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Rich Cemini
FLORHAM PARK, NJ – Justin Fields will New York Jets“The eighth other Quarterback over the past 14 years.
Yes, he goes to hard work. Then again, the one who left was not a picnic.
“Of course it was different for me and the space where I wasn’t necessarily comfortable,” Fields said on Wednesday in its first availability of the media since the signing of a two -year contract of $ 40 million last month as a free agent.
Helped Pittsburgh Steelers to the beginning of 4-2 last season, but was the first time in his life for the first time when Russell Wilson was considered healthy after the calf injury. Fields never got another shot, even if the crime crammed late in the season.
Instead of looking back with bitterness, Fields said he believed that the experience would make him better quarterback for nozzles. Replaces the future Hall of Fame Aaron Rodgerswhich was released after an unequal season.
“Coach (Mike) Tomlin decided he thought he was best for the team, and I would never be against it,” Fields said, thinking about the bench. “I’m not a selfish guy at all, so I just tried to change my perspective, to improve every day in practice.”
It was a backup in the last 11 games, plus play -off and left him in “a place where I wasn’t, really, never in my life,” he said. Steelers tried to re -sign the field, but the Jets came strongly with a $ 30 million guarantee and the opportunity to assert themselves as their long -term answer.
Fields insisted that the bench had no influence on its decision to leave the Steelers.
“You can’t take things in person,” he said. “That’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, I didn’t take anything personal. At the end of the day I was excited about what was happening here with AG (Aaron Glenn) and only with coaching staff, so it had nothing to do with Pittsburgh.”
This is the third stop of the NFL Fields. It was Chicago Bears“The first round in 2021, then replaced by 2024 No. 1 Selection Caleb Williams. He was traded to Pittsburgh, where he threw five landings, ran five for another, and after three spotted years in Chicago published the level of completing a high career.
“I think I progress and improve every year and I’m excited that things are rolling this year,” Fields said.
It seems that the nozzles are in all-in in the fields, 26, Glenn says the former Quarterback Ohio State still did not reach its ceiling.
“I think he’s a dynamic player, and I think there’s more that we can get out of it,” Glenn said at the recent meetings of the owners. “I’m looking forward to it.”
Glenn was not critical of Steelers and Bears, but suggested that the fields can do more as passers -by. His running ability is well documented; It average 50 rushing yards per game.
“I think I did what I was asked, and I never had a problem with it,” Fields said, looking back at my time in Chicago and Pittsburgh. “I’ve always been a team player.”
Is losing time, Glenn has already named Fields the Starting Quarterback, with Tyrod Taylor remaining in the backup role. Glenn did it partially to give Fields a chance to assert himself as a team leader.
They are only three days in the Offseason program, but Fields has already made a good impression.
“I think the right man is for this job,” said the newly signed corner corner Brandon Stephensformerly Baltimore Ravens. “I think it has what is needed to lead this crime to lead this team. I think the sky is a limit.”
