{"id":31140,"date":"2025-05-07T13:46:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T13:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/31140\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T13:46:20","slug":"will-justin-fields-pass-his-2025-jets-audition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/31140\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Justin Fields Pass His 2025 Jets Audition?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Jets might be looking at the 2025 season as a free hit at the quarterback position, but you can bet your house that Justin Fields<\/a> doesn’t see it that way.<\/p>\n

Having been bounced from both the Chicago Bears and the Pittsburgh Steelers (even after going 4-2 last season), Fields arrives in New York to be the figurehead of Aaron Glenn’s regime change.<\/p>\n

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Part of an offense under Tanner Engstrand that does have some weapons, Fields must do something he hasn’t been able to do in his four years in the NFL – prove he’s a bona fide starter.<\/p>\n

Given how the Jets have structured Fields’ contract, the two-year $40 million deal has an out after 2025, so if things go well, New York has Fields for only $20 million in 2026.<\/p>\n

For ESPN’s Rich Cimini, the Jets are in a good spot regarding their quarterback situation.<\/p>\n

“If Fields fails his 2025 audition, the Jets can cut bait and look to find their quarterback in the 2026 draft,” Cimini writes<\/a>. “There is no clear-cut top quarterback, but it’s regarded as a better class than 2025 even though it’s not likely to include Texas’ Arch Manning, according to ESPN draft analyst Matt Miller.”<\/p>\n

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Quarterback Justin Fields warms up\u00a9 Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The 2025 season is for Fields to put himself in the shop window of quarterback-needy teams in 2026.<\/p>\n

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Last year with the Steelers, Fields was 4-2 as the starter, threw for five touchdowns, one interception, while having a career-high completion percentage of 65.8, and throwing for 1,106 yards. He also had 289 rushing yards and five touchdowns.<\/p>\n

That is solid work, but the Steelers clearly wanted more, and Russell Wilson came in.<\/p>\n

In New York, no quarterback is breathing down Justin’s neck. This is his show in 2025, and he must produce in Engstrand’s system, which will be a little easier with his Ohio State mate, Garrett Wilson, in the ranks.<\/p>\n

2025 is looming as a big season for Fields, and he can’t allow himself to follow a similar path to the previous year.<\/p>\n

This is an audition he has to pass.<\/p>\n

Related: Jets Fans Buzzing About Justin Fields As Workout Video Goes Viral<\/a><\/p>\n

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