The NFL season is in its final week. As happens every year, injuries are rearing their ugly heads. As fantasy football managers prepare to set Week 18 lineups, it’s important to stay informed on the latest injury news. Breece Hall missed some practice time this week due to injury. What is his current status and outlook for this week?
Is Breece Hall Playing Week 18?
Hall suffered a knee injury in the fourth quarter of the Jets’ Week 17 loss to the New England Patriots, though he subsequently downplayed the severity of the issue. He did not practice on Wednesday but returned to limited practice sessions on both Thursday and Friday. The Jets listed him as questionable for Sunday’s season finale against the Buffalo Bills.
Head coach Aaron Glenn said Friday that Hall will be limited in practice again and will be evaluated before Sunday’s game. Despite the game being meaningless for the 4-12 Jets, who were eliminated from playoff contention weeks ago, Hall was initially expected to play. This felt like a curious decision for any player even mildly banged up to push through an injury in the final week of the season when the game doesn’t matter.
On Saturday, though, it appears the Jets came to their senses and ruled Hall out.
The Jets will also be without backup running back Isaiah Davis, who is in concussion protocol and not expected to play. This leaves Kene Nwangwu and Khalil Herbert as the only other healthy running backs on the active roster.
Hall’s Fantasy Football Outlook
Sometimes situation trumps talent and other times, talent trumps situation.
We got the latter on Sunday after a month straight of the former.
Breece Hall could very well be one of the 10 best running backs in the sport, but a putrid offensive environment has left him as a fantasy bust for much of this season.
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As nice as the 59-yard touchdown run to open the fourth quarter last week was, it doesn’t undo the three straight single digit performances prior where he failed to gain more than half-a-yard per carry before contact in all three. It doesn’t undo the fact that he hadn’t had a 20-yard gain in a month or that he was rarely in position to score cheap points in the red zone.
The singular big play was a reminder of what is possible should Hall find himself in even an average offensive environment. The Jets are clearly willing to feature Hall (five touches in an eight-play stretch during their third drive as an example), but if each touch holds only limited upside, Hall can only rise so far up the ranks.
For me, this looks like a bargain waiting to happen if he remains in New York. Any marginal growth could put him back on the RB1 radar and that won’t be the cost. If he were to be moved, however, the momentum will work with him and make a discount nearly impossible to get.
As things stand right now, I have him labeled as an average RB2, but stay tuned, that’s likely to shift as the 2026 picture comes into focus.
— Kyle Soppe, PFSN Fantasy Analyst
