A day later, Glenn admits Fields took 'step back'

One time and 3,500 aerial miles later, New York Jets manager Aaron Glenn turned disconnected the bristling and expressed his feelings astir backmost Justin Fields successful a much conciliatory code than helium did Sunday successful London.

This time, Glenn gave a blunt appraisal of Fields' historically mediocre passing performance.

"He took a measurement back," Glenn said Monday from the Jets' installation successful Florham Park, New Jersey.

About 55 steps, to beryllium nonstop -- the fig of yards helium mislaid connected 9 sacks successful their 13-11 nonaccomplishment to the Denver Broncos. It resulted successful -10 nett passing yards, the worst time successful franchise past arsenic the Jets dropped to 0-6.

Glenn got antiaircraft aft the game, scolding a newsman who asked if Fields would beryllium his starter this week against the Carolina Panthers.

"I thought astir this a batch [Sunday] night," Glenn said Monday morning. "I thought astir the question that was asked. When you look astatine what Justin did successful the games that helium played, listen, I didn't deliberation helium was atrocious astatine all. I really thought helium did immoderate beauteous bully things successful those 4 games.

"This 5th game, helium took a measurement back, and I'm with you guys 100 percent. We can't person that. We person to beryllium amended than that, and helium knows that. He knows that amended than anyone. So I don't deliberation you conscionable effort to seat a subordinate aft having 1 genuinely atrocious game. I thought the different games helium played reasonably well."

So, yes, Glenn is sticking with Fields, the team's marquee summation successful the offseason. The Jets gave him a two-year, $40 cardinal contract, including $30 cardinal guaranteed -- essentially, a one-year audition to beryllium helium could beryllium their semipermanent answer.

It's not going good -- Fields is ranked 29th retired of 33 qualified passers successful Total QBR -- but Glenn wants to springiness him each accidental earlier turning to Tyrod Taylor. At the aforesaid time, Glenn risks losing the locker country if helium stays excessively agelong with Fields, who has lone 4 touchdown passes successful 5 starts (he missed 1 crippled owed to a concussion).

Even though the discourtesy failed to people a touchdown against the Broncos, Glenn said helium ne'er considered an in-game backmost change, not adjacent a impermanent switch. He said that would've created an unwanted "dynamic," meaning Fields would ever beryllium looking implicit his shoulder.

Fields completed lone 9 of 17 passes for 45 yards, often holding the shot excessively agelong oregon simply eating it for a sack. He was pressured connected 16 dropacks, per NFL Next Gen Stats, but attempted a walk connected lone 4 of those plays.

"You're right," Glenn said, "he has to get it out."

After the game, Fields acknowledged that helium needed to marque quicker decisions, but helium besides said, "They've got a bully D-line. They got to the backfield fast. Once you get into that rhythm, you person to spell one, 2 and get the hellhole up retired of there."

Glenn didn't look to person overmuch religion successful Fields astatine the extremity of the archetypal half, erstwhile helium chose the fto the last 30 seconds tally disconnected the timepiece connected a 4th down alternatively of moving a play from their 47-yard line.

The first-year manager is receiving dense disapproval for not trying to beryllium aggressive. Even prima wide receiver Garrett Wilson said helium was "disappointed" by the strategy. After the game, Glenn said helium didn't privation to instrumentality a accidental connected giving the shot backmost to the Broncos. He besides said determination was "confusion" due to the fact that the officials didn't instantly awesome whether it was fourth-and-1 oregon a archetypal down. He opted to caput to the locker room, receiving an earful from Wilson arsenic they walked disconnected the field.

On Monday, Glenn said helium should've tried a Hail Mary with a fewer seconds left.

"That's a mistake that I m...