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Quarterback for the New York Jets for the first time this season Justin Fields stood at the podium to speak to reporters after a win on Sunday.
The Jets made a miraculous comeback in the fourth quarter, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 39-38 and finally securing their first win of the 2025 season. They were the only remaining NFL without a win this year.
While Breece Hall’s two touchdown runs played a crucial role in the victory, Fields’ efforts to keep the Jets in the game were crucial to the win.
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Justin Fields of the New York Jets celebrates after a touchdown against the Bengals at Paycor Stadium on October 26, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
Jets fans and even the team’s owner have criticized Fields all season. In fact, there was no certainty that Fields would even play at Paycor Stadium on Sunday, as head coach Aaron Glenn kept his decision to himself until Saturday.
After his redemption game, Fields revealed that the criticism and pressure to perform had really gotten to him this week.
“I’m going to be pretty vulnerable here,” Fields told reporters, via Yahoo Sports. “This week I found myself crying on the floor and lying in my closet. Not because of the hardships, not because of the problems. I felt like I was made for this… Yesterday I just prayed over and over again, just one victory.”
Jets owner Woody Johnson publicly criticized his quarterback’s play during the NFL’s annual fall meeting.
“It’s hard when you have a quarterback with the rating we have,” Johnson told a group of reporters. “He has the skills, but something’s not right. If you look at a head coach with a quarterback like that, you’re going to see similar results across the league.”
Justin Fields and Azareye’h Thomas of the New York Jets speak to the media after the game against the Bengals at Paycor Stadium on Oct. 26, 2025 in Cincinnati. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
Fields clearly heard what his employer had to say, although he described it as “outside noise at the end of the day.”
“I understand he is the owner of the team, but that is outside noise,” he continued. “The biggest thing was that my teammates believed in me and my coaches still believed in me.”
While Fields got his first win as a Jets player, Glenn has been waiting for that feeling for seven weeks. The coach didn’t hold anything back either and recognized that the Jets had done it the Bengals‘The defense was on his heels and continued to go for two-point conversions on consecutive touchdown drives in the fourth quarter.
Without both being successful, we may still be talking about a winless Jets team on Monday.
But that’s not the case. Instead, the Jets have “Victory Monday” and hope to extend their win heading into their bye week. They will be back on the field on November 9th at home against the Cleveland Browns, another struggling team.
Justin Fields of the New York Jets carries the ball for a two-point conversion against the Bengals on Oct. 26, 2025, in Cincinnati. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
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“It was a lot for me emotionally and spiritually,” Fields said. “When I was on the field, I was about to cry, not because we won, but because of the goodness of God. Everything I’ve been through in the last week, everything we’ve been through as a team in the last seven weeks, there’s been a lot of ups and downs, and I’ve gotten a lot of support from my teammates, from my brothers, from my family, from my friends, and most of all I’m just grateful. Yesterday I started praying, too pray.” like crazy just to win.”
Fields went 21 of 32 for 244 yards with a touchdown pass to receiver Tyler Johnson before the end of the first half. Hall added 133 rushing yards on 18 carries with his two scores while also throwing a touchdown to rookie tight end Mason Taylor.
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