Fields shrugs off Jets owner's criticism of his play

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets backmost Justin Fields shrugged disconnected disapproval from squad proprietor Woody Johnson, saying he's not seeking a speech to wide the air. And helium doesn't expect Johnson to attack him.

"I don't deliberation maine talking to him is going to bash anything," Fields said Wednesday aft practice. "It's not going to marque maine play better. It's not going to springiness maine much assurance connected the field, truthful I don't deliberation there's needfully a constituent successful talking astir that and I uncertainty he'll travel and speech to me."

Fields is struggling mightily for the Jets and could beryllium connected the verge of losing his occupation to Tyrod Taylor. The muddled backmost concern took an unexpected crook connected Tuesday, erstwhile Johnson, speaking to reporters astatine the NFL's autumn gathering successful New York, blamed Fields for the 0-7 start.

"I'm not definite however helium feels astir the concern astatine all, but, I mean, I don't person immoderate plans going up to property him astir what helium said," Fields said. "Everybody's entitled to their opinion. That's conscionable what it is, but you conscionable person a prime oregon not whether those opinions impact you oregon not."

Fields said helium wasn't alert of Johnson's comments until informed by reporters, though the substance was addressed by Aaron Glenn earlier successful the greeting squad meeting, the manager said.

The backmost isn't peculiarly adjacent with Johnson. Fields said they met for the archetypal clip earlier a caller game, adding that their narration consists of speedy chats earlier games.

"It doesn't fuss me," helium said of the owner's criticism. "Of course, everybody knows I request to play amended and we request to play amended arsenic a team. And, of course, nary substance however the discourtesy does arsenic a unit, I'm going to get the blame. And I recognize that -- that's conscionable what comes with the job. You can't fto thing impact your mind.

"No substance if it's him, nary substance if it's household members, adjacent teammates, sometimes there's going to beryllium times wherever you person to beryllium the lone 1 who believes successful yourself."

Fields, 26, nether declaration done 2026, declined to code the anticipation of a commercialized request. It would beryllium hard to commercialized his contract, which includes $10 cardinal successful guaranteed wage successful 2026.

"I don't similar answering those questions, those -- quote, unquote -- what-if questions," helium said. "I'm not going to bash that. That's not going to bash thing for me. That's not going to bash thing for this team. If anything, that's going to enactment connected a taxable that the team's going to not absorption on, and the biggest absorption close present is this crippled connected Sunday. So that's conscionable going to disturbance up much worldly that we don't need."

Johnson created the firestorm when, unsolicited, helium alluded to Fields' mediocre play, saying, "It's hard erstwhile you person a backmost with a standing that he's got. I mean, helium has ability, but thing conscionable is not jiving."

Johnson besides said, "If we tin conscionable implicit a pass, it would look good."

Glenn said helium and Johnson are "on the aforesaid page" with respect to personnel. On Wednesday, Glenn declined to sanction his commencement for Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, saying helium wants to make a competitory vantage by keeping the Bengals successful the dark. All indications constituent to Taylor replacing Fields.