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Jets bench struggling QB Fields, to start Taylor
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets coach Aaron Glenn has benched starting quarterback Justin Fields in favor of longtime backup Tyrod Taylor.
Taylor, 36, will start Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens, the team that drafted him in 2011.
Glenn informed the team of the quarterback change in their Monday meeting, when they reconvened after their mini bye.
“It stinks to be a part of the [demotion],” said tight end Jeremy Ruckert, who played with Fields at Ohio State. “I take it personal, all the hate, all the talking that goes towards him. I take it personal. I’m one of the guys that takes the field with him, and I wish we could’ve done a better job to help him out, but he’s just a true professional.”
The move comes as no surprise, as Glenn indicated last Friday that he was “evaluating everything” — his first acknowledgement of a possible change.
Fields passed for only 116 yards in the Jets’ 27-14 loss to the New England Patriots last Thursday, continuing a season of profound struggles. The Jets’ passing attack is ranked 32nd in yards per game (139.9), with Fields having produced only 505 yards in his past five starts.
Fields is under contract through 2026 after signing a two-year, $40 million contract in March, but his future with the Jets is up in the air. They almost certainly will have a new starter in 2026, either a veteran or a rookie.
Fields is due to make $20 million in 2026, including $10 million guaranteed. His cap charge is $23 million.
With a 2-8 record, the Jets currently hold the fifth position in the 2026 draft. They own two first-round picks in 2026, plus another three in 2027, thanks to the recent Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams trades. In theory, it should be enough draft capital to trade up for a quarterback.
The Jets signed Fields, giving him a $30 million guarantee, because they felt he had untapped potential, and that he could potentially develop into a solid starter despite his spotty track record with the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers.
It hasn’t happened.
Fields ranks 30th out of 33 qualified passers in Total QBR (37.7), with only seven touchdown passes, 1,259 passing yards and one interception. He’s the second-leading rusher on the Jets, with 383 yards and a team-high four rushing touchdowns.
The benching almost happened a few weeks ago.
Fields was replaced at halftime in a Week 7 loss to the Carolina Panthers, and Glenn was leaning toward Taylor as his new starter, sources said. But Taylor was scratched on the eve of the Week 8 game against the Cincinnati Bengals due to a lingering knee injury, leaving Glenn no choice but to stay with Fields.
And Fields played his best game of the season, only a few days after he was publicly criticized by owner Woody Johnson. The team rallied around Fields, and the result was the team’s best offensive performance in years — 502 total yards.
He followed that up with a 51-yard passing performance against the Cleveland Browns, but he got a reprieve because the Jets won. Then came the clunker against the Patriots.
“Obviously, we have to do a better job in the passing game, and that has a lot to do with Justin getting the ball to the right guys,” Glenn said Friday.
So once again, the Jets have a muddled quarterback situation. Aside from last season, when Aaron Rodgers started every game, they have been undermined by quarterback instability. From 2021 to 2023, they started three different quarterbacks in each season, including four in 2023 — the year Rodgers tore an Achilles in Week 1.
Taylor has started one game this season — a Week 3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, when Fields was out with a concussion. Taylor threw two touchdowns and an interception in nearly rallying the Jets to a come-from-behind win.
His record as a starter is 28-29-1.
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Track star fires off message about trans-inclusion in female athletics: ‘It’s not fair and it’s not safe’
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Alexa Anderson, the former high school track athlete in Oregon who made waves when she refused to share a podium with a transgender competitor earlier this year, had a message for girls who are still experiencing the same issues on Monday.
While polls suggest that most Americans believe that females should only compete against females in sports, not all states have complied with President Donald Trump’s executive order to bar transgender athletes from competing against the gender they identify as.
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Alexa Anderson is a former Oregon high school girls’ track and field star and current women’s athlete at the University of South Alabama. (Courtesy of Alexa Anderson)
Anderson appeared on “America’s Newsroom” on Monday and said girls and women alike need to take a stand.
“My message is it’s not fair and it’s not safe, and we have to stand up as the girls affected by this issue,” she told Fox News Channel’s Dana Perino. “It is our job to stand up and tell the people in charge that we are not OK with this and we want change.”
Anderson and her teammate, Reese Eckard, decided to step off the podium after finishing in third place at the Oregon state championships in high jump. The moment went viral across the internet and helped intensify the spotlight on transgender athletes competing against women.
Oregon girls’ track and field athletes Reese Eckard and Alexa Anderson don’t stand on a medal podium next to a trans opponent. (Courtesy of America First Policy Institute)
Anderson recently detailed to Fox News Digital the death threats she received and the fight to even get her medal from the Oregon School Activities Association.
