Jets' Fields back in team drills after injury scare

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets backmost Justin Fields returned to squad drills Monday, 4 days aft dislocating a toed connected his close foot.

Fields participated successful 7-on-7 drills astatine grooming campy Saturday arsenic the squad eased him backmost into practice. Coach Aaron Glenn had said Fields had "a ways to go" earlier afloat returning. But aft a time disconnected Sunday, Fields ran the discourtesy during 11-on-11 drills -- and connected the archetypal time this summertime the Jets wore pads.

"He was limited, but helium was constricted the mode that we privation him to beryllium limited," Glenn said aft practice. "He made immoderate bully throws retired there. And again, erstwhile Justin gets connected the field, I mean, we're going to fto him beryllium who helium is."

Glenn wouldn't specify what helium meant erstwhile helium said Fields was "limited" and was asked if possibly the squad doesn't privation him to tally arsenic overmuch arsenic helium usually would.

"Just bounds him the mode we privation him to beryllium limited," Glenn said. "I'll conscionable support it astatine that."

Fields sent Jets fans and societal media into a frenzy past Thursday erstwhile helium dislocated a toed connected his close ft aboriginal successful practice. He was carted from the tract to the facility, wherever helium had aggregate tests earlier the squad announced the diagnosis -- relieving fears that it could beryllium an adjacent much important injury.

After sitting retired wholly connected Friday, Fields threw passes successful 7-on-7 drills Saturday and showed nary signs of his injured ft ailing him.