Jets RB Breece Hall confident in knee, ready to roll vs. Bills - ESPN

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets running back Breece Hall, who will take the field Monday night for the first time in 323 days, said he's «pretty confident» in his surgically repaired right knee. The same goes for his partnership with Dalvin Cook.

«We're probably going to be the best duo in the league,» Hall said Saturday after practice. «I'm not going to be too worried about that.»

Hall, whose sensational rookie season was cut short by a torn ACL on Oct. 23, practiced fully and figures to play a key role in the season opener against the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium.

The Jets were always optimistic about Hall's chances of making it back for Week 1. Hall said it wasn't cemented until the past couple of weeks, when he received a high volume of carries in practice and didn't have any setbacks with his knee. He didn't play in the preseason, so he hasn't been tackled since the day of his injury against the Denver Broncos.

Hall said he's «not scared» to get hit on the knee. If the Bills take him lightly, he said he will make them pay.

«I'm the type if you leave anything open, I'm going to kill you,» he said. «So that's just the way it's going to be.»

The Jets, who signed Cook to a one-year, $7 million contract in mid-August, have two No. 1-caliber runners in their backfield. Cook, who underwent shoulder surgery in February, also had minimal practice time. Chances are, they will share the workload. There are packages that allow them to be on the field at the same time.

The Jets want to be careful with Hall, 22, whom they view as their long-term RB1.

«We have a plan,» said coach Robert Saleh, referring to Monday night. «I'm not going to talk about it here, but there's going to be a constant communication because what the