{"id":53521,"date":"2022-08-23T05:15:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T05:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bryce-halls-starting-hopes-take-hit-as-jets-rally-past-falcons\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T05:15:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T05:15:49","slug":"bryce-halls-starting-hopes-take-hit-as-jets-rally-past-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bryce-halls-starting-hopes-take-hit-as-jets-rally-past-falcons\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Hall’s starting hopes take hit as Jets rally past Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryce Hall, at least nominally, has been competing for a starting cornerback job for the past few weeks.<\/p>\n

It’s fair to say, though, that competition is probably over after Monday night’s 24-16 Jets preseason victory over the Falcons at MetLife Stadium. If it was n’t Hall’s play that gave that away, it was his mere presence on the field four drives into the game, when most of the starting defense was sitting. His play, though, did n’t help matters.<\/p>\n

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus runs in a touchdown against New York Jets cornerback Bryce Hall.<\/figcaption>
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Hall was noticeable in all the wrong ways. He committed a penalty, got beat multiple times and missed a tackle, all in the span of a few drives. There wasn’t much to take from this game \u2014 even by preseason standards, it was a snoozer. But this put an end to any notion that there’s a serious competition between Sauce Gardner and Hall.<\/p>\n

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Ty Johnson<\/figcaption>
Noah K. Murray<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the first drive of the game, Kyle Pitts badly beat Hall on a corner route, going 52 yards down the sideline to set the Falcons up for an eventual field goal. At least that was against Pitts \u2014 the best player on an Atlanta offense that leaves a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n

Hall later said he was trying to get the jump on a potential interception and got caught out.<\/p>\n

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Chris Streveler<\/figcaption>
Bill Kostroun<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt’s just vision,\u201d Jets coach Robert Saleh said. \u201cIt’s such a simple fix. \u2026 That there, just trust your vision, trust your size, what’s gonna be a bang-bang play.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s times and places when you can do that,\u201d Hall said. \u201cAnd I’m so glad it happened on this stage. I’m learning and I feel like I’m gonna be so much better from those.\u201d<\/p>\n