Jets vs. Raiders: Can Gang Green figure out how to close a first half?

107-6? Wait, that's can't be real, right?

Jets coach Aaron Glenn is spending more time in practice on two-minute situations and hoping to show improvement in Sunday’s game against the Raiders.

“That's an area where we have to be good, and that starts with me,” Glenn said.

The Jets have been outscored 107-6 in the last two minutes of first halves during his two-year tenure, including 27-0 this year. Their issues are poor execution and puzzling clock management decisions by Glenn.

He let Miami possess the ball for 8:44 at the end of the first half last week and didn’t call a single timeout to stop the clock and get the ball back. The Dolphins scored a touchdown with six seconds left en route to a three-point victory.

Similarly, Glenn chose not to call timeout and get the ball back at the end of regulation of a Week 2 overtime loss to Green Bay.

These decisions have contributed to the Jets being 2-5 overall and 1-4 in one-score games.

Glenn meets with game management coordinator Jon Berger and football data scientist Arjun Menon on Tuesday to go over end-of-half and end-of-game situations, and they talk throughout the week. The Jets have two-minute periods in practice on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

In practice, Glenn said it’s “crisp and it starts to work,” but in the game, “we just stall.”

Glenn acknowledged that “it’s not easy” to call the defense and manage the game but said he has to do a better job of juggling both.

“It is my job to try to make sure these things happen,” he said, “and I'm going to put the stress on me to be able to do that.”

That should get the Jets' attention

Raiders back Ashton Jeanty provided bulletin-board material that should ignite the Jets’ underwhelming run defense.

Jeanty said Las Vegas can get its dormant ground game going against the Jets and that the Jets have “a couple guys out there that don’t really want to tackle, but I’m not going to say names.”

Everyone on the Jets' defense was made aware of Jeanty’s remarks.

“Saw it. Heard it. Actually, no comment,” linebacker Demario Davis said. “I think that as a defense as a whole, our best football is front of us, and we're looking forward to putting that on display this week.”

Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick said, “It catches our eye.” He added that it won't change how he operates but that “certain things could add a little more fuel to the fire.”

The Jets, who have given up 152.6 yards rushing in the last five games, will be without top run-stopper T’Vondre Sweat, who was placed on IR Saturday with a knee injury. Rookie edge rusher David Bailey (groin) is doubtful.

The Raiders are next to last in rushing and have run for an average of only 55.8 yards in the last four games. Jeanty is averaging only 3.1 yards per carry this season.

“Our guys will be ready to play,” Glenn said.

'Just another game' for Geno?

Jets quarterback Geno Smith downplayed facing his former team, calling it “just another game.” It would be surprising if it wasn’t more than that for him.

Las Vegas traded Smith a year after acquiring him and giving him a two-year, $66.5 million extension. The Raiders, who went 3-14 last year, are paying $16.2 million of Smith’s $19.5 million salary this season.

“It's another opportunity for us as a team to go out there and try and start a streak, try and establish ourselves,” he said. “Going up against a team that I've played on, I don't really put too much stock into it. I just think it's another game and that's the way you need to approach it.”

The Raiders (3-4) already have matched last year’s win total but have lost four straight games. Coach Klint Kubiak is sticking with quarterback Kirk Cousins, but it could be only a matter of time before No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza gets his shot.

Las Vegas’ offense has put up the seventh-most points (26.1 per game) and Cousins is tied for the league lead with 16 touchdown passes. The defense has struggled, allowing an NFL-high 35.8 points in the last four games.

How will Jets use Hall, Allen?

Running back Breece Hall (quadriceps) logged three limited practices this week and could return after a four-game absence.

If he does, the Jets initially might use a two-back attack with Hall and Braelon Allen, who has averaged 118 scrimmage yards in the last three games. Hall is expected to resume being the lead back eventually, but Allen could have a bigger role than he did previously.

“It’s Coach’s decision,” offensive coordinator Frank Reich said. “I'll get myself in trouble saying . . .  Breece is our guy. I'm assuming Breece is our guy. He’s one of the best in the NFL. But I think what's been so exciting is, like, ‘we got two of them. We got two.’ This Braelon guy, he’s a beast as well. Love that fact.”

By Al Iannazzone

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Al Iannazzone covers the Jets for Newsday after spending nearly two decades on the NBA beat with Knicks and Nets.