{"id":74453,"date":"2025-08-16T16:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/74453\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T16:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:19:09","slug":"jets-justin-fields-is-one-of-3-players-in-nfl-history-with-this-amazing-stat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/74453\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets’ Justin Fields is one of 3 players in NFL history with this amazing stat"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are few quarterbacks in NFL history like Justin Fields.<\/p>\n

The New York Jets made him their starting quarterback for this season, and he brings an element rarely seen in pro football.<\/p>\n

Fields, as everyone knows, is adept at running the football.<\/p>\n

But just how good at that is he?<\/p>\n

He’s one of three QBs in NFL history to average 50 rushing yards or more per game. The other two are Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels, per NBC’s Matthew Berry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Fields specifically has averaged 50.2 rushing yards per game in his career, and that’d be higher if not for a few late-season quick cameos with the Steelers in 2024.<\/p>\n

His best came in 2022, when he put up 76.2 rushing yards per game with the Bears.<\/p>\n

Berry shared the stat in a fantasy football context. Fields is a great pick there because of how running QBs can quickly rack up points.<\/p>\n

But for the Jets in general, it’s a key component that they simply haven’t had.<\/p>\n

They’ve gone from a 40-year old Aaron Rodgers coming off a torn Achilles to a 26-year old Fields who runs with the ball in his hands like an athletic 6-foot-3 wide receiver.<\/p>\n

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The Jets’ overall success will likely depend on how efficient Fields can be as a passer. But if they lean into Fields’ running, that can raise their team’s floor. He just makes life so tough on opposing defenses. They have to account for a whole different element than they do with the majority of quarterbacks.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, Fields should be an exciting addition to the Jets. And if things go well, New York could have quite the run in its sights.<\/p>\n

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