight to get to where I’m at, and to get on the field.”
Elliss thinks he’s already made progress under new HC Mike Vrabel.
“I’m so happy with the progress I made. Our coaches are amazing. They’ve been helping us get everything detailed, lined up, and knowing exactly what you have to do,” Elliss said.
Elliss added he’s making an effort to help their team “come together” this offseason.
“Every day has gotten better. That’s the same feedback I’ve gotten from the coaches, and it’s the same feedback I’d give to my teammates — just watching us come together, it’s been good to see.”
New York Jets 2025 Quarterback Preview: It’s All on Justin Fields to Develop
Justin Fields is a high Draft pick whose career is off to a very disappointing start. The fifth year pro is now on his third team and hasn’t come come to justifying his spot as the 11th overall pick in 2021. There have been enough flashes of high end play for teams to believe his talent can be channeled in the right situation. The Jets gave him a moderately priced contract. It is the type of deal that will turn into a bargain if Fields makes progress. Conversely, it will go down as an overpay if his performance doesn’t see a jump. He is one of the handful of quarterbacks in the league who is capable of producing splash plays on the ground, which expands the playbook. There is clearly a level of quarterback play the Jets need Fields to show consistently but he has shown an ability to occasionally reach it. This will require multiple things. It will require his own work with good instruction from his own coaches. It also will require the coaches to find concepts Fields is comfortable with and making them staples of the offense.
With that in mind, I have decided to change the format this year. Instead of doing a season preview for each player, I am going to write a preview for each position group. We start today with the quarterbacks.
The Most Important Player
Justin Fields
Fields is a high Draft pick whose career is off to a very disappointing start. The fifth year pro is now on his third team and hasn’t come come to justifying his spot as the 11th overall pick in 2021. Still, there have been enough flashes of high end play for teams to believe his talent can be channeled in the right situation.
The Jets gave him a moderately priced contract. It is the type of deal that will turn into a bargain if Fields makes progress. Conversely, it will go down as an overpay if his performance doesn’t see a jump.
That might sound familiar. Former Jets general manager Joe Douglas gave out a lot of contracts like that to players with similar pedigrees. Unfortunately, most of them failed. Whatever flashes guys like Jarrad Davis, Mecole Hardman, and Javon Kinlaw displayed in their first few seasons proved to be mirages.
Every coaching staff and front office has players they believe they can get more from than other teams. To me, one of the biggest separators of the good from the bad is the ability to correctly identify players who underperformed elsewhere capable of doing better in a different circumstance.
Given that the first such project Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey chose is at the quarterback position, the stakes could not be higher.
Anybody who has watched Fields’ first four years would likely acknowledge he is a work in progress as a passer. He misses too many reads and frequently lacks pocket presence. There have been some real flashes of quality play, however.
I’ll copy my own work from early in the offseason to prove that point.
I took a look at Fields’ career. He has posted a passer rating of 100 or better in 21.6% of the games where he has thrown at least 20 passes. That number is meaningless without context. Should we be encouraged? Discouraged? I decided to look to Sam Darnold’s career. Prior to 2024, Darnold had a 100 or better passer rating in 23.6% of the games where he had at least 20 attempts.
After a very rough first six years in the NFL, Darnold took a big step forward in 2024 starting for a Minnesota Vikings team that went 14-3. Darnold finished 10th in the MVP voting.
I wouldn’t expect Justin Fields to approach Darnold’s statistical success this season. I can all but promise you he won’t have 13 games with a passer rating over 100.
Darnold was in a much better situation than Fields will be. He had one of the three best wide receivers in the league, a quality second option, a good receiving tight end, and one of the best play designers in the league running his offense. By contrast, Fields will have a top 10-20 receiver in Garrett Wilson (which is NOT a knock when you think about how much wide receiver talent currently is in the league), no viable number two receiver, a rookie tight end, and a first time play caller. Fields could play at the same level as Darnold and still have a far less impressive statistical output. Darnold himself is likely to see his statistics regress quite a bit in a less favorable situation in Seattle.
Success for Fields isn’t about garnering MVP consideration. (Heck, I would say the fact Darnold got three MVP votes a year ago speaks to how unsophisticated some voters still are at breaking down the causes and effects of success.)
There is, however, clearly a level of quarterback play the Jets need. Fields has not played consistently at that level to date, but he has shown an ability to occasionally reach it. The Jets need those flashes to turn into regular occurrences. This will require multiple things. First, it will require Fields to improve. This combines his own work with good instruction from his coaches. It also will require the coaches to find concepts Fields is comfortable with and making them staples of the offense. It won’t hurt to make extensive use of Fields’ ability as a runner. He is one of the handful of quarterbacks in the league who is capable of producing splash plays on the ground, which expands the playbook.
I view Fields as a potential stabilizer at quarterback for the Jets. There’s only so much progress you can reasonably expect a player to make. It’s not a terribly far distance from where Fields is now to see him become a competent placeholder quarterback. Becoming the team’s long-term starter is a much bigger ask.
The Jets don’t really need Fields to be the guy for the next ten years, though. What they really need is someone who can play effectively enough to win some games in the short run and prevent the team from feeling like it desperately needs a quarterback entering the 2026 NFL Draft. There are a lot of reasons teams pick the wrong quarterback in the Draft, and desperation is among them. Quality play from Fields can leave the Jets feeling like they can wait for the right prospect, whenever he comes along.
That seems to be the plan at least. How well it goes will tell us quite a bit about the competence of the Aaron Glenn/Darren Mougey pair.
The Veteran Backup
Tyrod Taylor
In 2024 the Jets gave Taylor a contract that virtually guaranteed he would be on the team for two years. Was this really necessary to secure the services of a player like Tyrod Taylor? I have my doubts. Under Woody Johnson, the Jets frequently make moves basic on optics. In the shadow of a 2023 season that went down the drain in part because the team did not adequately address the backup quarterback role, it sure seemed to me that guaranteeing that second year for Taylor was more about showing the world that they were taking backup quarterback seriously than it was about the merits.
