Jets placing Fields on IR, ending QB's difficult season

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets are placing quarterback Justin Fields on season-ending injured reserve with a knee injury that has sidelined him the past three games.

Coach Aaron Glenn announced the decision on Tuesday to sit Fields for the final two games.

Fields, who signed a two-year, $40 million deal — with $30 million guaranteed — with New York in March, was the starter for most of this season until he was benched in favor of Tyrod Taylor last month.

Undrafted rookie Brady Cook is set to make his third consecutive start Sunday against New England. Taylor will be the backup.

Fields, speaking to reporters last Friday for the first time since his injury in practice three weeks ago, said he recently had an MRI on his ailing knee and “they found something, so now we’re at this point.” He added that he had “a nick or a bruise” and said his injury is “more of a week-to-week thing.”

But Fields also said he “of course” would like to play again this season. He was inactive for the Jets' past three games.

Fields went 2-7 as the Jets’ starter with seven touchdowns and only one interception for 1,259 yards — but had four games during which he threw for under 55 yards, including a season-low 27 in a loss to Buffalo in Week 2.

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