BALTIMORE — Breece Hall is arguably the Jets most potent offensive player.
Hall finished with 119 all-purpose yards against the Ravens, but his fumble with 6:58 remaining ended any hopes of a Jets (2-9) comeback in their 23-10 loss to the Ravens.
Afterwards, Jets coach Aaron Glenn was seen putting his arm around Hall on the sideline. So what did Glenn say to Hall following his fumble?
“He’s my guy and you know what, s— happens,” Glenn said. “You don’t want it to happen, but it did. The one thing I didn’t want him to do was hold his head down.
“I know exactly how he felt in that situation. I don’t want that player to ever get down on himself. We’re behind him, every player is behind him, and I think we saw that from the defensive players coming up and talking to him also because he’s a hell of a player for us.”
Hall later told reporters that Glenn was really holding him up on the sideline after the fumble because he was “dog tired.”
“I was mad at myself, but I was dog tired,” Hall said. “When it comes to stuff like that, my coaches know me well enough. I’m not the type of player that they really need to yell at or anything. They know I beat myself up a lot.
“They just kind of give me a moment. All my teammates came over and consoled me and everything, which I appreciate. But they know I don’t like to make mistakes.”
Hall’s 40-yard reception put the Jets inside the red zone with a chance to trim the Ravens’ lead to just three points with less than seven minutes remaining. But on a 2nd and 5 on the Ravens’ 12-yard line, Hall ran for 10 yards, but Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey stripped the ball out of his right hand and safety Alohi Gilman recovered the ball for the Ravens on the three-yard line.
From there, the Ravens tacked on another field goal and the Jets lost their ninth game of the season.
“I’m not going to be perfect, he’s not going to be perfect, no one on that field is going to be,” Jets quarterback Tyrod Taylor said about Hall. “That’s my brother. I’m going to pick him up when I see he’s down, and I know he’s going to do the same thing if it were vice versa.
“I just wanna put him in a good spirit, let him know at some point again, we’re going to need you.”
For the second consecutive game, the Jets had a respectable showing against a team that may make the playoffs. Their defense played well in the first half, limiting Baltimore to just 72 yards and keeping them from converting a single third down.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson looked like a guy who was battling an ankle and knee injury after completing just 13-of-23 passes for 153 yards. Derrick Henry also didn’t run wild after finishing with just 64 yards rushing.
But mistakes once again killed the Jets at the worst time. Whether it was Hall’s fumble or the two pass interference plays that led to two touchdowns. Baltimore appeared to be heading towards a three-and-out when Isaiah Oliver was called for pass interference. That led to Henry’s first touchdown, which gave the Ravens the lead for good.
Tony Adams was also called for pass interference in the third quarter, which gave the Ravens the ball at the three-yard line. Henry eventually scored, which put the Ravens up 17-7 at the time. Baltimore added two more Tyler Loop field goals and that was all she wrote for the Jets.
Unlike their game against the Patriots, the Jets actually got decent quarterback play from Taylor, who started after Justin Fields was benched by Glenn last week. Taylor threw for 222 yards with one touchdown and one interception against the Ravens.
In addition to Taylor’s play, Hall was a significant factor in the passing game after registering four catches for 75 yards. But like several games this season, mistakes at inopportune times plagued the Jets. The Jets scored just three points after halftime and the Ravens outscored them 20-3 in the final 30 minutes.
The loss clinched a 10th consecutive losing season for the Jets. They have not made the playoffs since 2010 and haven’t registered a winning record since finishing 10-6 in 2015.
“Win, lose, or draw, my job is to show up on Mondays, Thursdays, and Sundays,” Hall said. “No matter what the record is, no matter what the score is, I’m going to come out and I love to play football, so I’m going to play football.”
