Throughout the season, NewYorkJets.com will provide a Stock Report recapping the Jets' previous matchup and looking forward to their next game, against visiting Cleveland on Nov. 9.
This week's report features players and/or themes that are trending before the Green & White's Week 9 bye.
📈 Breece Hall
Ahead of the Jets' Week 8 victory over the Bengals last Sunday, RB Breece Hall told his coaches he wanted to touch the ball "at least 20 times" to help make up for the absence of New York's other star offensive weapon, WR Garrett Wilson, who was out with a knee injury.
"I went to the coaches over the weekend, not complaining, but letting them know I need the ball," Hall said. "I always told them I hate losing, and if we lose, I want it to be on me. We pride ourselves on running the ball and we ran the ball really efficiently."
Hall got what he asked for and produced his best game of the season in the 39-38 victory.
The fourth-year tailback totaled 18 carries and 2 receptions, and produced 147 scrimmage yards, 2 rushing touchdowns and threw a touchdown to TE Mason Taylor. Hall now ranks seventh in the NFL in total scrimmage yards (759) and sixth in rushing yards (581) this season.
📈 Armand Membou & Olu Fashanu
The Jets offensive tackles, Armand Membou on the right and Olu Fashanu on the left, played a combined perfect game Sunday against the Bengals. Across 40 pass block snaps, the duo allowed 0 sacks, 0 pressures and 0 QB hits, according to Pro Football Focus.
Fashanu went against All-Pro edge Trey Hendrickson primarily in the first half and did not allow him within 2.5 yards of QB Justin Fields over 13 pass rush snaps. And in the run game, the Jets rushed for a season-high 254 yards on 37 attempts (6.9 yards per carry). Fashanu and Membou, both under 23 years old, received the highest run-blocking grade on the team among the starting offensive linemen in the game.
📈 Isaiah Davis
Since RB Braelon Allen sustained a knee injury that landed him on Injured Reserve in Week 4, second-year RB Isaiah Davis has assumed the No. 2 tailback role behind Breece Hall. And in Week 8, Davis broke out with a career-high of 109 scrimmages yards.
Davis totaled 65 rushing yards on 7 attempts (9.3 yards per attempt) and added 5 receptions for 44 yards. The majority of his rush yards came on a 50-yard carry in the third quarter, the longest of the season for the Green & White.
In addition, Davis reeled in a diving catch in the fourth quarter on a 2-point conversion to cut the Bengals lead to 38-32. Those points proved to be pivotal in the Jets' 39-38 victory.
📉 Takeaways
The Jets picked up their first win of the season in Week 8, but the defensive performance from the Green & White left much to be desired, according to edge Jermaine Johnson.
"It wasn't a good performance [by the defense], and our offense bailed us out today," Johnson said. " Props to the offense but we need to be better. Like I said, it wasn't a great defensive performance at all."
Heading into their Week 9 bye, the Jets have 1 takeaway, a fumble recovery in Week 6, and remain the only team in the NFL without an interception. The unit, however, wants to build on the team's final stand against the Bengals, in which they held Cincy out of field goal range to seal the victory.
"You saw a defense with grit," CB Jarvis Brownlee Jr. said about the final stand. "We played like [expletive] in the first half, no one played Jets defense. … But we are going to take this bye week and really have to buy in and lock into how we want this season to end."
