Jets running back Breece Hall breaks up field during the first half against the Packers in Week 6.
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Robert Saleh’s third season as head coach of the New York Jets will kick off Monday Night against the Buffalo Bills in a key AFC East showdown.
Probably the best news for Saleh and the Jets is that they expect to have their entire offense healthy and prepared for the season opener. New York’s head coach confirmed that they expect to have everyone practicing throughout the week and should be primed against Buffalo.
That means that Breece Hall and Dalvin Cook, two running backs who are coming off of surgery, will be playing Week 1.
While the Jets expect Hall and Cook to have no limitations Monday night, Saleh confirmed that the organization will be smart with how many snaps each player will get, especially early in the season.
“I don’t know if I want to call it a ‘snap count’ but we’ll be smart with them both. We’ll continue to evaluate and build up to what we think Monday needs to be,” Saleh told reporters Monday morning.
Saleh did confirm that Hall would not practice with the team today but said it was merely for “maintenance purposes” as the team increases his workload following ACL surgery last season.
Before his ACL injury, Hall was on pace to run away with the Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. The Iowa State product was averaging close to seven yards a touch and almost 700 yards of total offense by the midway point of the year. Since returning to the practice field, Hall has been a consistent presence as the lead back.
Of course, the expectation now is that he’ll have to share those duties with Cook. Cook is coming off off-season shoulder surgery but is expected to be 100% for the start of the year. Despite the free-agent acquisition’s aura of being a four-time Pro Bowl running back, the Jets also want to make sure that snaps are distributed fairly early on in 2023.
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