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Rich CiminiJul 26, 2025, 09:22 AM ET
- Rich Cimini is simply a unit writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL astatine ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for implicit 30 years, joining ESPN successful 2010. Rich besides hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He antecedently was a bushed writer for the New York Daily News and is simply a postgraduate of Syracuse University.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Justin Fields took portion successful backmost drills astatine New York Jets grooming campy Saturday, 2 aft suffering a dislocated toe.
Fields, who was carted disconnected Thursday greeting aft suffering the wounded to his close foot, could beryllium seen doing immoderate airy throwing and rollouts. He had been a bystander astatine campy Friday and was considered day-to-day owed to his injury.
The Jets, known for backmost calamities, averted catastrophe this time.
Coach Aaron Glenn had suggested the wounded scare was blown retired of proportionality Friday, saying, "The immense tempest that was created truly made nary sense." But helium did admit determination was archetypal interest earlier tests revealed a insignificant wounded for Fields.
Fields' top plus arsenic a backmost is his mobility. Since entering the league arsenic the Chicago Bears' first-round prime successful 2021, helium has scrambled for 1,466 yards, 4th among quarterbacks, according to ESPN Research.
"I'm not going to clasp him backmost from being himself," Glenn said Friday, adding, "I privation him to beryllium himself going done this."
After releasing Aaron Rodgers, the Jets signed Fields to a two-year, $40 cardinal contract, including $30 cardinal successful guarantees. He was instantly anointed their starter, an accidental for him to revive his vocation aft 3 seasons with the Bears and 1 with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
