Why not Cook and Hall?

Let's take a brief timeout from the top 10 countdown to look at what Jets history has to say about the possibility of adding Dalvin Cook to the team to augment Breece Hall at running back.

The idea of having two RB's with knee injuries in their past sharing the running duties, should remind Jets fans of the era when Matt Snell and Emerson Boozer split the running duties for New York. Both Snell and Boozer had endured significant injuries before they began playing together at Shea. But in the 1968 Super Bowl championship season, they combined for 1,188 yards on 322 carries for 11 TDs. In the two postseason games, they combined for a total of 70 carries for 262 yards and two TDs... of course the most important contribution there was Snell's 121-yard rushing performance in Super Bowl III. 

In the 1969 AFL Eastern Division championship year, Snell and Boozer did even better by combining for 1,299 yards on 321 carries. 

'68 and '69 were really the only full seasons Snell and Boozer played together for the Jets. One or the other was injured the rest of the time. 

The point is, they complimented each other when they did play at the same time and Cook and Hall could do the same. 

Freeman McNeil

To a lesser extent, but often just as lethal, Freeman McNeil and Johnny Hector made a great running tandem for the Jets in the mid-1980s. This was especially true during the back-to-back playoff years on 1985 and 1986. 

Johnny Hector

In 1985, McNeil rushed for 1,331 yards on 294 carries for a hefty 4.5 yards per rush average. He started 13 games. Hector started five games and ran for 572 yards on 145 carries (3.9 YPC) and ran for twice as many TDs as McNeil with six. 

In 1986, injuries hampered both McNeil and Hector at times, but they still combined for 1,461 yards on the ground and 13 rushing TDs.

But whether you like historical data or not, it seems like a good idea to grab Cook if he's available.