Jets downplay Breece Halls groin strain with chance to test their depth

The diagnosis for Breece Hall is a strained groin.The diagnosis for Jets fans is recurring nightmares, though this instance might only warrant a couple weeks of bad sleep.Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.

A fanbase scarred by too many seasons lost at takeoff due to injury — whether it was quarterbacks Vinny Testaverde (1999), Mark Sanchez (2013), Zach Wilson (2022) and Aaron Rodgers (2023) or recently paid stars having breakout training camps like Carl Lawson (2021) — suffered a scare Monday when Hall came up limping with the end zone in his sights after catching a swing pass in the flat.Head coach Aaron Glenn tried to ease those concerns immediately after practice: “I don’t think it was a big deal,” he said.SNY cited an anonymous source in reporting that an MRI confirmed the Jets’ shared diagnosis of strain, sidelining Hall for weeks rather than months.“When someone [strains] a groin, laterality will be tougher, and a little bit on full sprinting,” Dr.Daniel Kaplan, a sports orthopedic surgeon at NYU Langone Health, told The Post.

“But it would really be more about [limitations on] stopping and quick movements.If you think of a tendon or a muscle like a rope, a minor strain or a pull means the rope was just pulled a little too hard but none of the fibers actually tore.”Hall went to the ground untouched, grabbing at his upper right leg.

He rose to his feet, winced and limped to the training table on the opposite sideline, where he was examined under the medical tent and then taken into the locker room.“My stomach dropped a little bit,” said Braelon Allen, who replaced Hall with the starters.“From the sound of it, it doesn’t seem too serious, so I’m hoping he gets back as quickly as possible.”The Jets figure to be extra cautious with Hall — does he really need to take another snap in training camp? — after he signed a three-year, $43.5 millio...