Jets held secret practice where players called plays Sunday

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets held a clandestine practice Sunday. There were no media present. There were no assistant coaches, either. It was just coach Aaron Glenn and the players.

The players conducted their own drills and called their own plays. Quarterback Justin Fields ran the offense, middle linebacker Jamien Sherwood ran the defense.

Word of the practice leaked Wednesday, with a handful of veterans saying they'd never been involved in a player-driven practice. Technically, it was a walk-through, not a practice, according to the team, but players weren't caught up in the semantics as they discussed its uniqueness.

"It was personally different for me because…