The New York Jets are entering 2025 with a new captain steering the ship, and I’m not talking about Aaron Glenn. Justin Fields signed one of the most team friendly quarterback contracts in the league this offseason for a chance to prove that he can become the player he was drafted to be. Now just three weeks away from training camp, Fields is speaking it into existence.
“I think I can be a player who has no limits, a player who can help everyone around him better, a player who can lead a team, a player who can be that guy,” he said during an appearance on The Official Jets Podcast. “I know within myself I am that player, or I can get to that point, but I think it’s more for me showing everyone else and proving not only to myself but proving to the world.”
Fields then set his sights sky high, saying that he wants to be in the conversation with the leagues greats.
“You look at guys like Pat [Mahomes], you look at guys like Josh Allen, guys like Lamar [Jackson] where everyone knows they are elite quarterbacks,” Fields continued. “At the end of the day, that’s kind of my goal and that’s kind of where I want to get by the time I get done playing this sport.”
Fields Confirms A Detroit Style Offense
The best thing you can do for a quarterback is establish a dangerous run game. This opens up the playbook for play action, which manufactures holes in a defense focused on stopping the run. While many have speculated that Glenn would bring over aspects of Detroits offense, Fields confirmed it.
“Of course, we’re bringing in some of the same concepts from Detroit but like you said we have different players on this team, so it’s not going to be the exact same as what they did in Detroit,” Fields said. “In Detroit, they were 3-4 years in that offense. It’s going to take some time, but we don’t want it to take too much time.”
Justin Fields Projection 2025
Success for quarterbacks is often determined by wins and losses. But as a 26-year-old top-ten pick who already has the word “bust” floating around, it would be hard to blame the signal caller if he tried to do a little stat padding in 2025. ESPN’s Mike Clay posted his 81 page “2025 NFL Projection Guide“, with full stat projections on every player on each NFL team’s depth chart back in May.
Fields projection read as such: 14 games, 252-for-402 passing, 2,820 passing yards, 14 touchdown passes, 10 interceptions
133 rushing attempts, 685 rushing yards, 6 rushing touchdowns
Is this what success in 2025 looks like for the Jets lead man? I think expectations around the facility are much, much higher than a 14 touchdown, 10 interception incomplete season.
There has been concern raised around the media of a Jets wide receiver unit that lacks real depth. But with the Detroit comparisons Fields made on the podcast, the emergence of two solid running backs, and a young tight end room, I predict the Jets offense will be a sight for sore eyes in a few months. A compact, run first unit that utilizes play action to generate chunk yardage.
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