New York Jets running back Breece Hall (20) tries to outrun Pittsburgh Steelers safety Chuck Clark (21), Sunday, September 7, 2025, in East Rutherford.
The Jets misuse of running back Breece Hall has gone beyond the point of being frustrating and can only leave you shaking your head and wondering what the heck is going on. For a team with no viable receiving threat behind Garrett Wilson, one would expect Hall to see tons of targets out of the backfield.
In fact, head coach Aaron Glenn said this offseason that Hall was going to be a guy who would “turn it up a notch because of what we’re going to do”. Through seven contests, the winless Jets haven’t done much of anything to maximize Hall’s potential. A look at the numbers show the talented back has surpassed five targets just twice this season, and both of those times he had just six.
This has become a theme for Hall in recent years. This isn’t to say Hall hasn’t seen targets, but he certainly hasn’t seen enough. Two years ago under offensive coordinator Nate Hackett, Hall was a non-factor through the air for much of the early part of the season. It wasn’t until mid-season that the OC admitted he didn’t know Hall was a threat to make plays as a receiver out of the backfield.
Then of course last season, following a trade for Davante Adams, the Jets weren’t nearly as desperate to add a target as they are now. Especially with Garrett Wilson nursing a hyperextended knee. But even with Wilson out, Hall saw just three targets last week, catching two of them for fourteen yards.
