Breece Hall has a golden opportunity to make Robert Saleh remember what he lost

Strangely, Breece Hall has found himself excluded from the nonstop revisionist history about Robert Saleh’s time coaching the New York Jets.

The national media spent much of the offseason building up Saleh, who will make his Titans debut against the Jets on Sunday afternoon. It felt like every week featured at least one listicle detailing how Saleh had gotten a bad deal in New York and that the Jets made a mistake firing him in October 2024.

While they were busy making excuses for his 20-36 record, those stories often failed to mention that Saleh had plenty of offensive firepower, including Hall and Garrett Wilson. Something tells us, though, that Saleh himself hasn’t forgotten about the playmakers he left behind.

Breece Hall could make former New York Jets coach Robert Saleh’s life miserable in Week 1

Hall turned heads earlier this summer when he made comments widely interpreted as a jab at Saleh, his coach for parts of three seasons. Speaking with reporters in training camp, the fifth-year running back explained why things felt so much more positive than in years past.

“I feel like there’s a lot more organizational stability, which I feel like helps the players because I feel like the players are only going to be as good as the organization is,” Hall said in July. “You can’t have good players and not have a stable organization and still have a good team.”

Interestingly, those remarks align with those recently made by ex-Jets defensive lineman Solomon Thomas, who has since reunited with Saleh in Tennessee. The 31-year-old Thomas, who’d previously played for Saleh with the 49ers, blasted the Jets organization for what he believed was a disconnect between management, the coaching staff, and the team itself.

Sunday provides a perfect opportunity for Hall to remind Saleh just what he missed out on. Look, we won’t hold Aaron Rodgers’ 2023 injury against Saleh, but no one wants to acknowledge how the Jets 8-19 in his final 27 games dating back to December 2022.

Saleh helped waste the Jets’ talented offensive core because he had Mike LaFleur and Nathaniel Hackett as his offensive coordinators. LaFleur himself is enjoying revisionist history because of his recent success with the Rams, further proving that no one learned anything from Josh McDaniels. 

Should anyone be surprised that Hackett is LaFleur’s offensive coordinator in Arizona?

If Saleh had applied common sense when building his first Jets staff in 2021, then he wouldn’t have hired an inexperienced coach in LaFleur to develop Zach Wilson. Every action has a reaction, and Saleh made numerous poor choices that have contributed to Hall not yet experiencing a winning season. 

Then again, if the Titans had applied common sense, Mike Vrabel might still be there, and they wouldn’t have spent the No. 4 pick on a receiver. 

Despite a nagging right groin injury, Hall is expected to play in Week 1. It’s unclear whether he’ll be on a snap count, and Isaiah Davis remains limited with a knee issue. Former Browns running back Jerome Ford worked out for the Jets on Monday, though he remained unsigned as of Wednesday morning. 

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