CINCINNATI — It’s been a typical week for the Jets, which is to say it’s been stressful and chaotic, and less about what’s actually in front of them — Sunday’s game at Cincinnati — and too much about peripheral nonsense.
The week began with team owner team’s 0-7 record.
It continued with head coach Aaron Glenn deciding he was going to keep which quarterback will start — Fields or backup Tyrod Taylor — a secret most of the week, before it slipped that Fields would return under center with Taylor with a knee issue. Glenn played it this way to create a “competitive advantage” — though it’s highly unlikely Bengals defensive coordinator Al Golden lost a millisecond of REM sleep over the big reveal.
Then there’s the prospect of facing Joe Flacco, the Bengals’ ageless wonder at quarterback who spent 2020-22 with the Jets with Johnson all but shoving him out the door as old, over the hill and finished.