New York Jets owner Woody Johnson gave head coach Aaron Glenn a vote of confidence and took a shot at Justin Fields simultaneously.
Mr. Johnson spoke to the media at the NFL meetings in New York City.
“Well, it looks like he [Glenn] is turning around parts of it. It’s hard when you have a quarterback with a rating that he’s got. I mean, he has ability, but something just is not jiving. But if you look at any head coach of a quarterback like that, you’re going to see similar results if you were across the league,” Mr. Johnson explained via ESPN’s Rich Cimini.
“But if you look
Mr. Johnson said the Jets can start winning games “if we can just complete a pass” via Cimini.
” I just think defense [and] special teams are doing better. Defense is pretty good. If we can just complete a pass, it would look good,” Mr. Johnson continued to explain via Cimini.
Jets Set to Make QB Change Ahead of Week 8
Head coach Aaron Glenn was noncommittal on who his starting quarterback would be in Week 8 against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Mr. Johnson told the local media that the decision on who to start is “completely up to the coach.”
However, according to ESPN’s Rich Cimini, Coach Glenn is “moving toward naming Tyrod Taylor his starter.”
Jets QB Play Has Been Historically Awful
During the Week 6 loss to the Denver Broncos, Fields finished with negative 10 net passing yards. That was the worst mark in the Jets’ franchise history.
The folks over at Football Perspective recently revealed which quarterbacks have thrown for the fewest passing yards through seven games over the last decade (2015-2025).
Justin Fields holds three of the four lowest yardage totals on the list: 871 passing yards (2021, Chicago), 884 passing yards (2022, Chicago), and 1,004 passing yards (2025, New York).
The only non-Fields quarterbacked season on the list was Buffalo Bills rookie Josh Allen in 2018 with 906 passing yards.
871 – 2021 Bears (Justin Fields QB) 884 – 2022 Bears (Justin Fields QB) 906 – 2018 Bills (Josh Allen QB) 1004 – 2025 Jets (Justin Fields QB)
Coach Glenn Gets Absolved of Blame But…
Mr. Johnson explained that you can’t win football games when you get that level of quarterback play. That statement has proven true; the Jets are the only winless team in the league at 0-7.
Mr. Johnson has seemingly absolved Coach Glenn of blame for the Fields situation, but he shouldn’t come out completely clean.
Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic revealed in a recent column that Glenn “had his eye on Fields from the minute he took the job.”
“An interest fueled by their battles when Glenn was the defensive coordinator for the Lions, Fields the quarterback for the Bears. In explaining why Glenn felt Fields was the right fit, he often threw shade at the coaching staffs that had guided him in the past (the Steelers’ and the Bears’): ‘We’re going to let him play quarterback,’ Rosenblatt explained.
Obviously, Coach Glenn and his staff fell flat on those quarterback reclamation project plans through the first seven weeks of the season.
With a quarterback change looming, it feels like the Fields experiment is officially over.
Coach Glenn has received a mulligan from ownership on that failure, but he can’t afford another one in April when they inevitably select a quarterback. That will be the most important decision this regime has made this century. No pressure.
Woody Johnson Takes Shot at Justin Fields, Defends Jets HC Aaron Glenn