Woody Johnson Takes Shot at Justin Fields, Defends Jets HC Aaron Glenn

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson gave head coach Aaron Glenn a vote of confidence and took a shot at Justin Fields simultaneously.

Mr. Johnson spoke to the media at the NFL meetings in New York City.

“Well, it looks like he [Glenn] is turning around parts of it. It’s hard when you have a quarterback with a rating that he’s got. I mean, he has ability, but something just is not jiving. But if you look at any head coach of a quarterback like that, you’re going to see similar results if you were across the league,” Mr. Johnson explained via ESPN’s Rich Cimini.

Mr. Johnson said the Jets can start winning games “if we can just complete a pass” via Cimini.

” I just think defense [and] special teams are doing better. Defense is pretty good. If we can just complete a pass, it would look good,” Mr. Johnson continued to explain via Cimini.

Jets Set to Make QB Change Ahead of Week 8

Head coach Aaron Glenn was noncommittal on who his starting quarterback would be in Week 8 against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Mr. Johnson told the local media that the decision on who to start is “completely up to the coach.”

However, according to ESPN’s Rich Cimini, Coach Glenn is “moving toward naming Tyrod Taylor his starter.”

Jets QB Play Has Been Historically Awful

During the Week 6 loss to the Denver Broncos, Fields finished with negative 10 net passing yards. That was the worst mark in the Jets’ franchise history.

The folks over at Football Perspective recently revealed which quarterbacks have thrown for the fewest passing yards through seven games over the last decade (2015-2025).

Justin Fields holds three of the four lowest yardage totals on the list: 871 passing yards (2021, Chicago), 884 passing yards (2022, Chicago), and 1,004 passing yards (2025, New York).

The only non-Fields quarterbacked season on the list was Buffalo Bills rookie Josh Allen in 2018 with 906 passing yards.

Coach Glenn Gets Absolved of Blame But…

Mr. Johnson explained that you can’t win football games when you get that level of quarterback play. That statement has proven true; the Jets are the only winless team in the league at 0-7.

Mr. Johnson has seemingly absolved Coach Glenn of blame for the Fields situation, but he shouldn’t come out completely clean.

Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic revealed in a recent column that Glenn “had his eye on Fields from the minute he took the job.”

“An interest fueled by their battles when Glenn was the defensive coordinator for the Lions, Fields the quarterback for the Bears. In explaining why Glenn felt Fields was the right fit, he often threw shade at the coaching staffs that had guided him in the past (the Steelers’ and the Bears’): ‘We’re going to let him play quarterback,’ Rosenblatt explained.

Obviously, Coach Glenn and his staff fell flat on those quarterback reclamation project plans through the first seven weeks of the season.

With a quarterback change looming, it feels like the Fields experiment is officially over.

Coach Glenn has received a mulligan from ownership on that failure, but he can’t afford another one in April when they inevitably select a quarterback. That will be the most important decision this regime has made this century. No pressure

Eagles Predicted to Replace $57 Million Playmaker

Tight end Dallas Goedert has been a valuable contributor for the Philadelphia Eagles offense over eight years. But his tenure with the team could be coming to an end at the conclusion of the 2025 NFL season.

CBS Sports’ Mike Renner sees that to be the case. Renner projected the Eagles to replace Goedert in the first round of his latest 2026 NFL mock draft.

At No. 28 overall in the new mock, the Eagles selected Oregon tight end Kenyon Sadiq.

“With this potentially being Dallas Goedert’s last season with the Eagles, finding his replacement is a must,” Renner wrote. “Even if it’s not Goedert’s last, they still play enough 12 and 13 personnel to make this a need — especially with how poor their backup tight ends have been in the run game, where Sadiq gets after it.”

Through roughly the first half of the 2025 season, Sadiq has posted 21 catches for 305 yards. He’s just four yards shy of a new career high.

Sadiq also has a career-best 14.5 yards per catch average and five touchdowns this season.

Goedert, who turns 31 years old in January, has shown signs of slowing down. In six games this season, he has 27 catches for 261 yards. His 9.7 yards per reception average is a career low.

However, Goedert has already tied his career best of five receiving touchdowns.

Eagles Already Considered Moving on From TE Dallas Goedert

It wouldn’t be shocking if this is Goedert’s last season with the Eagles. That’s because, according to Jeff McLane of The Philadelphia Inquirer (h/t NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo), the Eagles already considered trading him.

McLane reported Philadelphia received offers for the tight end during the 2025 draft. Instead of dealing Goedert, though, the Eagles restructured his contract.

Goedert has a $10 million salary this season. Over eight years in Philadelphia, the tight end has earned about $57.3 million.

The decision to keep the veteran tight end is paying significant dividends. Goedert leads the team in receiving touchdowns after seven weeks.

Goedert leads the Eagles in that category despite missing a game.

But the veteran tight end isn’t the playmaker in the middle of the field he once was.

Why the Eagles Could Target Oregon TE Kenyon Sadiq

There’s still a long way to go until the 2026 NFL Draft. Depending on free agency and injuries, the Eagles could have other more pressing needs than tight end by April.

But even if Goedert returns for 2026, tight end will very likely be a need for the Eagles entering the draft.

Fellow tight end Grant Calcaterra was a candidate to take away playing time from Goedert this fall. Before the season, some pundits argued Calcaterra could make Goedert expendable for the Eagles.

But in five games, Calcaterra has just four catches for 40 yards. He doesn’t have any touchdowns, and in his small sample, he’s averaging roughly the same amount of yards per catch as Goedert.

It doesn’t appear his production is going to increase any time soon either. Calcaterra has missed the past two games with an oblique injury.

Sadiq is experiencing his best statistical season at Oregon. He was the first tight end off the board in Renner’s latest mock.

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