{"id":332660,"date":"2025-09-01T07:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/332660\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T07:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:31:08","slug":"jets-justin-fields-ranked-as-4th-tier-qb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/332660\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets&#8217; Justin Fields ranked as 4th-tier QB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Six GMs, six assistant GMs, six former GMs, five other execs, eight head coaches and 19 other coaches, including 15 coordinators, comprise <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandoNFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SandoNFL<\/a>&#8216;s 50-person panel.<\/p>\n<p>The goal was simple: Tier every veteran QB in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Did they get it right? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4UyajtKvfs\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/4UyajtKvfs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic (@TheAthletic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic\/status\/1954890698697957853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-jets\/352\" data-autotag=\"61e70eee-950b-4335-a373-675b010563dc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Jets<\/a> signed quarterback Justin Fields to a two-year contract this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The intention is for Fields to be a bridge quarterback for the rebuilding franchise. Offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand has been tailoring the offense around his dual-threat abilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic recently released their annual quarterback tier rankings. Fields was classified as a &#8220;tier four&#8221; quarterback. Fields clocked in at No. 27 overall. Only seven signal-callers were ranked lower than him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Tier 4 quarterback could be an unproven player (not enough information for voters to classify) or a veteran who ideally would not start all 17 games,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6514160\/2025\/08\/11\/nfl-qb-rankings-tiers-2025-jackson-daniels\/?source=emp_shared_article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fields&#8217; tier is described as<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the quarterbacks ranked below Fields are sophomores who either have barely played (Michael Penix), or haven&#8217;t played at all (JJ McCarthy). Both <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" data-autotag=\"d3fda36a-3eb5-4700-8763-caba831c06ae\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> quarterbacks (Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones) also placed lower than Fields. The aging Joe Flacco is No. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Fields&#8217; opportunity in East Rutherford is likely his last surefire chance to establish himself as an NFL starter.<\/p>\n<p>The former Ohio State standout previously wasted opportunities in Chicago and Pittsburgh to do the same. Fields is entering a make-or-break year with the Jets as he&#8217;ll attempt to oversee an offense built around his strengths.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six GMs, six assistant GMs, six former GMs, five other execs, eight head coaches and 19 other coaches,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[247,265,6265,1504,322,62,1603,2005,324,4143,2772,2370,4778,7,20842,2004,392,19906,1519,226,1573,562,1702,1070,1066,493,11367,6126,1879,248,267,246,206,1917,255,88,2321,2097,6,35196,245,264,7853,9278,1602,1610,9,266,1223,1604,225],"class_list":{"0":"post-332660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-american","9":"tag-american-football","10":"tag-anthony","11":"tag-anthony-richardson","12":"tag-big","13":"tag-big-ten-conference-football","14":"tag-breaking","15":"tag-colts","16":"tag-conference","17":"tag-daniel","18":"tag-daniel-jones","19":"tag-fields","20":"tag-flacco","21":"tag-football","22":"tag-hub","23":"tag-indianapolis","24":"tag-indianapolis-colts","25":"tag-j-j","26":"tag-j-j-mccarthy","27":"tag-jets","28":"tag-joe","29":"tag-joe-flacco","30":"tag-jones","31":"tag-jr","32":"tag-justin","33":"tag-justin-fields","34":"tag-mccarthy","35":"tag-michael","36":"tag-michael-penix-jr","37":"tag-national","38":"tag-national-sports","39":"tag-neutral","40":"tag-new","41":"tag-new-york","42":"tag-new-york-jets","43":"tag-news","44":"tag-newyork","45":"tag-newyorkjets","46":"tag-nfl","47":"tag-nfl-hub","48":"tag-overall","49":"tag-overall-neutral","50":"tag-penix","51":"tag-richardson","52":"tag-smg","53":"tag-smg-breaking-wire","54":"tag-sports","55":"tag-sports-news","56":"tag-ten","57":"tag-wire","58":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}