Justin Fields' stellar display seals Woods' choice as a lock for victory!
No one does "do as we say not as we do" better than NFL owners. Some of the ones who don't want to be publicly criticized by players have no qualms about publicly criticizing them. Case in point: Jets owner Woody Johnson.
He and his partners successfully (sort of) stifled the NFL Players Association's ability to publicize report cards that Johnson dismissed as " totally bogus . " Meanwhile, Johnson publicly criticized quarterback Justin Fields during the 2025 season. “It’s hard when you have a quarterback with a rating that he’s got ,” Johnson said during quarterly league meetings last October, regarding the Jets' latest struggles with Fields at quarterback.
"If we can just complete a pass, it would look good," Johnson added. Fields took the high road , but he surely was bugged at some level by the idea that he was being thrown under the bus by the boss. Now that Fields will be playing for the Chiefs, he'll get a chance to prove Johnson wrong.
And, yes, the Chiefs host the Jets this season. There's no guarantee Fields will take a regular-season snap in 2026. Much of that depends on whether Patrick Mahomes is healthy when Week 1 rolls around.
It also depends on whether the Chiefs put Mahomes on a pitch count as he works his way back to 100 percent. Mahomes will want to do everything. The team may try to hold him in check, for his own good.