Glenn defends Fields despite Jets' -10 pass yards

It was the worst passing show successful New York Jets history, and yet the focal constituent of the debacle -- backmost Justin Fields -- received a beardown ballot of assurance from manager Aaron Glenn, who scolded a newsman for asking if he'd see a backmost change.

"What benignant of question is that?" Glenn said aft the Jets fell to 0-6 with a 13-11 nonaccomplishment to the Denver Broncos connected Sunday astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

"There are guys that person atrocious games," the manager added. "That doesn't mean you conscionable seat them. Come on, you cognize amended than that."

It wasn't conscionable a atrocious game; it was all-time bad.

Afterward, prima wide receiver Garrett Wilson, who made lone 3 catches for 13 yards, questioned the playcalling. To marque it worse, Wilson, arguably their champion player, suffered a genu wounded to 1 of his ligaments, a root told ESPN. He volition person an MRI upon returning to New Jersey.

The NFL's lone winless squad finished with a franchise-low -10 nett passing yards, the worst by immoderate squad successful astir 3 decades. The San Diego Chargers recorded -19 yards connected Sept. 20, 1998, against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Fields completed lone 9 of 17 passes for 45 yards, and helium mislaid 55 yards connected 9 sacks, resulting successful the antagonistic nett total. Several factors contributed to the futility, including blimpish play calling by violative coordinator Tannen Engstrand and occasional pass-protection breakdowns.

"The passing crippled was non-existent," Glenn said.

Fields was pressured connected 14 of 29 dropbacks (48%), per Next Gen Stats, but overmuch of that was the effect of him holding the shot excessively agelong successful the pocket. At times, helium didn't spot unfastened receivers.

This wasn't a caller trend. Last week helium was sacked 5 times successful a nonaccomplishment to the Dallas Cowboys.

"I recognize wherever you guys are trying to instrumentality this, but listen," said Glenn, erstwhile questioned astir Fields' occupation status. "There's a fig of different guys that person to prime their crippled up, too, truthful I don't privation beryllium determination and pin this each connected Justin.

"You conscionable can't beryllium determination and say, 'Oh man, we're going to seat him,' due to the fact that I thought successful immoderate different games he's played well. So I'm not looking astatine this arsenic just, 'Man, helium played the atrocious game, we're going to seat him.' I don't spot it that way."

The worst series came astatine the extremity of the archetypal half, erstwhile the Jets had a fourth-and-1 astatine their 47-yard enactment and didn't tally different play adjacent though determination were 32 seconds connected the clock. The discourtesy showed nary urgency connected the full drive, which consisted of 10 plays, including a palmy conversion connected a fake punt.

It was baffling. An irate Wilson gave an earful to Glenn arsenic they walked disconnected the tract astatine halftime. Glenn excused Wilson's outburst, chalking it up to competitory fire.

Afterward, Wilson inactive was simmering with frustration.

"I conscionable didn't cognize precisely what the program was," helium said, explaining his speech with Glenn. "Once I figured it out, I was disappointed. I'll conscionable accidental that."

Wilson besides said, "I deliberation we've got to genuinely person a 'We've-got-nothing-to-lose' mentality. If that's however we feel, it's got to beryllium obvious. If you're retired determination arsenic a player, you should consciousness like, 'Oh, yeah, let's go.'

"Even connected the TV, I consciousness similar y'all should spot that. As a fanbase watching the squad and the media, y'all should beryllium capable to archer we're playing similar we person thing to lose. I don't deliberation that was evident today. I deliberation that's wherever we've got to ... we're 0-6. Let's fto it fly. I'll accidental that."

Glenn's mentation for the botched two-minute thrust was questionable. In essence, helium said helium didn't wa...