Jets QB Justin Fields was benched today in favor of Tyrod Taylor. The announcement was made by several insiders. Not sure who won the photo finish. Taylor is represented by The Sports and Entertainment Group.
While people are quick to criticize Fields for his play this season, maybe the problem is more of a scouting issue.
Former Jets executive Pat Kirwan, now a host on SiriusXM NFL Radio, thinks the former Ohio State QB should have switched positions on the NFL level.
“I have no ill feelings for him – he’s a nice kid,” Kirwan said on NFL Radio on Friday. “He might have been a running back in the world I came from (scouting), or some type of athlete (wide receiver). Some guys came into the league as a quarterback and became other things – a great one in Pittsburgh (Hines Ward). He was a quarterback at Georgia and became a very good receiver. I would have found a spot because Justin is one of my best athletes, but he’s not a quarterback.”
How much more film do teams need to see before they realize this?
“Justin’s been around a while now, and he’s not demonstrating he’s an NFL quarterback – he’s demonstrating all the time he’s an athlete, and his formula for performance is not a winning formula – it’s a nice run around formula,” Kirwan said.
“We are on a lot of teams that have taken a shot, one was for two years, $40 million to take a good look at this.”
Kirwan added, “We keep talking about this athletic ability. So what? It’s not quarterback ability, and there is a huge difference.”
So it might be time for a position change, and perhaps that should have happened four years ago, when he entered the league.
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