New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields is day-to-day after sustaining a dislocated toe on his proper foot Thursday.
Regardless of the preliminary alarm raised when Fields left the morning apply on a cart, the workforce mentioned he “prevented critical harm and important missed time.”
Fields went to the turf whereas transferring to his proper and throwing a move within the path of tight finish Jeremy Ruckert that fell incomplete. He stayed on the bottom, shifted to a seated, upright place and talked with trainers earlier than transferring to the harm tent.
Head coach Aaron Glenn later informed reporters that he believes one other participant stepped on Fields’ toe.
The coaching camp apply resumed with veteran backup Tyrod Taylor working with the primary workforce.
“Pay attention, now we have an excellent backup in Tyrod,” Glenn mentioned. “He is been on this league for round 14 years. The management he brings, we’re all good.”
Fields, a former first-round decide of the Chicago Bears, signed a two-year, $40 million contract in March and the Jets are relying on him to exchange Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers, who suffered a season-ending harm on his first collection with the Jets in 2023, was launched on the finish of the 2024 season and signed with Fields’ earlier workforce, the Pittsburgh Steelers. These groups kick off the common season towards one another on Sept. 7.
Fields, 26, had shoulder (AC joint) and groin accidents throughout his stint in Chicago.
Fields began the primary six video games of the season for Pittsburgh in 2024 and went 4-2 with a pair of three-point defeats (20-17 vs. Dallas, 27-24 at Indianapolis) earlier than he was changed because the No. 1 QB by Russell Wilson.
–Area Degree Media