Justin Fields Fantasy Football Week 1: Stats and Projections vs. Steelers

New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields will be up against the team with last year's 25th-ranked pass defense, the Pittsburgh Steelers (228 yards conceded per game), in Week 1 -- kicking off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.

Thinking about Fields for your DFS roster, with his next game versus the Steelers? We've got stats and info for you in this article.

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Justin Fields Week 1 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: New York Jets vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
• Game Date: September 7, 2025
• Game Time: 1 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 14.8
• Projected Passing Yards: 197.77
• Projected Passing TDs: 0.75
• Projected Rushing Yards: 36.59
• Projected Rushing TDs: 0.36

Projections provided by numberFire

Fields 2024 Fantasy Performance

• Ranked 30th at his position and 120th overall, Fields picked up 119.1 fantasy points (11.9 per game) last season.
• Fields accumulated 32.0 fantasy points -- 22-of-34 (64.7%), 312 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs; 10 carries, 55 yards, 2 TDs -- in his best game last year (Week 4 against the Indianapolis Colts).
• In Week 6 versus the Las Vegas Raiders, Fields recorded 23.7 fantasy points (his second-highest total of the year), with this stat line: 14-of-24 (58.3%), 145 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs; 11 carries, 59 yards, 2 TDs.
• Fields accumulated 0.7 fantasy points -- -of-0 (0%), 0 yards, 0 TDs, INTs -- in his second-worst game of the season. That was in Week 13 against the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Steelers Defensive Performance

• Last year, Pittsburgh allowed just three quarterbacks to put up over 300 passing yards in a game.
• 13 players have thrown for at least one touchdown in a game against the Steelers last year.
• Through the air last season, Pittsburgh allowed two or more touchdown passes to seven opposing QBs.
• In the passing game, the Steelers surrendered three or more passing touchdowns to just three opposing quarterbacks last year.
• Pittsburgh let seven players pick up more than 100 receiving yards in a game last year.
• Against the Steelers last season, 23 players caught a TD pass.
• Last season, no player hauled in more than one TD pass versus Pittsburgh.
• In terms of run D, the Steelers allowed only two players to put up more than 100 rushing yards in a game last season.
• On the ground, Pittsburgh allowed 12 players to score at least one rushing touchdown against them last season.
• The Steelers allowed at least two rushing TDs on the ground to just two players last year.

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