Even though the New York Jets lost to the Green Bay Packers in Week 2, Breece Hall remains bullish on Gang Green.
Breece Hall remains bullish on the New York Jets.
Even though the Jets lost to the Green Bay Packers in Week 2, Hall still believes New York has "high potential."
"I still think we have a really good team, a team of high potential and we just went into a shootout with a [2025] playoff team," Hall said. "So I think we have everything we need."
It wasn't exactly a shootout against the Packers -- the game was 20-17 Green Bay -- but there's no doubt the Jets have been better than last season on offense.
Geno Smith already has more passing yards in his first two starts (462) than Justin Fields recorded in his last four (460) from last season. They're still lacking explosive plays, so it might behoove offensive coordinator Frank Reich to get wide receiver Garrett Wilson more involved. Wilson was targeted only seven times against the Packers and just twice after his third-quarter touchdown.
"Absolutely, that's a point of emphasis every time we go out: try to make sure we get him the ball, and we have to continue to do that," Jets head coach Aaron Glenn said. "There are guys on this team -- Breece, [Mason Taylor], [Kenyon Sadiq], especially Garrett -- that we have to make sure that we get those guys involved."
Smith has 462 passing yards and one passing touchdown through two games. He's completing 70.8% of his passes.
Meanwhile, Hall has 131 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
The Jets should be 2-0, but Glenn made two strategic decisions that backfired in the Week 2 loss against the Packers.
At the end of regulation, Glenn failed to call a timeout that would've given his offense one last shot to march down the field for a game-winning field goal.
In the end, the Jets wasted their final minute without getting the ball back.
Packers wide receiver Christian Watson was tackled at the Jets' 45-yard line with 1:02 remaining, leaving Green Bay with a fourth-and-5. Glenn, who had two timeouts left, didn't stop the clock.
The Packers wound up taking an intentional delay-of-game penalty. After a 10-second runoff and a timeout by each team, the fourth quarter ended with Green Bay QB Jordan Love being sacked on a Hail Mary play that started with two seconds left.
Even Packers coach Matt LaFleur was perplexed by Glenn's decision.
"Oh yeah, I was [surprised]," LaFleur said. "I was really confused by that, and that's why we called a timeout and tried a Hail Mary."
Glenn defended his strategy, saying, "I think they could have punted the ball and put us in a backed-up situation right there. So that was the reason."
The Jets won the overtime coin toss and decided to take the ball. Most coaches prefer to get the ball last because it provides an informational advantage under the updated overtime rules, allowing them to know exactly what their team needs to win or extend the game.
Glenn said he wanted the ball because "you can really control the clock. You can control exactly how they're going to play offense once you go and score." He wanted to score and put pressure on Green Bay to score, except "it didn't happen the way I planned."
The Jets went three-and-out, with two sacks and a false-start penalty. They punted it to the Packers, who needed only four plays (plus an unnecessary roughness call on nickelback Jarvis Brownlee Jr.) to kick the winning field goal from 26 yards.
Since the NFL changed the overtime rules last season to allow both teams to possess the ball, the Jets became the fifth team to win the overtime coin toss and choose to receive, per ESPN Research. Those teams are 2-3. Eleven of the 16 teams to win the coin toss have chosen to defer. Those teams are 4-6-1.
"To to be honest, I'm highly upset," Glenn said. "[It's a] tough way to lose a game. There are a number of things that go through my head that, man, we have to fix. And it's always tough when you feel like you were right there in the thick of it and then you didn't overcome, and you let the other team overcome and win.
"That's tough, but I will say this: This loss is not going to define who we are and what we're about. I will say that. And it's not OK. And our guys are going to take it like that. It's not OK."
The Jets face the 1-1 Detroit Lions in Week 3. It's the first time Glenn goes up against his former team.
