“You can tell he’s a great guy,” Tippmann said. “Great quarterback. Great leader.” And Tippmann said the Jets are getting to know Fields outside of football. The second-year player said Fields has already been on multiple post-practice excursions to a golf simulator.

Last year with the Steelers, Fields was 4-2 as the starter, threw for five touchdowns, one interception, while having a career-high completion percentage of 65.8, and throwing for 1,106 yards. He also had 289 rushing yards and five touchdowns.

NEW YORK -- For a three-week period in the New York Jets ' offseason -- from the Feb. 13 announcement that Aaron Rodgers would be released to the start of free agency in March -- Tyrod Taylor was thought to be a fallback option for the starting quarterback job.