**'A True Pro to Lean On_\*_**'\*
Targeting more pop in the pass game, Jets HC Aaron Glenn on Monday told Justin Fields, who has accounted for 11 total TDs and leads NFL QBs with 383 rush yards, and Tyrod Taylor of the change at starting QB. The Jets were limited to 116 yards and 54 yards through the air, respectively, the past two games against the Patriots and the Browns.
"At this point, I just feel like, man, we have to do something to get this team going offensively in the passing game," Glenn said. "And I just felt like it was time to make that decision. And listen, I do still feel strongly about Justin. That has not changed, but I do feel at this point that we have to make a change."
Over three appearances this season including one start in place of an injured Fields back in Week 3 at Tampa Bay, Taylor has completed 62.3% of his passes (43 of 69) for 379 yards with 3 TDs and 3 INTs. Veteran TE Jeremy Ruckert was among many Jets who lauded Taylor's approach this week.
"He's a professional," Ruckert said. "You know what you're going to get from him. He's a guy that's played a lot of football, so someone you can always lean on, whether he's playing or not,for advice. You come on the sideline -- you ask him a question about what he saw or what he thinks, and a guy with a lot of experience, but a lot of ability. He's been that way since I've known him. First one in the building, last one out. So, a true pro to lean on when things get tough."
Things will get tough against a Ravens defense that hasn't allowed an opponent to score 20-plus points since Week 5. In their 23-16 win over the Browns last Sunday, the Ravens held Quinshon Judkins to 3.5 yards per carry as Kyle Hamilton paced his unit with 9 tackles (3 TFL), 2 PD, 1 FF and 1 sack. After starting 1-5, the surging Edgar Allen Poes have won four straight and are beginning a three-game homestand.
"He's like a Swiss Army Knife built out of a bunch of huge knives -- not little tiny ones," said OC Tanner Engstrand of Hamilton. "He can do a lot of things really, really, really well, and he presents challenges to us as far as how are we going to handle it in our different personnel groupings. And so, he's got to be accounted for. He is a playmaker for that defense and they're doing a great job putting him in position to be around the ball on a consistent basis and that's something we're going to have to make sure that we take care of each and every play."