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The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Justin Fields Signs with the Jets

The Rant with Jeff Ratcliffe

Jeff Ratcliffe

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Jeff pops back in for another podcast quick slant to talk about Justin Fields signing with the Jets. What does the contract tell us about whether he'll start? What's Fields' fantasy value as a starter? How does this move impact Garrett Wilson?

Transcript

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0:00.0

The New York Jets striking early in free agency here addressing a position of major need,

0:05.2

signing Justin Fields to a two-year deal worth a reported $40 million with $30 million and

0:11.2

guaranteed money.

0:12.1

So obviously two years, average annual here, we're talking $20 million per year, which is about

0:16.6

as low-end starter money as you could possibly get.

0:19.6

So yes, all the talk of Tyrod Taylor being

0:22.5

the potential starter. That seems like it was just talk. Tyrod Taylor is still your backup quarterback.

0:28.4

And it looks like Fields will get a legitimate chance to start here. We had heard rumblings

0:32.5

earlier in the day that he wasn't going to stay in Pittsburgh unless they were serious about making him

0:39.3

a starter. Well, that doesn't seem like it was the case because here we go. Fields in New York

0:44.1

will get reunited with Garrett Wilson. Of course, they played together at Ohio State. And there's a lot

0:49.8

to this deal. Now, obviously, Fields won't be in Pittsburgh, and we don't think Russell Wilson will be

0:54.7

either. Will it be Aaron Rogers? Will they just simply be swapping seats here? Well, more to come on

1:00.0

that as it happens. But let's be honest. Fields is the ultimate way better in fantasy football than

1:08.4

in reality quarterback. Last year, he started in six games for the Steelers at the beginning of the season.

1:15.1

And if you listen to my podcast, if you listen to my radio show on Sirius XM, you heard me

1:19.9

from a football standpoint, very critical of Justin Fields.

1:23.6

Very critical.

1:24.7

However, a lot of the fantasy folks are like, bro, what are you talking about?

1:28.4

He's been great. And I don't disagree. For fantasy, he was. He had in those six starts, three weeks

1:36.1

as a top 12 fantasy quarterback, including being the number one quarterback in week four.

1:41.5

He also, over that span of time, was QB6. So what's going on here? Why the

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