If you wanted to know about the mental toughness of Jets quarterback Justin Fields, his first game with the team on Sunday against the Steelers was always going to be a good place to start – mostly because it was such a tough spot for Fields to begin his Jets career.

It was an emotionally charged game for the 26-year-old, because not only was Fields going up against his most recent former team in the Steelers. He was going up against a team that hadn’t believed in him a year ago, when he started the season with a 4-2 record for Pittsburgh, but was replaced by Russell Wilson once he got healthy – and he remained on the bench even as Wilson led the Steelers to five straight losses to end the season in the first round of the playoffs.

And Fields’ revenge game came in an even tougher spot be

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