As if things couldn’t get worse in the land of the New York Jets, head coach Aaron Glenn found a way to leave the football world wondering what the heck is in the water at 1 Jets Drive.
Discussing the struggles of starting quarterback Justin Fields, Glenn was asked about the QB consistently holding on to the football for far too long. His high snap to throw time has been a regular topic of late. Being number one in the league (which isn’t a good thing) at 3.2 seconds per attempt according to PFF, Glenn gave Fields a pass, compared him to two perennial MVP candidates and told a little fib along the way.
“You look at Lamar [Jackson], his numbers getting the ball out is higher than Justin’s. Josh Allen’s numbers are higher than Justin’s. I think everybody tends to see who those guys are and understand that. For some reason, they don’t understand with Justin”.
So, a few things here.
First and foremost, that statement is part untrue, and part delusional.
According to both PFF and nextgen stats, Fields holds on to the football longer than any other QB in the NFL. PFF says it’s 3.2 seconds per drop back whereas nextgen says it’s 3.01. Pick your favorite site and go with that, because either way, Fields holds it longer than anyone. That’s the false part of statement. Now let’s get to the delusional.
Aaron Glenn is implying here that Fields isn’t getting a fair shake from fans and pundits. “for some reason” says Glenn, “they don’t understand” Fields’ tendency to hold on to the football for so long. As a former elite player himself, Glenn has to know that above all else, the NFL is a results based business. So the reason why nobody gets on Jackson or Allen is because they’re perennial MVP candidates. If Justin Fields were in the MVP conversation, nobody would care if he held the ball for an hour.
But as it stands, Fields is arguably the worst starting quarterback in the NFL. A few garbage time touchdowns may fool a handful of folks, but if you watch Fields on a snap-by-snap basis, you know his numbers are misleading.
What Aaron Glenn has to do next is tell the fans and media that the bad info he passed along came from an underling and he didn’t mean to cause any confusion so this can just go in the rear vies mirror.
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