Fans and the media may not believe this, but the players are usually the ones who take losses the hardest. They are the ones who prepare all week, put their bodies through the game, and then have to live with the result when things don't go their way.
Don't confuse compartmentalizing and moving on quickly with disregard. All one needs to do is listen to Breece Hall's comments following the New York Jets' 20-17 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packerson Sunday.
Take one glance at Hall, and you can see the loss stings. To make matters worse, the Jets running back had a rough individual afternoon in part with a few bright spots mixed in. Nobody is going to write home about his 1.8 yards-per-carry average after he carried 16 times for just 29 yards,
but he remained productive as a receiver with five catches for 63 yards.
His highlight came late in the third quarter, when Hall caught a pass on third-and-12 and turned it into a 43-yard gain, putting the Jets in position to potentially extend their lead.
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New York ultimately managed only a field goal in the third quarter before failing to score in the fourth, andthe Packers eventually erased a 10-point deficit before winning in overtime. Hall wasn't interested in pointing toward the weather, penalties or any other circumstance that might have contributed to the result.
"Especially for the offense, it hurts. I feel like we could've helped the defense out a little more and showed them a little more love and put a few more points on the board for them to be a little more comfortable," Hall said.
That is an important admission because the Jets' defense did more than enough to give the team a chance. New York held Green Bay to 199 total yards and repeatedly created opportunities for the offense to build on its 17-7 advantage. Instead, the Jets couldn't generate enough points to put the Packers away. Hall made that point again when discussing the overall performance.
"To be honest, I'm highly upset," head coach Aaron Glenn said via video conference. "Tough way to lose a game."
The Jets' running game certainly has room to improve, and Hall will be among the first to acknowledge that. Still, his receiving production showed that he can remain a significant part of Frank Reich's offense even when the rushing lanes aren't there.
What stood out most after the loss wasn't Hall's stat line. It was his willingness to acknowledge that the offense had opportunities and didn't do enough with them. The Jets have another game coming, but the lesson from Sunday is straightforward: when the defense puts the team in position to win, the offense has to find a way to finish the job.
"The defense put us in a position to win the game and we got to figure out how to do that."
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This article originally appeared on Jets Wire: Breece Hall didn't offer excuses after Jets' Week 2 loss to Packers
