Aaron Glenn Addressed ‘unfair’ Comments About Justin Fields After Jets’ Win

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Days aft Jets proprietor Woody Johnson issued immoderate harsh comments astir nan team's backmost play from Justin Fields this year, Fields responded by leading nan Jets to their first victory of nan play connected Sunday.

Johnson said earlier successful nan week, "It looks for illustration [Glenn] is turning astir parts of [the team]. It’s difficult erstwhile you person a backmost pinch a standing that we got. He has nan expertise but thing is just, it's not jiving. But you look astatine immoderate caput coach pinch a backmost for illustration that you're going to spot akin results crossed nan league. You person to play consistently astatine that position and that's what we're going to effort to do."

Against nan Bengals this week, Fields completed 21 of 32 passes for 244 yards and a touchdown arsenic nan Jets earned a 39-38 victory, their astir points successful a crippled this season. In his 2 games anterior to this matchup, Fields had completed little than 53% of his passes, averaged nether 4 yards per effort and was sacked a mixed 12 times. He completed less than 10 walk attempts and threw for less than 50 yards successful each game.

Fields was benched past week during their nonaccomplishment to nan Panthers, and was competing pinch Tyrod Taylor to commencement this week. With Taylor not emotion spell capable to play, Fields sewage nan commencement again, and yet capitalized.

"Justin was Justin," Glenn said of his backmost postgame. "It conscionable truthful happened that things were really clicking for him. He had a awesome week of practice. ... Proud of him."

“Who he is arsenic a person, his faith, and nan measurement he goes astir his business—he was primed to beryllium capable to grip situations for illustration this," Glenn said. "It’s truthful unfair to him, it really is, that he gets criticized truthful much. On nan different hand, I told him, being a precocious pick, being a quarterback—especially successful nan New York area—criticism, responsibility, expectation, each those things travel you. Some of it's unwarranted, but we understand, a batch of has to spell pinch america [being] 0-7. He's a cleanable personification to beryllium capable to grip everything that's been thrown astatine him. He's a typical person, a typical person."

Fields's crippled was aided by a beardown rushing attack, which ran for a whopping 254 yards and 2 touchdowns connected nan afternoon. It is besides notable that this took spot against nan Bengals, who person 1 of nan NFL's worst defenses.

Still, aft receiving specified beardown disapproval from his team's proprietor and overmuch of nan media alike, it's a feel-good infinitesimal for Fields to play amended and get this win.