Let’s be sincere, the New York Jets haven’t all the time made the very best choices. It’s a part of why they ‘earned’ the No. 2 general choose within the 2026 NFL Draft.
Last offseason, they settled on signing Justin Fields to a two-year, $40 million contract, hoping the previous first-round choose might grow to be the NFL’s subsequent star quarterback after his authentic staff gave up on him. Only, Fields didn’t discover success.
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The eleventh general choose within the 2021 NFL Draft led the Jets to a 2-7 document earlier than being pulled for Tyrod Taylor. Now that the Jets have traded for a former Pro Bowl quarterback in Geno Smith, Fields’ time with the group could have run its course after one season.
According to ESPN’s Rich Cimini, Fields’ “status is very much up in the air” with the Jets.
That was the expectation heading into the offseason. Some are stunned that the Jets haven’t already moved on from the five-year professional. Yet, the one different quarterbacks on the Jets’ roster are Brady Cook (an undrafted rookie signing from 2025) and Bailey Zappe. In different phrases, if the Jets do transfer on from Fields, they’ll need to discover one other quarterback or two to assist take his place.
If the Jets do transfer on from Fields this offseason, he gained’t get one other likelihood to compete for the beginning job this offseason. But maybe he can discover a function the place he nonetheless sees the sphere as a situational participant able to serving to groups together with his legs on gadget performs.
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