FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Justin Fields wants to start letting loose a little.
Good thing, too, since the New York Jets’ struggling offense can certainly use something different.
Fields is taking care of the football this season with no interceptions through his first five starts, a statistical oddity in what has been an otherwise rough go for the quarterback. The passing game has been anything but threatening during the Jets’ 0-6 start, with the team’s franchise-worst minus-10 net yards passing in its 13-11 loss to Denver last Sunday in London a glaring example.
So, Fields thinks he might need to take a few more risks down the field, starting Sunday against Carolina.
“Yeah, most definitely,” he said. “I feel like I’ve been a little bit too conservative, in a sense. Probably just be a