The egregious moment that epitomized Jets running games struggles versus Packers: Just didnt get it

The Jets walked out of last week’s season-opening win on the road over the Titans fired up about their two-headed rushing attack with Breece Hall and Braelon Allen. They rushed for 152 yards on 39 carries against the Titans.  Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.And then, in Sunday’s 20-17 overtime loss to the Packers in their home opener, they managed only 67 yards on 27 carries.

Hall had 29 yards on 16 carries and Allen 7 yards on five carries. The most egregious moment of the day came late in the fourth quarter of a 17-17 game, when the Jets ran Hall on third-and-2 and Allen on fourth-and-1 and failed to make a first down. “We just didn’t get it, bro,’’ Hall said.“We were a few inches short, whatever.

We’ve still got to find ways.’’ There was another moment when Hall gained 43 yards on a catch on the final play of the third quarter to get the ball to the Green Bay 40-yard line, and the offense got no points out of that. “For the offense, it hurts,’’ Hall said.“I feel like we could have helped the defense out a little more, shown them a little more love, put a few more points on the board so they could be a little more comfortable.’’ Jets rookie LB David Bailey recorded a sack on the first play from scrimmage on a broken play when he stopped Packers QB Jordan Love for a 1-yard loss.

It was Bailey’s second sack in as many weeks, after he pushed Titans QB Cam Ward out of bounds. Bailey also forced a fumble in the second quarter on the Packers’ Tucker Kraft, but the tight end recovered the ball. It was one of five fumbles the Jets defense forced in the game, but all of them were recovered by Green Bay.S Andre Cisco forced one on Packers RB Kaleb Johnson, and DT Harrison Phillips forced one on Love. “That’s just one of the unfortunate parts of it; the ball didn’t bounce our way after we punched it out,’’ Kingsley Enagbare said....