Judging biggest overreactions for NFL Week 8 games - ESPN

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Was Jets owner Woody Johnson overreacting last week when he ripped quarterback Justin Fields in front of a group of reporters at the owners meetings? Probably not, given the way Fields played the previous two weeks.

Did Jets coach Aaron Glenn overreact and bench Fields for Tyrod Taylor? Well, we might never know if Glenn actually benched Fields, because Taylor was injured and couldn't play, so Fields had to start for the Jets on Sunday at Cincinnati. And again, not sure it would have been an overreaction even if the coach had.

But the NFL is a week-to-week league, and things can look radically different one week than they did the one before. Such is the case in Florham Park, New Jersey, after a Fields-led comeback produced the Jets' first win of the season and Glenn's first as a head coach. And for one week at least, Fields gets to hold his head high, knowing there's a very recent affirmative answer to whether he should continue to start for the Jets.

For all these reasons, Fields also gets to lead the Week 8 Overreactions column, where we sort through the weekly overreactions to try to figure out which ones might hold up and which ones are mirages.

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Fields ended Sunday's contest 21-of-32 passing for 244 yards and a touchdown pass. There was only one touchdown pass, because the Jets let running back Breece Hall throw the one that put them in the lead with just under two minutes remaining. Fields also rushed for 31 yards on 11 carries. Most importantly,