Despite an uneven start to his career, New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields believes he's on the cusp of a breakout season, Rich Cimini of ESPN reports. The way he sees it, it's the right team, the right time and the right scheme,.

"I think I can be great," Fields said Thursday after the Jets' fifth OTA practice. "That's been the goal for me my whole life, my whole career. I think the sky's the limit for this team, for this offense, but we do have a long way to go."

Fields, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract in March, is on his third team, playing for his fourth offensive coordinator in five years. His new playcaller is first-year coordinator Tanner Engstrand, most recently the Detroit Lions' passing-game coordinator. The Jets' new scheme will have a Detroit flavor, so Fields is spending a lot of time -- with the coaches and on his own -- studying Lions tape.

"He's obviously a physically talented player," Engstrand said, speaking to the local media for the first time. "Everybody talks about the running -- well, the guy's got an arm, too, and he does a great job with that.

"Mentally, he's phenomenal. He's been absolutely phenomenal so far, and we expect more out of that. There's just a lot of things that you can do with that type of player that's going to put stress on a defense and make that defensive coordinator stay up late at night as we get going into this thing."

"Our offense and defense are new, so guys are really tuned in and locked in and trying to get everything down," Fields said. "But I think once we do, I think the sky's the limit. I mean, we have all the guys we need, we have all the talent, so it's really just going to come down to discipline and execution."

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