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New York Jets owner Woody Johnson has blamed Justin Fields for the team's nightmare 0-7 start in an astonishing public attack on his own quarterback.
Fields' arrival was supposed to mark the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the Jets, who signed the 26-year-old free agent after Aaron Glenn opted to move on from Aaron Rodgers, 41, in one of his first major decisions as head coach.
Though despite cutting their losses with the underwhelming Rodgers, things have gone from bad to worse under Glenn's leadership, with Sunday's loss to the Carolina Panthers meaning they are still winless after seven games.
Fans are already losing patience with Glenn as a result, yet he still has the full backing of much-maligned owner Johnson - who instead puts the Jets' struggles down to Fields.
When quizzed about his head coach at the NFL's Fall League Meeting in New York, the 78-year-old told reporters: 'It looks like he's turning around parts of it, [but] it's hard when you have a quarterback with the rating that we've got. He has the ability but something is just not jiving.
New York Jets owner Woody Johnson has blamed Justin Fields for the team's 0-7 start
'If you look at any head coach with a quarterback like that, you're gonna see similar results across the league. You have to play consistently at that position, and that's what we're gonna try to do for the remainder of the season.'
Fields has endured a miserable few games at quarterback for the Jets, with the team's -10 net passing yards in this month's defeat to the Denver Broncos going down as the worst since 1998.
The former Chicago Bears star was 9 of 17 for 45 yards and sacked nine times in that loss, before going 6 of 12 for 46 yards with three sacks in the first two quarters of Sunday's latest shortcoming.
More to follow.
