{"id":410793,"date":"2025-10-01T06:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/410793\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T06:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:03:17","slug":"braelon-allen-injury-jets-rb-diagnosed-with-mcl-sprain-could-land-on-injured-reserve-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/410793\/","title":{"rendered":"Braelon Allen injury: Jets RB diagnosed with MCL sprain, could land on injured reserve, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"braelon-allen.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/braelon-allen.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NYJ\/new-york-jets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a>&#8216; rocky first half against the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/MIA\/miami-dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> included running back <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26726580\/braelon-allen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Braelon Allen<\/a> exiting the game early with a knee injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Allen was injured on a kickoff return late in the second quarter and quickly ruled out. Allen had run for 26 yards on four carries prior to getting injured. He also committed a costly fumble deep in Dolphins territory that short-circuited the Jets&#8217; 12-play, 82-yard opening drive.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1973082067874324570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport<\/a> reported Allen suffered an MCL sprain that will &#8220;likely&#8221; land him on injured reserve, though Allen may receive additional medical opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Allen, a 2024 fourth-round pick, wasn&#8217;t the only Jets player that struggled to protect the ball in the first half. His quarterback, <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/1273205\/justin-fields\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Fields<\/a>, put the ball on the ground late in the second quarter after taking a sack. The fumbles were the first forced turnovers by Miami&#8217;s defense this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"player headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/26726580.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26726580\/braelon-allen\/\" aria-label=\"home team page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"TeamLogo-image\" alt=\"team logo\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.cbsimg.net\/fly\/images\/team-logos\/423.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a rookie, Allen ran for 334 yards and two touchdowns while averaging 3.6 yards per carry. He also caught 19 passes for 146 yards and a touchdown. Allen ran for 50 yards and a score on 14 carries in New York&#8217;s first three games of the 2025 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Allen out, the Jets&#8217; running game will now be spearheaded by Fields and <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/3123469\/breece-hall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breece Hall<\/a>. Hall had seven carries for 53 yards in the first half, while Fields picked up 30 yards on four carries. <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26718641\/isaiah-davis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiah Davis<\/a> was the only other Jets player who carried the ball in the first half.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The turnovers contributed to the Dolphins taking a 10-3 halftime lead over the Jets in a matchup of two winless teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imagn Images The New York Jets&#8216; rocky first half against the Miami Dolphins included running back Braelon Allen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[10318,487,7,10319,226,493,1917,255,2321,2097,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-410793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-braelon-allen","9":"tag-breece-hall","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-isaiah-davis","12":"tag-jets","13":"tag-justin-fields","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-jets","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkjets","18":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115297400019187766","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}