This is one in a series of articles that will also appear in the New York Jets 2025 Yearbook, which will be published later this summer.
Justin Fields has had some inconsistency over his first four NFL seasons. But Fields and Jets head coach Aaron Glenn see steady improvement in key areas and are eager to continue the QB's upward mobility.
"I think Justin's a dynamic player," Glenn said this offseason, "and I think there's more that we can get out of that player and I'm looking forward to that."
"My expectations for myself are higher than anybody else's expectations for me, to be honest with you," Fields said. "And I think I've been improving each year I've been in the league, so I look to do the same thing this year."
Not every statistical category shows steady improvement for Fields. But many metrics suggest he's heading in a very promising direction:
■ Fields has improved his passing accuracy (from 59% as a Bears rookie in 2021 to 60 to 61 to 66 with the Steelers last year), passer rating (73.2 to 85.2, 86.3 and 93.3), and scoring drive percentage (29.2% to 36.6, 40.7 and 42.3).
■ He has been one of the NFL's most mobile quarterbacks since his arrival, with 1,143 rushing yards in '22, a 178-yard rushing game against Miami that season that set and still holds the NFL record for most rush yards by a QB in a regular-season game, and a career average of 6.00 yards/carry, second only to the Ravens' Lamar Jackson at 6.14 among quarterbacks the past four seasons.
■ He became positively parsimonious with the pigskin in Pittsburgh, committing a career-low 2 individual giveaways in his 10 games (6 starts) for the Steelers. With his 387 offensive snaps, that gave him one giveaway for every 193.5 snaps — the third-best figure among all QBs with at least 300 snaps in a season since 2021.
"Just in terms of my play, I know what I can do on the field," Fields said. "I've been playing this game for a long time. I know what I'm capable of. I'm just ready to get to work and get things going."
