{"id":45965,"date":"2025-08-19T16:43:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=45965"},"modified":"2025-08-19T16:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:43:24","slug":"new-york-jets-quarterback-justin-fields-reveals-his-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/new-york-jets-quarterback-justin-fields-reveals-his-addiction.html","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets Quarterback Justin Fields Reveals His \u201cAddiction\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45968\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/08\/Justin-Fields_credit-SNY-YouTube.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45968\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/08\/Justin-Fields_credit-SNY-YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SNY \/ YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Justin Fields, the 26-year-old quarterback for the New York Jets recently spoke at a press conference where he discussed his deepening faith. Fields first signed with the Chicago Bears in 2021, where he was met with high expectations from a team desperate to make a dent in the playoffs. Those expectations, however, didn\u2019t pan out and Fields was traded to the Steelers in 2024. Fields did well during his season with the Steelers, filling in for Rusell Wilson for six starts while he was injured. Fields has now signed to be the Jets\u2019 starting quarterback for this upcoming season. He addressed how he has grown through his career. \u201cI think I used to let other people&#8217;s opinions shape mine. But you can&#8217;t do that because you&#8217;ll start thinking like those opinions,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IditVBGsN9I\">he said<\/a>. \u201cI&#8217;m glad I&#8217;ve grown out of that stage, and I&#8217;m glad that the only approval I need now is from my teammates, my coaches and ultimately God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One major change that has helped Fields in his spiritual journey is his increased Bible reading. \u201cI&#8217;ve been getting closer to God \u2014 reading the Bible every day, building that relationship. There&#8217;s so much wisdom and so many great lines I didn&#8217;t even know about,\u201d he said. \u201cHonestly, I&#8217;m low-key addicted to like getting my Bible each and every day just because I learn something new every day, and I&#8217;m able to apply it to my everyday life.&#8221; It\u2019s something Fields said he wishes he had started sooner. \u201cI was sleeping on reading the Bible earlier in my life. I wish I would have started earlier. So, I encourage y\u2019all to go read a little bit. Start in Proverbs and move on from there\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fields\u2019 new focus has also helped him escape some of the approval-seeking he fell into early in his career. \u201c&#8221;I don\u2019t play for anybody\u2019s approval. You guys are all gonna have your opinion and I\u2019m never gonna take any of it personal. Like I said, it doesn\u2019t matter. Y\u2019all can have an opinion, y\u2019all can say this and that, but at the end of the day our lives aren\u2019t gonna change. If I say something to y\u2019all right now, the same thing\u2019s gonna happen,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, if you look at it from that perspective, the bigger perspective, no matter what anybody says, it doesn\u2019t matter at the end of the day. It has zero meaning to me, to anybody. God controls everything that happens in this world. I just let people be and let them speak.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Fields, the 26-year-old quarterback for the New York Jets recently spoke at a press conference where he discussed his deepening faith. Fields first signed with the Chicago Bears in 2021, where he was met with high expectations from a team desperate to make a dent in the playoffs. 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