Team news: New York Jets

Jeff Ulbrich says RB Breece Hall is "looking good" to play Sunday for the Jets.

They are "hopeful" for CB D.J. Reed. CB Brandin Echols is doubtful.

KR/RB Kene Nwangwu will be put on IR with a broken hand.

Related Players: Braelon Allen, Isaiah Davis

This comes as quite a bit of a surprise and could easily mean he plays in a limited role, which really muddies up the whole situation. If that's the case, this backfield may be an entire avoid with no bye weeks in the first round of Fantasy Playoffs, with Hall falling somewhere in the RB2-RB3 range.

For a second straight day today, Jets RB Breece Hall did not practice due to his knee injury.

Related Players: Braelon Allen, Isaiah Davis

It was a near 50/50 split between Allen and Davis in Week 14, which makes each of them risky fantasy starts. Consider each of them RB3s in a great matchup against the Jaguars defense if Hall misses Week 15.

RB Breece Hall "struggling a bit" with his knee injury, per Ulbrich. Not improving as much as he'd like. Not at the point of shutting him down. Still evaluating.

Related Players: Braelon Allen, Isaiah Davis

It was a near 50/50 split between Allen and Davis in Week 14, which makes each of them risky fantasy starts. Consider each of them RB3s in a great matchup against the Jaguars defense.

Aaron Rodgers fought through wayyyy more painful injuries than people realized this year, which propped him MORE in the eyes of his teammates, while others including owner talked of his benching his teammates didn’t feel same way seeing how much pain his played through

Rodgers has dealt with a grade two hamstring strain, an MCL sprain, and a high ankle sprain, according to Glazer. Rodgers hasn't played well this season but is coming off one of his better games in Week 14. The Jets lost to the Dolphins, but Rodgers threw for 339 with a touchdown and no interceptions. He's expected to finish out the season as the Jets starting QB.

Jets running back Breece Hall was downgraded to out for Sunday’s game against the Dolphins.

Hall was originally listed as doubtful with a knee injury. Ultimately, his chances of playing were low anyway. Now, that chance is zero. This opens the door for rookie Braelon Allen to get more work with fellow rookie Isaiah Davis behind him.

Breece Hall (knee) and Sauce Gardner (hamstring) are doubtful for Sunday at Miami per Ulbrich and C.J. Mosley (neck) is headed to injured reserve.

Related Players: Braelon Allen, Isaiah Davis

Stashing Allen has officially paid off. The rookie should carry the brunt of the work against the Dolphins, which makes him a low-end RB2.

The 49ers were down to one healthy running back on their active roster, so they added another one off the waiver wire on Tuesday.

The NFL’s daily transaction report shows that they have claimed Israel Abanikanda off of waivers from the Jets. Abanikanda was let go on Monday when the Jets signed running back/kick returner Kene Nwangwu to the 53-man roster.

Christian McCaffrey was officially moved to injured reserve in a corresponding move.

Related players: Isaac Guerendo, Patrick Taylor, Ke'Shawn Vaughn

Guerendo is expected to take over the team's RB1 role with Christian McCaffrey and Jordan Mason both heading to IR. Abanikanda should be a familiar name to those in dynasty circles. He was a 2023 fifth-round pick but at the time was buried on the depth chart with the Jets, and he never earned much of a role on offense and didn’t play in the regular season this year, the story said. He appeared in six games as a rookie and ran 22 times for 70 yards while catching seven passes for 43 yards, the story added. The team also signed Vaughn to their practice squad.

Ulbrich on whether Aaron Rodgers is week to week as the QB: “No, he’s our quarterback.”

Related players: Tyrod Taylor, Adrian Martinez

There are those who follow the team who think it's no lock Rodgers finishes out the season as the starter with all the struggles so far this year, but it looks like for Week 14 he'll be under center at least. There probably isn't much of an upside to play Taylor or Martinez at this point. But a move away from Rodgers also likely means the Jets are moving on for good, and it's possible they don't want to close that door just yet.

From Ulbrich's just-completed media session:

Aaron Rodgers will "absolutely" start on Sunday -- in response to a question re: recent reports about his status.

The post went on to say Ulbrich said Rodgers is healthier than he was earlier in the season, and added that Ulbrich was not aware of Rodgers skipping any medical scans, which had been reported leading up to Week 12. The Jets have a home game against the Seahawks in Week 13.

With a totally new regime in 2025, it likely means Aaron Rodgers won't be back.

A new GM and new head coach will probably want their own QB, Cimini's post went on to say. Cimini added that Rodgers has a good relationship with Douglas, and last week he advocated for Jeff Ulbrich - and it's hard to imagine him wanting to even be back. The Jets announced Phil Savage, the former general manager for the Browns, will take over as the interim GM.