Jets training camp Day 11 turned into a Breece Hall status watch. Hall went down with a groin injury, and head coach Aaron Glenn told reporters afterward that Hall strained his groin and did not think it was a big deal, though Hall still needed evaluation, a characterization Rich Cimini relayed with Glenn’s exact words in his post-practice report. The session came five days after the second Tampa Bay joint practice.
What We Know About Breece Hall’s Groin Strain
Glenn told reporters that Hall strained his groin and did not think it was a big deal, though Hall still needed further evaluation, according to Brian Costello’s report. Connor Hughes also relayed that Glenn called it a strained groin and did not believe it was a big issue in his post-practice update. The official Jets account said Hall hurt his groin and would have further evaluation in the team’s availability update.
Cimini reported that Hall went down untouched while running after a catch in his live practice report. Antwan Staley placed the play in red-zone drills and separately noted that the grass was slick from all the rain that had fallen in his field report. Eric Allen described a short pass out of the backfield, with Hall going down on his own while favoring his midsection, then standing up and walking off with a trainer in his practice account.
Brian Costello first reported that Hall was hurt on the play in his initial update, and separately reported Hall walking off slowly with trainers in a follow-up report.
Hall’s spot as the offense’s cleanest starting point is why the pending evaluation matters. The Jets training camp Day 12 update later set Hall’s timetable at two to three weeks.
Geno Smith Returned, but the Ankle Still Drew Attention
Geno Smith was back on the field as Day 11 practice began, after sitting out the preseason game with a sore ankle, according to Brian Costello’s opening report. Cimini reported Smith working through the walkthrough portion with a sleeve on his lower left leg in his walkthrough update, then later observed a slight limp that he read as the ankle still being sore in a later observation. Smith simply being back on the field for Day 11 is the notable part of that update, given he had missed the preseason game entirely with the same ankle.
Smith also threw an interception to Andre Cisco while targeting Isaiah Williams, a play Connor Long tracked from the field in his practice report. That mistake fits into the season-long expectations conversation around Smith.
Elsewhere, Demario Davis and Minkah Fitzpatrick had veteran rest days, and Garrett Wilson missed practice with an illness, according to the official Jets availability update.
T’Vondre Sweat Finally Joined Team Drills
T’Vondre Sweat practiced for the first time this camp after coming off the Non-Football Injury list, per Cimini’s camp update. He took part in team drills and was on a pitch count during his ramp-up, according to Cimini’s team-drill report.
Sweat’s larger question is still the one JetCast has posed about his breakout season; Day 11 was only the first practice step inside that longer stretch of camp.
Jason Sanders Had the Better Kicking Day
Cimini’s Day 11 kicking chart had Jason Sanders going 7 for 8 from 27 to 54 yards, missing only from 54, while Cade York went 5 for 8, missing from 48, 51 and 54.
On Cimini’s Day 11 chart, Sanders was the more accurate kicker, converting seven of eight tries to York’s five of eight, with York’s misses spread across three different distances, from 48 yards out to 54. Sanders’ edge belongs to that single practice chart, and one day does not settle the kicking competition.
Penalties Defined the Finish Before Cade Klubnik’s Touchdown
In Cimini’s final practice report, he called the session sloppy, with a few defensive penalties mixed in. In Staley’s final practice report, he said there were, again, a lot of penalties during the session.
Cimini reported and Staley independently reported that Klubnik found Skinner for a 20-yard touchdown in the back of the end zone as the practice ended. Cimini put four seconds on the clock and described a juggling catch on the score. Staley said Skinner lost control of the ball before regaining it for the touchdown.