Justin Fields is back for Monday night football, and to beat the Miami Dolphins, the Jets will need more than his rushing ability.

He needs to have a big game as a passer. Locked-on Jets starts now.

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It is Monday, September 29th, 2025, and I'm your host, John B, from Gang gangreneation.com. Thank you so much for making the show your first listener, first watch every day. 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. The Jets are in Miami tonight for Monday night football. On today's show, we are going to preview the game. We're going to talk about how a win tonight could be the start of a jet's turnaround we'll talk about the challenges

the Miami offense presents the Jets defense and some of the areas where the Jets defense can exploit

weaknesses in the Miami offense and we'll talk about why the Jets need more than just Justin Fields

to run the ball effectively he needs to have a big game passing. A little programming note, though, this game starts earlier than your typical Monday night game. Kickoff time for this one is scheduled for 7.15 p.m. Eastern. That's an hour earlier than your normal Monday night football game. And the reason for that is there are two Monday night games tonight. There's also a game between Denver and Cincinnati, which starts at the normal 815 start time. So Jets Dolphins kickoff time, 7.15 p.m. Eastern, just set that

on your schedule. This game is on ESPN. The Cincinnati, Denver games on ABC. So just a little note

there before we get started. Now at quarterback tonight for the Jets, it will be Justin Fields. This is no real surprise.

It felt like we were trending in that direction near the end of last week because Fields

began the week as the first team quarterback at practice. And typically NFL teams install

their game plans over a three-day stretch. And when Fields got the first team reps, the first practice of the week,

that was a sign that the Jets felt confident he was going to be cleared for this game.

And in many ways, this is a nice way to ease a quarterback back into the lineup when he's coming off injury.

And it's a nice way, it's a good defense to ease your quarterback back into the lineup against

when he's coming off the worst game of his career.

Because the last time we saw Justin Fields was two weeks ago.

He had a terrible performance against the Buffalo Bills.

His QBR in that game was 1.1.

He only completed three passes before he left with a concussion in the fourth quarter.

Nothing was working for Justin Fields.

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