New Jets quarterback Justin Fields is able to present what he can do.
The Jets are the previous first-round decide’s third staff, maybe his final probability to indicate he is usually a starter within the NFL.
Fields appears like he’s prepared to indicate everybody he can do it.
“Definitely something that I want to prove to myself,” Fields mentioned Wednesday in his first assembly with the media since signing with the Jets. “And I feel my expectations for myself are greater than anyone else’s to be sincere with you. So one thing to show for myself.
“And again I think I’ve been improving each year I’ve been in the league. So I look to do the same this year, to be honest with you. But I think my expectations for myself are higher than you guys is higher than all other people in this building. So I’m excited to get to work and get things going.”
The Jets signed Fields to a two-year, $40 million contract final month and have mentioned Fields will enter the spring because the beginning quarterback over Tyrod Taylor.
Fields didn’t break via with the Bears or Steelers.
Now, he’ll attempt with the Jets.
The Jets hope Fields might be the most recent first-round decide who takes a number of groups earlier than he finds his stride.
Baker Mayfield did it with the Buccaneers and Sam Darnold had a breakout season with the Vikings final 12 months.
Does Fields assume he might be subsequent?
“I mean, I think I can for sure,” Fields mentioned. “But I think everybody’s journey is different. Nobody’s journey is the same. … It happened for them, like you said, on the third or fourth team. And of course, I’m definitely hoping for it to happen here in New York. But I mean everybody’s not the same. Everybody’s different. So I think those guys kind of kept their head down. They didn’t let too many things in the outside world shake them. They kept working. And they flourished in Tampa Bay and Minnesota.”
Fields is coming off one season in Pittsburgh the place he opened the season because the starter, went 4-2, then was benched for Russell Wilson.
Getting benched was a brand new expertise for Fields, who was a star in highschool and faculty.
“I’m a big believer in everything happens for a reason,” Fields mentioned. “So I used to be put in a spot the place I wasn’t actually by no means in a spot of my total life. So I feel I attempted to have a distinct perspective on it. In fact, Russ has been within the league for a very long time. So I discovered a variety of nice issues from him and obtained to form of be taught a distinct perspective of issues. … So simply seeing how he works day-after-day, seeing his routine and selecting up issues that I can implement into my routine, into my sport.
“So it was, of course, different for me in a space where I wasn’t necessarily comfortable. But at the end of the day, Coach [Mike] Tomlin, he made a decision where he thought was best for the team. And I’m never going to go against that. Of course, I’m not a selfish guy whatsoever. I just tried to change my perspective, get better each and every day in practice.”
Fields mentioned the benching didn’t play a task in his resolution to maneuver on from Pittsburgh.
He picked the Jets partly as a result of he favored Glenn, who he confronted whereas with the Bears when Glenn was the defensive coordinator in Detroit.
Fields can be enthusiastic about reuniting with Garrett Wilson, his faculty teammate at Ohio State.
“When I saw him, it’s really just like the old days,” Fields mentioned. “I don’t think our relationship skipped a beat. … I’m excited for that and things we can do to help you get each other better, just get back on the same page as we were in college.”
