FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Justin Fields didn’t anticipate that he would be benched and it took a couple of days before it hit him. He remains confident that he’s a starter in the NFL and positive that he’s going to get another shot, whether it’s with the Jets or another team.

“The first day it happens, it's tough,” Fields said Wednesday afternoon during his first extended interview since losing his starting job. “It probably took me a day and a half to fully accept my role, and then last Friday, I felt myself in, like, kind of a ‘Damn’ moment to where it was like, yeah, it's actually real. You kind of just have to look at life from a positive perspective.

“I'm blessed to be in this position, and I know I'm going to get another shot. That's all that matters at the end of the day. So when I d

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