After he was benched at halftime of the team's Week 7 loss to the Carolina Panthers, team owner Woody Johnson went public with criticism of the quarterback his franchise signed to a $40 million contract roughly seven months ago. Fields responded in classy fashion, admitting his performance hadn't met expectations.

Fields signed a two-year, $40MM deal to join the Jets this offseason as the starting quarterback under new head coach Aaron Glenn. The fifth-year quarterback has made seven starts this year that fall into one of two buckets: good enough to win a game,

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Jets Owner Ripped By Ex-NFL QB for ‘Cowardly’ Words About Justin Fields.

New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields was benched towards the end of their 6-13 loss to the Carolina Panthers.

Justin Fields will start at quarterback for the New York Jets in Week 8 on Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

Justin Fields delivered one of the best games of his career by leading the New York Jets to a 39-38 comeback win against Cincinnati

Jets head coach Aaron Glenn went into Week 8 pondering a quarterback change, but Tyrod Taylor’s knee injury meant that the team stuck with Justin Fields in Cincinnati.