After a banner day from quarterback Justin Fields and the offense, Saturday’s practice was a fall from grace.
The NFL is famously a ‘what have you done for me lately’ league when it comes to contracts and depth chart positioning, but the same applies for training camp practices, too. On Friday, quarterback Justin Fields turned in by far his best, most efficient practice of training camp. He connected on his first twelve pass attempts of the day, including some absolute beauties to rookie tight end Mason Taylor in the endzone and receiver Josh Reynolds.
Jets fans hoped to finally see Fields and the offense string together back-to-back good days, but Saturday’s practice could not have gone much worse. According to Jets insider Brian Costello, who covers the Jets for the New York Post, head coach Aaron Glenn ‘cut it short’ after the sloppiest output from the offense all summer. Costello counted 12 penalties, which is inexcusable even in an early August practice, and just two pass completions from Fields. Not two completions in team drills or one-on-ones. Two completed passes on the entire day.
Jets practice is over. Aaron Glenn cut it short. It was one of the sloppiest practices I can remember. 12 penalties in practice. Fields went 2-for-10.
— Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) August 2, 2025
To be fair, it wasn't all bad. The run game looked good for New York, and Justin Fields had a couple of those impressive, electric scrambles that he's become famous for, but the bad far outweighed the good.
The rule of thumb of training camp is to never get too high or too low on a day-to-day basis. Teams will have good days and bad days, and just like Jets fans should not have begun pricing out Super Bowl tickets after Friday’s outing, they should not start burning jerseys after Saturday’s practice. As bad as the fans may feel after hearing today’s reports, I can guarantee that the players feel ten-times worse.
Hopefully Fields and the rest of the offense takes Saturday’s failures as fuel and comes back next time with a massive chip on their shoulders. No one is expecting to see “The Greatest Show on Turf” at MetLife this year, but it cannot be anywhere close to the dysfunctional mess we saw on Saturday.
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