When the Jets handed quarterback Justin Fields a two-year, $40 million contract last winter , they believed they could finally unlock the talent that had long been buried beneath inconsistency.

But after Sunday’s 13-11 loss to the Denver Broncos in London, WFAN host — and former Jets quarterback — Boomer Esiason offered a sobering reality. Fields, who served as Giants quarterback Russell Wilson’s backup with the Steelers last season, may never become the franchise quarterback the Jets hoped for.

His performance against the Broncos is a good example of why, according to Esiason.

“It looked to me like he mentally locked up in the middle of this, just completely locked up,” Esiason said on his morning show on WFAN, via X/Twitter . “Like he would drop back, there was more than enoug

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