The gamesmanship played by the Jets is comical. I think the Jets were linked to almost every QB possibility before they signed Fields: Darnold, Dart, Fields, Cam Ward, and others. The rumor-mill was in overdrive this year. So nobody really knew. I thought Fields and Dart seemed like the most likely possibilities.
I second this sentiment! Linked by whom? The only people I see linking all those QB's you mentioned are fans on this board. I've read next to nothing about any QB being connected to the Jets in the last month or so. Didn't even begin to hear "grumblings" until the Combine and even that was barely a whimper.
I was happy when we started over with Parcells. Why? Because he had actually accomplished something before coming to the Jets. I was also happy when we hired Rex. He at least had the best defense in football and behaved as if he would kill people to be head coach of the Jets (still does, btw, which is why he should have been the hire this year). I didn't have any issue with the Salah hire (he had a top defense in SF and was the consensus top coordinator available that year) , but it was obvious that he didn't know what he was doing very quickly - it's the f'ing around for years after we learn someone isn't any good that is a primary problem. First time head coach with a first time GM, neither one of which was mentioned once as a top candidate until three or four days before we hired them, are a recipe for wasting additional time. I just hope we waste three years instead of six.
Rich Cimini @RichCimini The Justin Fields contract is straight forward: Two years, $40M ($30M gtd). Four void years tacked on for cap purposes. Signing bonus: $15M 2025: Base: $5M (gtd), cap: $8M 2026: Base: $20M ($10M gtd), cap: $23M If they cut him next year, there's a $22M cap hit (pre-6/1). Rodgers will have a $35M hit in 2026, meaning they'd have $57M in dead money for QBs. #Jets Yikes. This is bad. This and the Stephens deal don’t speak too highly of Moogs, for as much as the Sherwood contract did.
If the Jets draft a top QB in 2026, he would be on a rookie contract, so he could be affordable. In 2027, the team would have a lot of cap space to sign free agents for a SB run. I'm dreaming again.
Well you would have thought they would have gave him another go for sure but hopefully their loss will be our gain for a change. The sad thing is, we could have traded away the #2 pick and probably still selected Fields. It ain't easy being a Jets fan
Glenn was definitely a top HC candidate and in the running for other jobs. He was even a legitimate candidate at least in last year's hiring cycle too
He most certainly was not. They started seriously talking about Glenn as a HC candidate the week the Lions got knocked out of the playoffs. By comparison, they were talking about their OC (Ben Johnson) as a head coaching candidate almost the entire season. And I had never heard of our new GM until two or three days before we hired him.
There was a lot of hype around Glenn as a potential head coach and it seems a lot of football people think he has the characteristics to be a good head coach. The fact is he has no experience as a HC, so we'll see.
I like this. Yes, it's a gamble, but it's kind of a low risk, high reward type of situation. Reuniting him and Garrett Wilson could be just what the doctor ordered to turn things around. Worst case scenario, the Jets still suck and they'll have a high pick in a really good QB class next year.
All this guarantees is that our playoff drought will be extended to 15 years. We now have 3 great running backs but not one of them can throw the ball well. Guy throws alot of interceptions and runs into sacks, hes just a tad better than Zack Wilson. Hows he going to do on that awesome Offensive line Joe D built?
Who the hell is Fields going to be throwing to? G. Wilson and a bunch of stiffs? The FA WR class is absolute trash. Not one single viable option under 30 years old besides Deontae Johnson, and that dude played for 4 teams in the past calendar year.
There's just no way to justify backloading a contract for a guy you're signing as a dart throw. What competent franchise says "this might work out, it might not, let's structure the contract so that we're on the hook for a minimum of $22 million next year regardless"
Thanks for that! I really do not understand the CAP. I disagree. This is how I see it. They are taking a cheap flyer on a kid who, if he "gets it," can be the Jets QB for the next decade. If he doesn't light it up then you move on from Tyrod Taylor next season and Fields is the interim starter/backup to whomever the Jets draft in 2026. Look, the Rodgers dead money is what it is. There is no way around it and the team has to field a team in 2025. You can't put a QB on the field, today, and worry about the damn dead money from the previous QB. It still is low risk/high reward. $23 mill is STILL a pretty decent price for an interim starter/backup to newly drafted QB if that's how it shakes out. Any way you shake it out, there's not a FA QB out there that was going to accept less than $15 - $20 mil per to come in and compete (and most likely win) a starting job. Not Fields, not Wentz not nobody. It is what it is. This new F/O is going to do whatever they can to win NOW. They're not going to go scrape the bottom of the barrel, at less than $10mil per, so we fans can be happy at what they spent. They're going to get the best possible chance to win, which, in this FA class is Fields. You can insert whatever name you want instead of Fields and the money is still going to be roughly the same. Hell, freakin' Zach Wilson was able to shake $6 mil out of Miami, for one year, and he can't carry Fields jock as far as I'm concerned...so...
Here's the Google Search Trends. The first graph is from September 1st, 2024 (start of the season) and the second chart is from January 1, 2025 (one week remaining in the regular season) ...
Not ideal but I doubt Fields was taking anything less than a 2-year deal. Who knows what Pitt was offering.
