Jets quarterback Justin Fields couldn’t hide his dejection on Sunday, as he sat on the bench, towel over his head as backup Tyrod Taylor warmed up early in the third quarter.
Fields’ day was done after just two quarters of awful football.
And while there were plenty of questionable decisions made by coach Aaron Glenn on Sunday, as the Jets went on to lose 13-6, it was hard to fault this one considering Fields had just followed up a record bad passing day (with -10 net yards against the Broncos in London) with a stinker of a first half against the Panthers, completing 6-of-10 passes for 46 yards.
“Listen, we needed a spark at that time,” Glenn said of the change, which had Taylor entering the game with the Jets down 13-3 in the third quarter. “Obviously, it was a tough situation for both