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Locked On Jets - Daily Podcast On The New York Jets

Justin Fields' Preseason Struggles a Reminder New York Jets Must Build Offense Around His Strengths and Weaknesses 8/20/25

Locked On Jets - Daily Podcast On The New York Jets

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Justin Fields' shaky preseason showing is a reminder that the Jets need to work around his strengths and limitations.

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0:00.0

Justin Field had a bad game against the Giants.

0:06.0

That does not mean it's time to panic, but it is a reminder that Jets need to build an offense around what he does well and avoid what he does poorly.

0:13.5

Locked on Jets begins now.

0:20.8

You are Locked on Jets, your daily New York Jets podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team

0:29.1

every day.

0:32.5

Welcome, this is the Locked-on Jets podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team

0:37.0

every day.

0:37.7

It is Wednesday, August 20th, 2025. And I'm your host, John B from gangrennation.com. Thank you so much for making the show your first listen or first watch every day. And a big shout out to you every day. This is a daily podcast covering the New York Jets with new episodes each day through the week, Monday through Friday. On today's show, we have our weekly mailbag.

0:53.6

Each Wednesday, we try and do a mailbag with list of questions.

0:56.2

Thanks so much to everybodybag with listener questions.

0:56.1

Thanks so much to everybody who sent in questions.

0:58.3

Let's begin with Taylor, who writes,

1:00.0

Hey, John, all the Jets commentators are telling us not to panic.

1:02.9

But as Jets fans, we know that usually means it's time to panic.

1:05.8

In all seriousness, one thing that seriously concerned me

1:08.0

watching the preseason game was that Justin Field seemed unaware that there were Jets receivers other than Garrett Wilson. Do you think that says more about

1:14.1

Fields' inability to see the field, a lack of good offensive scheming, or just a general

1:18.1

lack of receiving talent on this roster? Well, I think it's a combination of things, but number one,

1:24.5

it's that Fields only through five passes in an exhibition game. And I think under any

1:29.7

circumstances, it's very dangerous to try and read too much into a five-pass sample size. And that's

1:35.4

especially true in exhibition season, because you have to remember, this is a practice for the Jets.

1:39.6

These are essentially practice games where they're trying to figure out what they do well and what

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