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Fields posted a QBR of 38.7 and was benched midseason...The Jets dealt Fields to the Kansas City Chiefs in the offseason, and the roles were reversed. The Jets had to accept a late round pick swap and absorb most of the salary to get out of a quarterback mistake.
STACKED’s take
Fields' $30M deal aged poorly; Jets failed to build offense around his strengths.
Justin Fields posted a QBR of 38.7 in 2024 and was benched midseason. The Jets signed him to a two-year deal with $30 million in guarantees after the Aaron Rodgers experiment failed, but the deal 'aged poorly.' Zachariason argues the Jets failed to tailor their offense to Fields' strengths as a dynamic runner; instead, they ran him at a lower rate than his previous teams (Chicago and Pittsburgh), didn't lean into simplified concepts, and surrounded him with journeymen receivers (Josh Reynolds, Allen Lazard, Tyler Johnson) rather than quick separators suited to his limitations as a pocket passer. Fields was then traded to Kansas City in the offseason, with the Jets absorbing most of the salary to escape the mistake.
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