Glenn knows who Jets' QB1 will be, but won't say

New York Jets manager Aaron Glenn said Wednesday that helium knows who volition commencement astatine backmost connected Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals but was not announcing his determination arsenic not to springiness his hostile a competitory advantage.

Perhaps complicating the substance is that Tyrod Taylor has a genu wounded and is day-to-day, according to Glenn. Taylor replaced struggling starter Justin Fields successful Sunday's crippled against the Carolina Panthers. Afterward, Glenn said helium was considering a alteration and that he'd consult with radical wrong and extracurricular the enactment for input.

On Tuesday, Jets proprietor Woody Johnson criticized the play of Fields portion defending Glenn with the Jets being the NFL's lone winless squad astatine 0-7, saying it's hard for the first-year manager to triumph "when you person a backmost with a standing that he's got. I mean, helium has ability, but thing conscionable is not jiving. ... You person to play consistently astatine that position, and that's what we're going to effort to bash for the remainder of the season."

Asked astir Johnson's comments connected Fields, Glenn said Johnson has a close to his opinion.

Johnson, who was speaking from the NFL's autumn gathering successful New York, said the backmost determination was "completely up to" Glenn.

In six starts, Fields has posted a career-low 32.1 Total QBR, ranking 31st retired of 33 qualified passers. He played 1 of the champion games of his vocation against the Pittsburgh Steelers successful Week 1, but his show regressed successful caller weeks. The Jets person lone 7 touchdowns successful the past six games, nary successful the archetypal half.

For months, Glenn had been steadfast successful his enactment of Fields, adjacent aft minus-10 nett passing yards successful a Week 6 nonaccomplishment to the Denver Broncos. The archetypal ace successful the coach's assurance came Sunday, erstwhile helium pulled Fields with the Jets trailing 10-3. Fields, 26, completed lone 6 of 12 passes for 46 yards successful the archetypal half, taking 3 sacks.

The Jets yet mislaid 13-6, with Taylor throwing 2 interceptions successful the 2nd half.

Taylor, 36, has a 28-29-1 grounds arsenic a starter. He started Week 3 for the Jets, erstwhile Fields was sidelined with a concussion. In seven-plus quarters of action, Taylor is 43-of-69 for 379 yards with 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions.

ESPN's Rich Cimini contributed to this report.