Where could Jets RB Breece Hall land in a trade?
If the 2025 NFL offseason didn’t have enough player movement for you, don’t worry. The NFL trade deadline is less than a month away.
Until Nov. 4, franchises across the league can make adjustments to their rosters via trade. We’ve already seen multiple moves since the start of the regular season. The Jacksonville Jaguars sent running back Tank Bigsby to the Philadelphia Eagles after Week 1. Ahead of Week 6, the Cincinnati Bengals acquired a new starting quarterback from a divisional foe – the Cleveland Browns – and will start Joe Flacco this week against Green Bay.
One of the latest names included in trade rumors is New York Jets running back Breece Hall. The former second-round pick wasn’t drafted by the current regime in New York and is in the final year of his rookie contract.
If New York were to move on from their leading rusher, the team would save $3.4 million in cap space and only incur $934,049 in dead money this year, per OverTheCap. At 0-5, the team may be looking around for ways to get more value for the future. Trading Hall for future draft capital may be worthwhile for the Jets’ timetable.
Hall has heard the noise about it as well.
‘This is probably like my fifth month dealing with this now,’ he said today. ‘At this point, it is what it is and I want to be here, I love being a New York Jet… At the end of the day, I don’t control what goes on.’
Hall’s on pace for a career-high in rushing yards despite the team’s 0-5 start. Here are four teams that could make a move for him:
Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals spent their resources on defense this offseason. Every draft pick and notable free agent signing went to that side of the ball with the hopes the offense would develop in Year 3 under coordinator Drew Petzig.
That hasn’t happened. Arizona ranks in the bottom 10 league-wide in points (23rd) and yards (26th). They’re 20th in expected points added (EPA) per play overall and 22nd in EPA per rush, per SumerSports.
They lost longtime starting running back James Conner for the season and backup Trey Benson is on injured reserve (IR). This team is last in the NFC West in Year 3 under Jonathan Gannon and his seat is heating up in the desert. A move for Hall could help the offense enough to cool it off.
Tennessee Titans
Tennessee’s woes on offense are well-known but rookie quarterback Cam Ward certainly isn’t part of that. He’s playing well given what’s happening around him on offense.
The team invested heavily in the skill positions during the draft with multiple picks at wide receiver and one at tight end. Hall would be an upgrade over the team’s current running back group featuring Tony Pollard as the lead back.
Pollard was most effective in a split role with Ezekiel Elliott in Dallas years ago. Acquiring Hall would improve the talent around Ward and ease the pressure on Pollard, giving him the chance to play more effectively.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh sits at 3-1 and atop the AFC North after their bye week likely feeling good about their chances to take the division crown in 2025. Baltimore is banged up on offense and missing Lamar Jackson, Cincinnati’s traded for Flacco to stay afloat until Joe Burrow returns and Cleveland just jettisoned Flacco and solidified rookie Dillon Gabriel as the starter.
The Steelers saw Hall average 5.6 yards per carry against them in Week 1. Pittsburgh had to rely on Kenneth Gainwell in Week 4 because starter Jaylen Warren was sidelined with injury. Neither are the type of dynamic back Hall can be at his best.
Why isn’t this Pittsburgh’s division for the taking? Hall would reunite with former Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and have a chance to make the playoffs for the first time in his career.
Washington Commanders
Washington isn’t shy about making trades to upgrade the offense around franchise quarterback Jayden Daniels. They did as much this offseason by making moves for left tackle Laremy Tunsil and wide receiver Deebo Samuel.
This would be a move that will likely require Washington to dip into future draft years beyond 2026 to make it work given what they traded for Tunsil. That makes this a risky proposition.
But the team is currently relying on Jacory ‘Bill’ Croskey-Merritt in the backfield and a slew of current or soon-to-be players in their 30s in Terry McLaurin (30), Deebo Samuel (30 on Jan. 16) and Zach Ertz (35). This offense needs another younger, dynamic player if they want to compete in the playoffs once again. That could be Hall.