While speaking to Perino, Anderson recalled the moment she decided to take her stand.
“It was a very stressful moment,” Anderson said. “There were a lot of eyes on us. But in my heart, I knew that allowing biological men into women’s sports is not fair and I had to take a stand for that for all girls who had been affected by it.”
She added that she wouldn’t have done anything differently.
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“While there has been a lot of negative talk and name calling, I have been overwhelmed with the support and kindness of so many people that it has been worth it. Just hope that we get change,” she said.
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The New York Jets are reportedly moving on from Justin Fields as their starting quarterback.
The team is set to name Tyrod Taylor the starter for their game against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 12, according to multiple reports. Jets head coach Aaron Glenn opened the door for a change at the position last week, making known he would evaluate all positions.
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New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields walks off the field an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
“I’m evaluating everything,” he told reporters, via the team’s website. “I’m evaluating myself, the players, schematics, coaches, I’m evaluating everything. So, I don’t want to just place everything on that, that one situation [quarterback].
“I’m just looking at everything, because as a head coach, that’s my job, to make sure that I put this team in the best position to go win games.”
Fields has struggled throughout his first season with Gang Green and with the playoffs getting more and more out of reach, Glenn has apparently decided to make a change.
Without Garrett Wilson in the team’s 27-14 loss to the New England Patriots on Thursday night, Fields was 15-of-26 with 116 passing yards and a touchdown pass. He was sacked twice.
New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields looks to pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Fields has thrown for fewer than 100 yards four times this season. The team is 25th in points scored and 29th in yards gained.
Taylor is a veteran NFL quarterback, who has mostly been relegated to the backup role in his career. He was a sixth-round draft pick in 2011 out of Virginia Tech. He’s played for the Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Texans and the New York Giants before joining the Jets in 2024.
While Taylor has had a bit of bad luck at points of his career, he’s proven to be more than capable of taking the reins as the starter.
New York Jets quarterback Tyrod Taylor (2) throws the ball in the third quarter against the Carolina Panthers at MetLife Stadium on Oct. 19, 2025. (Robert Deutsch/Imagn Images)
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He’s appeared in three games for New York already this season. He has 379 passing yards, three touchdown passes and three interceptions.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha on Monday resolved to give youngsters “maximum chances” to showcase their talent in the upcoming T20I tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
Addressing the pre-series press conference on the eve of the series, scheduled to begin Wednesday, Agha said that the Green Shirts’ priority would be to succeed in the upcoming games.
While stressing that no opposition could be taken lightly in the shortest format, he vowed to provide youngsters with ample opportunities to prove their mettle.
“Out of the 15 players we have, the strive would be to give everyone the opportunity, but at the end of the day, our first priority is to win matches because we cannot take any team lightly in T20I cricket,” said Agha.
“So, first priority would be to win, and yes, we will try to give players maximum chances,” he added.
Pakistan’s T20I squad for the upcoming tri-series featured only one change from the team that took on South Africa in a three-match home assignment last month, with Abdul Samad replacing Hasan Nawaz.
Hasan failed to amass double figures in each of his last six innings in the shortest format, since his 56-run knock against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the T20 tri-series in Sharjah in September.
Meanwhile, Agha, in response to a question regarding the team combination for the upcoming series, acknowledged the middle-order’s recent struggle and hinted at Samad’s inclusion in the lineup.
“In the middle order, we are not getting the performances we would like to get. Hasan Nawaz is not here [with the team], but I have faith that he will soon come back. In place of him, we have Abdul Samad, so perhaps we can give him the opportunity because he also bats at number six and can play the role of a finisher.”
The Pakistan captain further reiterated that the upcoming tri-series, like their previous assignments, is a stepping stone for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, scheduled to be played next year, and thus the home side aim to play accordingly to bolster their preparations.
Salman Ali Agha also highlighted the value of all-rounders, particularly praising Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Nawaz, noting, “When you have all-rounders who can bowl four overs, why not use them?”
Pakistan will start their T20I tri-series campaign against Zimbabwe in the curtain raiser before taking on Sri Lanka on November 22.
Each team will play a total of four matches during the league stage, with the top two progressing to the final, scheduled to be played at the same venue on November 29.
Pakistan Squad for T20I tri-series: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan (wk) and Usman Tariq.
Schedule for Pakistan-hosted T20I tri-series
- November 18: Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
- November 20: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe
- November 22: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
- November 23: Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
- November 25: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe
- November 27: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
- November 29: Final
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