Reporters share differing views on Jets’ potential QB controversy
Lengthy earlier than New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn confirmed on Wednesday that backup Tyrod Taylor will begin rather than the injured Justin Fields (concussion) for this coming Sunday’s sport at the 2-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, some media members advised that Fields taking place with a setback may open the door for a possible quarterback controversy.
For a bit revealed on Wednesday, Jets reporter Andy Vasquez of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com famous that “it will be unwise for the Jets at hand the ball proper again to Fields if Taylor performs effectively” at Raymond James Stadium in Week 3.
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“Wins are laborious sufficient to come back by within the NFL,” Vasquez wrote whereas referencing the 0-2 Jets. “And if Taylor will get a scorching hand on Sunday towards the Bucs, the Jets can be sensible to journey it for so long as they will.”
Quite a few reviews shared how Fields was chargeable for “uneven” performances from the beginning of coaching camp via the ultimate week of August. He then appeared to silence such chatter when he accomplished 16-of-22 passes for 218 yards and accounted for 3 complete touchdowns (one passing, two speeding) within the Jets’ 34-32 Week 1 house loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Nevertheless, Fields then produced what may go down because the worst efficiency from a QB1 this season when he linked on 3-of-11 passes for 27 yards earlier than he suffered a concussion within the Jets’ 30-10 house defeat towards the Buffalo Payments this previous Sunday. For what it is price, NFL insider Albert Breer of Sports activities Illustrated is not utterly shopping for that the Jets would bench a wholesome Fields subsequent week if Taylor guides the membership to a win over Tampa Bay.
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“What I’ve heard from everybody who’s coached Fields going again to varsity is that he wants runway to play,” Breer wrote for a mailbag posted on Wednesday. “Primarily based on the contract the Jets gave him, it’s been their intention to offer him that. So I can’t think about one unhealthy Sunday will change all that, even when I’d say we’ve already seen that Aaron Glenn’s going to do issues his personal means.”
The Jets can escape Fields’ contract subsequent offseason, which means Glenn and Co. are married to the group’s signal-callers solely on a short-term foundation. If nothing else, it is fascinating that Breer did not utterly slam the door shut on the concept of Taylor getting the nod for New York’s Week 4 sport on the Miami Dolphins.
