Does anyone know what happened to Breece Hall this week?
According to report he's OK, it's just that the OLine is poor and defences aren't giving him any room to move.
The statisticians have a stat. they lable xYPC: expected yards per carry.
Over his 4 games his xYPC = 3.2. The lowest of any serious RB since they started that stat. in 2018.
His running mate Allen has 4.5 xYPC.
i.e. opponents are paying more attention to stopping Hall than they are to stopping Allen.
Hall has always had games with low yards per carry mixed in with his good games.
In 2023 he went: 12.7, 2.25, 1.5, 9.33, 8.05, 3.25, 1.42, 3.13, 2.15, 2.3, 3.57, 1.23, 4.0, 2.0, 4.75, 6.46, 4.81.
None were are bad as today, of course, but I think that attention is being drawn to it because it's the first 4 games of the season rather than mid-season - note the 9 game stretch last year where his best was 4.0 but bracketed by games of 9.33/8.05 and 4.75/6.46.
Both Rogers and the NYJ coaches spoke out in support of Hall after the game.
I expect his figures to improve as the season goes on. Opponents will start to pay more attention to Allen and that might free Hall up a bit.
Having said that, I am considering trading him out this week but only if there are no other trades needed: e.g. for my 3/4 injured players