Jets head coach Aaron Glenn has been quiet all week as to whether Justin Fields or Tyrod Taylor will be the starting quarterback when the team faces the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 8. That did not change on Friday.
Fields was benched at halftime of the team’s Week 7 loss to the Carolina Panthers.
It would seem
logical that Taylor would start this week. However, as the video above alludes to, Tyrod has been limited at practice this week with a knee injury. His availability to play in the game is unknown.
NFL coaches have a way of being overly secretive about things that really aren’t that important. Glenn himself has shown a tendency to do this in the past. I think there is logic in holding back the information, though. Taylor and Fields have a number of stylistic differences in the way they play the game. It could make the game slightly harder for the Bengals to prepare for if they don’t know which quarterback they are game planning against.
I’m not saying the Jets are gaining anything more than a marginal advantage here. The quality of quarterback play is more important than the ability for a defense to game plan. Neither Taylor nor Fields is likely to light up the scoreboard. This is a Jets team that needs every minor advantage it can get on offense, though.
