Green & White Acquire 2027 Sixth-Round Pick
Susanna Weir
The Jets have acquired a 2027 sixth-round pick from the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for QB Justin Fields.
Fields (6-3, 227) signed with the Jets in March 2025 and started 9 games for the Green & White during the 2025-26 season. He threw for 1,259 yards, 7 TDs and 1 INT, adding 4 rushing scores. Fields was replaced by QB Tyrod Taylor in Week 12 and served as a backup for a game before he was sidelined with a knee injury in Weeks 13-15. Fields was placed on injured reserve ahead of Week 17.
Fields, a first-round selection of the Bears (No. 11 overall) in the 2021 NFL Draft, will join his fourth team after spending the first three seasons of his NFL career in Chicago and the fourth season of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Jets acquired veteran QBGeno Smithin a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders last week. QBsBrady CookandBailey Zappeare also on the roster.
