Gang Green Nation
The Jets lost in Week 2 to the Buffalo Bills so it is our sad duty to give out anti-game balls to those who did not deliver for Gang Green.
Justin Fields
One of the interesting dynamics of Justin Fields is his polarizing nature. Throughout the media and the NFL fanbase, you have people who talk about Fields like he’s Josh Allen. You also have people who talk about him like he’s Anthony Richardson. It has struck me that Fields is both wildly overrated and wildly underrated at the same time.
The first two weeks of the 2025 season do much to explain this phenomenon. At this point of his career, I think it’s fair to say that the most accurate assessment of Fields is he’s a low level starter/high level backup type quarterback. He arrives at this place in a different way than say Gardner Minshew. Minshew gives you the occasional big game or really bad game, but for the most part he gives you steady yet unremarkable play.
Fields. on the other hand, has highs that are really high and lows that are really low. One week he can look like a top ten player at the position. Another he can look like the absolute worst.
I came across an amazing fact last night looking at Fields’ career stats game by game. Even though he is in his fifth year in the NFL, Fields start Sunday was just the 46th of his career. That’s less than three seasons of games.
That isn’t the amazing fact. It’s this. In that short span, the Buffalo game was the tenth time Justin Fields posted a QBR at least 40 points lower than the QBR in his previous game.
It’s a staggering monument to inconsistency. You can’t drop 40 points in a game unless two things are true. Your previous game was really good, and the game that followed was truly dreadful.
If Fields doesn’t start finding more consistency, he will fall into the classic category of journeyman who is always good enough to find a job but never good enough to keep it.
For the Jets this season, the biggest burden isn’t getting Fields to find a high level. It’s about making the low moments not as low. Josh Allen played a poor game by his standards on Sunday, but he was still able to hit some timely passes and break a pivotal 40 yard run on an early third down.
Fields meanwhile was responsible for sinking the Jets offense. I don’t know any other way to put it. Many of the throws he missed were passes an NFL quarterback needs to hit in his sleep. If Fields connects on these, I don’t know that the Jets win, but they at least would have had a functional offensive performance.
Fields left the game with a concussion. The Jets must hope he is ready soon. Tyrod Taylor might be a respected veteran. He certainly can hit the passes Fields missed on Sunday,...
