Aaron Glenn Says Woody Johnson Has 'right To His Opinion' On Justin Fields

Jets coach Aaron Glenn has responded to squad proprietor Woody Johnson, who appeared to publicly shadiness struggling backmost Justin Fields successful comments made Tuesday.

Speaking connected Wednesday, Glenn said that, arsenic an owner, it is Johnson's correct to definitive what he is feeling, and that his remarks are beautiful overmuch successful keeping pinch really everyone feels correct now.

"He's an proprietor and he has a correct to his opinion," Glenn said, asked really he felt astir Johnson seeming to azygous personification out. "And erstwhile you look astatine that, it's really thing that's been said crossed nan committee from everybody, including Justin.

"Man, we person to improve, and we understand that. We've gone 2 games without scoring a touchdown, and we person to make judge we get amended successful that aspect. So we're each connected nan aforesaid page. It mightiness beryllium said different, it mightiness beryllium said pinch different tones, but we've each been connected nan aforesaid page erstwhile it comes to that. When it comes to our moving backmost play, erstwhile it comes to our backmost play, erstwhile it comes to our protect play. So nothing's different astir what we've done. We've conscionable said it successful a different tone, successful a different way."

While talking to reporters up of nan NFL owners' gathering this week, Johnson was beautiful candid and blunt astir Fields's struggles nether center.

"It looks for illustration [Glenn] is turning astir parts of [the team]," Johnson said. "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."

He added: "If we could conscionable complete a pass, it would look good."

Of course, he's not wrong; nan Jets person looked terrible. But it's not nan champion motion erstwhile an proprietor aliases squad leader is publically critiquing nan leader of nan offense.

That said, Glenn seemed nary excessively pressed astir nan full thing. In fact, he made it sound for illustration Johnson wasn't saying thing nan squad hadn't already thought themselves.

On that note, Glenn revealed that he has made a determination astir which quarterback—Fields aliases backup Tyrod Taylor—will beryllium starting this weekend, but he will not denote it until later.

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