Jets sitting on a gold mine with breakout star ready to take over in 2025

Going into the 2025 season, there are plenty of changes the New York Jets have had to adapt to, but for good reason.

If this offensive staff is willing to consider another big change, it could wind up paying dividends. Current third-string running back Isaiah Davis is a player who simply cannot be ignored after what he did with his small sample size last year, and he could fully break out this season if given the chance.

Much has been made about whispers involving Breece Hall and whether or not the Jets would entertain trading him, but that doesn't even matter as much when you dig into the numbers. Now, I'm not saying Davis should supplant Hall as the full-time starter, but he certainly deserves a consistent role.

Isaiah Davis' rookie season could be foreshadowing a monstrous second campaign

This isn't an anti-Braelon Allen post, either, because I love his talent as well. The Jets simply have three talented backs on this roster, to put it plainly.

Let's look at some raw numbers, though:

Davis only had 30 carries last year, but you can see what he did with those carries. Eight of those went for 10 or more yards.

That's incredible.

And, when it came to fighting off would-be tacklers, Davis was clearly the best of the bunch. Again, it's a small sample size, but why wouldn't you give him more touches after looking at the proof?

It might sound insane to lessen the carries for Hall in favor of Davis, but at least on paper, it makes complete sense. Davis is even more physical a presence than Allen, which I don't think anybody saw coming. But that's what he showed us in his first season.

To help support a quarterback like Justin Fields who, admittedly, is still developing as a passer, giving him a running back who can pick up chunks at a time and do it consistently is a secret weapon that needs to be unleashed.

Could Allen be completely phased out? Maybe, maybe not. Or, if the Jets played their cards right, they'd dangle one of their backs out as trade bait later in the summer — but that's a story for later.

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