Jets choose Justin Fields as new QB with $40 million NFL free agency contract
The Jets are having a Fields Day.The team and free agent quarterback Justin Fields reached a contract agreement on Monday, according to multiple reports, with Fields getting a two-year, $40 million deal that includes $30 million guaranteed.The two sides came to an agreement shortly after the negotiating window opened at noon.The contract cannot be officially signed until Wednesday when the new league opens.Fields, 26, now becomes the favorite to be the Jets starting quarterback in 2025.
The only other experienced quarterback on the roster is Tyrod Taylor.The Jets could look to add a quarterback in next month’s NFL Draft, but Fields would likely have a leg up on any rookie and Taylor.The Jets decided to move on from future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers entering this offseason after his two failed seasons at quarterback for the team.
New coach Aaron Glenn and new general manager Darren Mougey are now taking their first swing at finding a quarterback with Fields.The Jets will be Fields’ third team in the NFL and the Jets must be hoping they have found the next Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield or Geno Smith – quarterbacks who bounced around until finding success later in their career.The Bears drafted Fields out of Ohio State with the 11th overall pick in 2021, the same draft that the Jets took Zach Wilson with the No.2 pick.
Fields showed flashes of potential but it never clicked for him in Chicago as he played for two different head coaches and two different offensive coordinators in his three years there.He went 10-28 as the starting quarterback and the Bears moved on last year, trading him to the Steelers.Follow the Post’s NFL Free Agency live coverageFields started the first six games of last season in Pittsburgh and did some good things.
He threw five passing touchdowns and rushed for five more and had only one interception.The team was 4-2 when Steelers coach Mike Tomlin decided to switch to Russell Wilson as his starter.Fields played sparingly for the rest...