Either way, Taylor is back as the number two quarterback. It isn’t hard to guess what you will get from him. He’s a veteran who will know where the ball needs to go on the first read. Even at 36 years old, he probably still has enough juice in his legs to evade pass rushers and break off an occasional nice gain on a scramble. He’ll also protect the football. You won’t get much more.
I would guess Taylor could get you through a game or two at this point. Anything more might be too much to ask. In his prime, Tyrod topped out as a competent game manager. The last time he held down full-time starting job was eight years ago. He’s firmly in the backup stage of his career. We know what he can do and can’t do.
The Number Three Quarterback Competitors
Brady Cook
Adrian Martinez
The retirement of Jordan Travis creates an opening for one of two undrafted players to snag a roster spot. Now that the NFL allows teams to activate a extra player on gameday as the emergency quarterback, it makes sense to roster three signal callers.
You aren’t expecting much from your number three quarterback. Essentially, you want somebody capable of executing a handful of plays. Few third string quarterbacks will have sustained success, but there is still a big difference between having an actual quarterback taking snaps and putting a position player under center.
The decision on whether Cook or Martinez earns the spot could come down to what the Jets value in the number three quarterback role. Martinez’s ability as a runner would give the Jets an obvious set of plays he could likely execute successfully even if it probably wouldn’t take defenses long to catch on. Cook likely has more upside as a developmental passer. Given that the current Jets regime is more focused on the long term than the short term, that might tip the scales to Cook although its admittedly speculative.
Justin Fields Key To Shocking Faith in ‘Scrappy’ Jets’ AFC East Chances
Justin Fields Key To Shocking Faith in ‘Scrappy’ Jets’ AFC East Chances. Aaron Glenn’s new regime is headlined by Justin Fields, who himself has questions to answer over his ability to be a solid NFL starter. The Jets were 1-6 in the division last year, but they had three one-score losses to the Bills, Patriots, and Broncos. They held opponents to a 5.0 yards per play average last season, which was tied for the second-lowest in the NFL.
When it comes to the AFC East in 2025, no one has the New York Jets in the conversation, and in truth, after last season, nor should they.
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Aaron Glenn’s new regime is headlined by Justin Fields, who himself has questions to answer over his ability to be a solid NFL starter. His weapons leave a lot to be desired, with only Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson seen as ones defenses have to keep an eye on.
Defensively, the unit is expected to improve with Glenn at the helm, and when we throw that all in together, maybe the Jets could surprise a few people this upcoming season.
For CBS Sports’ Tyler Sullivan, Fields’s ability to improve could make the Jets a scrappy team in the division.
“If Fields can now limit turnovers, make timely throws, and still be dynamic with his legs, that’s enough for New York to be scrappy in the division race,” Sullivan writes. “That’s especially true if the defense continues to be stout after a 2024 season where they held opponents to a 5.0 yards per play average, which was tied for the second-lowest in the NFL.”
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New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields (7).John Jones-Imagn Images
While the Jets were 1-6 in the division last year, they had three one-score losses to the Bills, Patriots, and Broncos, so it wasn’t exactly blowouts all the time.
Could New York, under Glenn, bring some calm to the organization that was wrapped up in the Aaron Rodgers circus last year?
Fan’s might find this shocking, but …
We think so.
Now, whether that translates to on-field success is unknown, and the Jets still aren’t going to be legitimate AFC East contenders. But we don’t have to look too far to see the Washington Commanders’ jump from the NFL doldrums to NFC contenders last season.
Could something similar happen?
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Yes, it’s unlikely, but never say never.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 8, 2025, where it first appeared.
Jets safety hits Justin Fields doubters with bold 2025 prediction
New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields is getting ready for his fifth season in the NFL. His teammate, safety Andre Cisco, is expecting big things from him. Fields has shown a lot of skill and potential sicne entering the league, but he hasn’t been able to put it all together yet. This is going to be his first year with the Jets, so maybe things will be different this time around. The Jets badly needed a new start, and that is exactly what they are getting. Could Aaron Glenn and Justin Fields end up being the fix in New York?
New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields is getting ready for his fifth season in the NFL, and he is hoping for a breakout year. Fields has shown a lot of skill and potential sicne entering the league, but he hasn’t been able to put it all together yet. This is going to be his first year with the Jets, so maybe things will be different this time around. His teammate, safety Andre Cisco, is expecting big things from him.
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Justin Fields was the starting QB for the Chicago Bears for three seasons, but he spent most of last year in a backup role with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, he is set to be a starter again, and Andre Frisco thinks that he might surprise a lot of people.
“Getting to know him up close as a teammate has been really, really special,” Cisco said during an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “I’m glad that I get this opportunity to get behind him and support him as he takes on that role. We already know what quarterback means in the NFL. I’m excited for him to prove those who are doubting him wrong and those who are supporting right, because I think he’s gonna have a huge year.”
Cisco clearly has a lot of confidence in Fields, and he also has a lot of confidence in new head coach Aaron Glenn. There are a lot of new faces in the Big Apple, but it could the start of something special.
“I expected a man that was going to hold us to a high standard,” Cisco said of Glenn. “He put together a good staff that has also done a really, really good job of bringing the message down from up top. I appreciate it so far. It’s helped me get better. We had a really productive spring, learned a lot and I already saw my game transform from Day 1 to Day 15 — however many days we practiced. I know it’s gonna be a great time this year.”
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The Jets badly needed a new start, and that is exactly what they are getting. Could Aaron Glenn and Justin Fields end up being the fix in New York?
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