Breece Hall is still the Jets’ starting running back, even with Braelon Allen making plenty of noise behind him.
Allen has surged in Hall’s absence, piling up the second-most rushing yards since Week 4. That kind of production has fueled plenty of chatter around the league about whether New York should move Hall and hand the backfield over to Allen. But head coach Aaron Glenn made the team’s stance clear on Monday.
"Listen, Breece is still a part of this team," Glenn said on Monday. "I understand how the noise happens when things like this happen.
I've said it before: We're in the business of keeping good players, and he's one of our better players. So Breece will still be here."
Glenn doubled down on that point when asked about the backfield split.
"Breece is our starter -- he's always been our starter -- but Braelon is going to get touches too," Glenn said.
Hall hasn’t played since Week 3 against the Detroit Lions because of a quad injury. Before going down, he had 163 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown and 102 receiving yards. The Jets beat the Tennessee Titans in Week 1, then lost to the Green Bay Packers in Week 2 and the Lions in Week 3 with Hall in the lineup.
Hall came into the season with 18 rushing touchdowns and nine receiving touchdowns for New York, which signed him to a three-year, $45.75 million extension in May.
Allen has made his own case with strong play this season. He has 565 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns, and his emergence has only intensified the outside belief that the Jets should make him the lead back.
For now, though, Hall’s return timeline remains unclear. He has not spoken to reporters since the injury, and he also deleted his social media account, where he is known to post cryptic messages.
The bigger picture around the Jets is bleak. They are 2-6 and will miss the playoffs again this season. New York’s next game is against the Kansas City Chiefs, and all signs point to the Jets falling to 2-7.
Glenn, who received a five-year contract to return to the organization where he played and worked as a scout, has not been able to turn the results around. The Jets opened 0-7 last season, and even with offseason talent upgrades, the record has barely improved.
The offense has been stuck at 21.3 points per game, which ranks 25th in the NFL. The defense has allowed 23.5 points per game, 16th in the league. New York has only one interception in the Glenn era, and it came in Week 4 against Chicago Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent.
Sunday’s loss to the Las Vegas Raiders only added to the frustration. The Jets became just the third team in the past 45 years to lose after scoring on their first six possessions, according to ESPN Research.
Glenn also drew criticism for his in-game management against the Raiders. ESPN Analytics disagreed with three of his fourth-down calls, including two situations where kicking field goals lowered New York’s win probability instead of going for it.
The Jets have not won an AFC East game since Glenn was hired, and chairman Woody Johnson will ultimately decide Glenn’s future. Johnson has been through 10 straight losing seasons and has made only one in-season coaching change in 26 years of ownership, firing Robert Saleh five games into the 2024 season.
Johnson, 79, has not spoken to the media in more than a year, and he reportedly has a very close relationship with Glenn. Because of that, the chances of Glenn being fired during the season are described as very, very low.
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