Three on O: Tippmann, Membou, Hall

After each game, we'll be highlighting three defensive and three offensive players and looking in detail at their performance. We'll wrap up today with the offense:

Tipp-Top Condition

Considering their recent history, the Jets are building some rare chemistry on the offensive line. Although they lost Alijah Vera-Tucker in preseason, the Jets have been completely healthy since the season began with Josh Myers having played every snap and the rest of the starting unit having missed 13 snaps between them all year (four of which were when the Jets lined up to play rugby with skill position players on the line in Miami).

Although he had to move to right guard, Joe Tippmann is one of the players starting to benefit from this cohesion in the starting group.

On Sunday, he had a highlight reel moment to spring Breece Hall for the winning touchdown and cap off a solid performance:

Tippmann also had some key run blocks, including one where he pulled right to block a defensive back on the play where Breece Hall picked up 12 late in the game to help run out the clock.

It was not a perfect performance from Tippmann, though, he failed to seal his man off on this designed quarterback draw which might otherwise have been a touchdown. Presumably this is designed so John Simpson clears the linebacker from the middle of the field to Fields can cut to the left at the second level.

Tippmann also gave up a quarterback hit on a quick inside move by Cameron Thomas, who swatted his hands aside to get separation. However, that was the only pressure he gave up all day and Fields actually completed that one anyway.

On the whole, it was a microcosm of Tippmann's season as a whole, which has been good, but still could be better if he could improve on his consistency. For example, he has given up a team-high five sacks.

The jury is still out on where Tippmann will play next year because any, all or none of the Myers/Simpson/Vera-Tucker triumvirate could return. It's a blessing that the Jets clearly have someone here who can be effective at guard or center, though.

Memboutiful

It's about time we checked in on Armand Membou, who has continued to have a solid year and seems like a shoo-in to be an all-rookie selection at the end of the season.

Membou had another solid game against the Browns, as he gave up just one pressure. That marks the fourth time in nine games he's given up one pressure or less.

He also was penalty-free for the second game in a row. That had been a minor concern over the previous three games in which he had six.

Membou did a solid job in the running game, primarily just occupying and kicking out the edge defender. He led the way impressively on this play to set up a field goal, though.

There was one bad mistake by Membou which saw Hall lose big yardage on a pitch as Membou ran right past a defensive player pulling to his right and then realized he had nobody to block.

Still, that was more of a mental error. We've seen a few experienced pass rushers beat Membou with technique or physicality during his rookie year, but that hasn't happened for a few weeks. Hopefully this is a sign that he can settle down and become even more consistent over the second half.

The Jets have to be thrilled with his progress, as the fanbase obviously is too.

Hey now, you're a Hall Star

Breece Hall was the driving force behind this win, just as he was in the Bengals game. Once again, this came after a slow first half but the Jets stuck with him and this paid off.

He had 96 yards on 16 touches after halftime and ended up with 83 rushing yards despite the fact that he had five plays that lost a total of 20 yards in the fourth quarter alone.

At halftime, Hall had 29 yards but five of his six carries netted just seven yards. Most of the yards came on this run on which he showed patience, vision and then decisiveness.

His best run, which came after the Browns had answered his touchdown catch with a field goal to cut the lead to seven, was a 30-yard gain that saw him perform a Houdini act in the backfield.

It's remarkable how little the Jets have used Hall in the passing game given that he led all non-receivers in catches two years ago but that meant that the screen pass for the winning touchdown worked really well as a change-up that was called at the perfect time.

Rationalizing that, it's worth remembering that the running game was terrible and they had injuries all along the offensive line at the time so really this was just an extension of the rushing game designed to get him the ball in space.

Still, the Jets shouldn't forget that he can run routes and make plays in the passing game. These could add a dimension that the Jets offense hasn't used so far, and which teams therefore won't have film on.

On the whole, it was a great performance by Hall, who is in a contract year and is playing like he knows it. Right now, he has to be the favorite to be voted as Team MVP next month.

Previously: Three on D: Moore, Smith, Briggs