Breece Hall Has Right Answer to New York Jets' Trade Rumors

There were some rumblings around the NFL trade deadline that the New York Jets could look to move on from running back Breece Hall. 

While trading Hall would have made sense in multiple ways, the Jets decided to keep him around. For whatever reason the Jets might have made that decision, it's what ended up happening, but it's also something that could come up in the future. 

It feels like, at this point, Hall understands that he either needs to get better, healthier, and prove that they should keep him around on a somewhat sizable contract despite Braelon Allen playing decent football. While the Jets' season is pretty much over in terms of an opportunity to make the playoffs, barring something drastic happening over the final two months of the regular season, there are a couple of guys who could be fighting for their jobs. 

Somebody like Hall, it's tough to say that about considering that other teams around the league would be interested in him if the Jets make him available, but there is a scenario in which he doesn't return to New York next year, depending on how the rest of the season goes. 

Speaking to reporters about how he felt at the trade deadline hearing all of those rumors, it doesn't sound like it bothered Hall that much.

“I know at the end of the day, if I was to get traded, it would be to a team that wanted me, and I’m here — and so obviously the team wants me,” Hall said Thursday, per the New York Post.

“...Just everybody locking in and executing the call,” Hall said. “That’s really what it is. We’re not out there controlling the play-calls, so whatever play that [offensive coordinator Frank Reich] feels like is gonna put us in the best position, we gotta execute it.”

The comment about Frank Reich is certainly interesting and makes one wonder whether there are some problems inside the offensive room. Hall and the Jets' offense have been one of the more average units in the NFL throughout the year, though it's tough for Hall to blame anybody considering that he's dealt with injuries himself and hasn't been on the field too much.

There have also been some other running backs who have played just as well as him for this Jets team, including Allen, who continues to get a bigger workload when healthy. 

Hall doesn't strike me as somebody who would be too upset about getting traded, as he likely wants an opportunity to compete at a high level and a chance to make the playoffs, something the Jets haven't given him throughout his career.