Shortly after quarterback Justin Fields helped the New York Jets earn an upset 39-38 win on the Cincinnati Bengals that improved the Jets to 1-7 on Sunday, Fields admitted that he bought emotional final week after he was on the receiving finish of criticism from staff proprietor Woody Johnson.
Whereas talking with reporters on Monday, first-year Jets head coach Aaron Glenn praised Fields for the way the signal-caller handled an ungainly state of affairs earlier than he produced a formidable outing at Cincinnati’s Paycor Stadium.
Aaron Glenn credit Justin Fields for being susceptible after win over Bengals
“This is the purpose that I feel everyone’s lacking,” Glenn stated about Fields’ postgame feedback, per Alex Smith of SNY. “He was being susceptible, however he was additionally educating. He was educating everyone on the market that, pay attention, we’re people, and issues occur in our lives. … There’s a lot that comes at these gamers that individuals don’t perceive. They shoot arrows in any respect these gamers, and so they don’t understand these gamers have emotions. And I feel that was enormous not just for himself, however for the opposite athletes on the market that listened to what he’s saying, that it’s larger than soccer a whole lot of occasions. With the ability to deal with your self in a manner of persona, religion, household, all of these issues have helped him be the participant and the individual that he’s proper now.”
Particularly, Fields revealed that he spent a while in his closet “crying on the bottom” after Johnson basically blamed the 26-year-old for the staff’s 0-7 document. Glenn benched a struggling Fields to play backup Tyrod Taylor in the course of the Jets’ 13-6 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Oct. 19, and many assumed Taylor would begin towards Cincinnati. Nonetheless, Fields bought the nod on Sunday after Taylor was dominated out because of a bone bruise in his knee.
In opposition to a bad Bengals protection, Fields accomplished 21-of-32 passes for 244 yards and a landing. Jets operating again Breece Corridor rushed for 133 yards and accounted for 3 scores (two dashing, one passing) on the afternoon.
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“He performed the sport precisely like we see him taking part in for us to win the sport,” Glenn added about Fields. “I might say that there are nonetheless some issues inside that recreation that he is aware of he has to enhance on, and that’s going to be each recreation. We’re at all times going to be crucial of ourselves. I’m at all times going to be crucial of offense, protection, and particular groups, some issues that I feel we will get higher at. However yeah, he did a extremely good job for us yesterday. I assumed he managed that recreation very well.”
As was the case heading into the weekend, Glenn declined on Monday to verify that Fields will stay atop the depth chart coming off the Jets’ Week 9 bye. The two-6 Cleveland Browns are additionally starting their bye forward of the matchup on the Jets on Nov. 9.
“That is the bye week, and we’re going to deal with us, and pay attention, I’ve time to make that call,” Glenn stated about his dealing with of the Jets’ quarterback state of affairs.
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