Jets Breece Hall ready to go after taking cautious approach with groin strain: really fresh right now
For Breece Hall, there wasn’t any extra frustration.Wasn’t any lingering annoyance when a groin strain — as he ran toward the end zone after catching a pass Aug.
17 in practice — occurred during the summer that followed a three-year, $45 million extension.Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.
Hall knew it wasn’t a drastic injury, even though he initially “freaked out” since he’d never hurt his groin.He knew he’d be back for the season opener, and with the Jets set to face the Titans on Sunday in Nashville, Hall, who said he’s ready to play and can handle a full workload, feels “really fresh now” after the Jets were cautious throughout his recovery.
If anything, he joked, this stretch gave him a needed “two-week vacation” before the regular season began.“I knew I was gonna be back by Week 1,” Hall said Thursday after a second consecutive day of fully practicing.“I was never worried about that.
But, you know, running backs, we definitely have a short shelf life in the NFL, but luckily, I’ve been able to play as many games as I can and be successful, be effective and be one of the better backs in the league.So I just look to just keep doing that.”After a torn ACL limited his rookie season to just seven games, an underlying variable to Hall’s success has been durability.
He played in all 17 games his second year.He only missed one game each in 2024 and ’25 and turned last season into his first 1,000-yard campaign by finishing with 1,065 yards and four touchdowns.
With Braelon Allen healthy, the Jets at the start of summer were finally trending toward having the one-two punch they envisioned at running back — along with Isaiah Davis — before Allen’s season-ending injury last year.But that changed with an ominous route in August, when Hall caught a pass and ultimately limped toward the medical tent.Head coach Aaron Glenn downplayed the ...