The Athletic recently sought out 50 coaches and executives to rank the quarterbacks in the NFL.

It doesn’t come as a major surprise, but Jets quarterback Justin Fields came in 27th.

Fields peaked among Tiers voters as a low 3 entering 2023. His average tier vote entering 2025 (3.74) is about what it was after his 2021 rookie season (3.72). The difference is that Fields has played enough to make it tougher for voters to envision meaningful growth.

“(The Jets) know who he is, what he is, and they are going to try to structure things for him,” an offensive coach said. “The problem is, the hardest thing to fix with a quarterback is keeping their eyes up the field, seeing the field and not being affected by the rush. And those are three of the worst things that he does.”

The Steelers starte

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