Steelers Now
The New York Jets are off to a disastrous 0-7 start, but team owner Woody Johnson does not regret parting ways with future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers.
“I never look back. You have to look forward in football. When you cut players they could be Hall of Famers, you just never know. But Aaron is playing great now. He’s in a situation that’s working for him,” Johnson said Tuesday at the NFL owners’ meetings in New York City.
Through six games, Rodgers has completed 118 of 172 pass attempts (68.6%) for 1,270 yards with 14 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a passer rating of 105.0. Rodgers is tied for fourth-most in touchdown passes this year so far.
Woody Johnson on Aaron Rodgers:
"I never look back. You have to look forward in football. When you cut players they could be Hall of Famers, you just never know. But Aaron is playing great now. He’s in a situation that’s working for him."
— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) October 21, 2025
To say the least, Johnson is not a fan of quarterback Justin Fields. He thinks Fields is the main reason for the team’s 0-7 start.
“It’s hard when you have a quarterback with the rating that we’ve got. He has the ability, but something is not jiving,” Johnson told reporters. “If you look at any head coach with a quarterback like that, you are going to similar results across the league.”
The Jets gave Fields a two-year, $40 million contract, including $30 million in guarantees this past offseason. It’s a move that Johnson apparently regrets.
“The offense is just not clicking, and you can’t run the ball if you can’t pass the ball,” Johnson said. “That’s football 101.”
The Jets are planning to bench Fields for Tyrod Taylor as their starting quarterback, according to Rich Cimini of ESPN.
Johnson said the decision is “completely up to” head coach Aaron Glenn.
Fields was benched in Sunday’s loss to the Carolina Panthers. Fields completed 6 of 12 passes for 46 yards with zero touchdowns, zero interceptions, and a passer rating of 59.7.
“It’s not my decision. I’m here to be the best teammate I can be. I’m here to be the best person I can be,” Fields said when asked if he felt his benching was warranted.
In six starts, Fields has posted a career-low 32.1 Total QBR, ranking 31st out of 33 qualified passers. Fields’s passer rating is 18th best in the league at 91.1. His EPA per dropback is -0.09 and 28th in the league.
Last season with the Steelers, Fields also made six starts, and completed 106 of 161 passes (65.8%) for 1,106 yards, five touchdowns, one interception and a 93.3 passer rating.
Fields was a free agent at the end of the 2024 season, and the Steelers had a dialogue with him about returning, but he ended up preferring the offer from New York. If the Jets release Fields after the 2025 season, he will...
