Justin Fields Takes High Road After First Jets Win, Woody Johnson Criticism

It took 8 agelong and grueling weeks, but nan Jets yet person their first triumph of nan 2025 play aft a thrilling comeback triumph complete nan Bengals connected Sunday afternoon.

The Jets started backmost Justin Fields pinch Tyrod Taylor retired owed to injury, and Fields put together a cleanable and coagulated capacity throwing for 244 yards and 1 touchdown to lead his squad to a long-awaited win. Fields sewage nan commencement this week contempt Jets proprietor Woody Johnson's captious comments toward nan fifth-year signal-caller erstwhile Johnson said, "It’s difficult erstwhile you person a backmost pinch a standing that we got."

Some successful NFL media took rumor pinch Johnson's nationalist takedown of Fields, but nan young backmost didn't look to deliberation overmuch of it.

Fields met pinch CBS sideline newsman Aditi Kinkhabwala aft Sunday's 39-38 triumph and took nan precocious road, choosing to brushwood disconnected Johnson's words and alternatively attraction connected his teammates and nan emotions of nan large moment.

"God is good. That's each I gotta say," Fields said. "All nan tests and tribulations we've had this full season, from past week to this week, to conscionable each nan sound around, for illustration I said earlier successful nan week, I've recovered my bid pinch [Woody Johnson].

"We did a awesome job. I conscionable told nan guys earlier nan game, 3 things: belief, focus, and conscionable playing free and having nosy retired there. I'm proud of each nan guys. ... We support going."

Fields more straight addressed Johnson's comments astir him earlier this week, telling reporters that it "didn't fuss him" and that he was "at peace" pinch it.

In immoderate case, it's awesome to spot nan Jets backmost smiling fixed his rocky first play successful New York and up-and-down NFL profession frankincense far. Congrats to Fields, and whitethorn he person galore much reasons to observe entering nan 2nd half of his 2025 campaign.

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