ESPN.com · Mar 10, 2025
Why QB Justin Fields brings a dynamic the Jets haven't had
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- When an organization makes wholesale changes, as the New York Jets did this offseason, the pendulum often swings in the opposite direction because it tries try to over-compensate for its perceived shortcomings. That's why you will see teams go from a player-friendly coach to a disciplinarian or vice versa.
The pendulum theory certainly applies to the Jets and their quarterback situation. They replaced a historically great player in Aaron Rodgers, 41, who was unsteady at times in his two seasons in New York, with a 26-year-old rocket ship in Justin Fields, who still is trying to find his way as a complete quarterback.
