It’s become painfully obvious Justin Fields has played his final Jets game

New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields | Elsa/GettyImagesThe New York Jets didn't sign Justin Fields with the illusion that he would confidently be the team's long-term quarterback answer when they inked him to a two-year, $40 million contract this past offseason.

The Jets were in search of a high-upside bridge starter who could realistically give the team competent quarterback play with an outside chance of potentially developing into more than a stopgap if all went right.

Again, that wasn't the expectation, but the Jets were at least hoping for a starting-caliber baseline level of quarterback play. Unfortunately, that's not exactly what happened.

Fields would go on to play the worst…