Justin Fields of the New York Jets is tackled
Justin Fields of the New York Jets is tackled
Things are not going well for the 0-6 New York Jets, but as far as public perception on head coach Aaron Glenn is concerned, the jury is still out. It’s not often a coach can go 0-6 without losing the fans, but it appears as though that might be the case for the first year head coach.
Today’s story comes from insider Rich Cimini who chronicles Glenn’s conversation at the podium. When questions were raised about Justin Fields tendency to hold onto the football too long in the pocket, Glenn responded with this.
“I know that’s a huge topic that everyone talks about, but there’s a lot that goes into that,” Glenn said. “When you look at the time he gets the ball out, some of those have been his best games, when he’s holding the ball three seconds or whatnot. That’s who he is.”
While it is important to note that Fields is getting rid of the ball on average at 3.01 second mark, the second slowest in the NFL. It is also worth noting that in some of Fields most stand out performances, it is not his time to throw that correlates to his success.
Cimini pointed out that in Week 1, when Fields threw for 218 and a touchdown, his time to throw was closer to four seconds as he led the entire league.
“I’m not sitting here saying that there aren’t some times when he needs to get the ball out,” Glenn continued. “He knows that, he articulated that to you guys. We’re going to continue to work on that as much as we can.”