The New York Jets are being warned not to make this offseason move.
The New York Jets have a host of critical decisions to make this offseason, and armed with expansive cap space, they could make some significant additions in free agency.
Of course, the Jets also have to concern themselves with some of their own impending free agents, most notably running back Breece Hall.
Hall is hitting the open market after racking up 1,065 yards and four touchdowns on 4.4 yards per carry while also catching 36 passes for 350 yards and a score this season. He will be one of the most sought-after weapons as a result, which could leave New York looking elsewhere.
The Jets could avoid a bidding war by merely slapping a franchise tag on Hall, but ESPN's Rich Cimini is advising New York against that.
“I would not use the franchise tag. It’s going be $14 million," Cimini said on the Flight Desk podcast. "I do not think that is a prudent allotment of resources for a running back. They’re going have Braelon Allen coming back next year. Isaiah Davis has shown some good things in a smaller role."
Allen missed just about all of 2025 with a knee injury. Davis totaled 236 yards and a touchdown, logging 5.5 yards per attempt.
Breece Hall. Credit: Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.We also don't even know if Hall wants to return to the Jets. He made some comments during the second half of the season that indicated he may want to play his football elsewhere, so tagging him could ultimately have an adverse effect.
It's also important to remember that the vast majority of Hall's tenure in New York has been disappointing.
The former second-round pick tore his ACL seven games into his rookie campaign back in 2022. The following year, he registered 994 yards and five touchdowns while hauling in 76 receptions for 591 yards and four scores, which had many thinking 2024 would be a breakout season for Hall.
Instead, the Iowa State product finished with just 876 yards and five touchdowns as a rusher, logging a pedestrian 4.2 yards per tote. He added 57 catches for 483 yards and three scores, but overall, Hall was largely underwhelming that year.
And while the 24-year-old rattled off his first 1,000-yard campaign in 2025, he was still very inconsistent. Of course, that had a lot to do with the Jets' offense being horrendous as a whole, but should a rebuilding New York squad really be seeking to pay a halfback $14 million?
The Jets could try to re-sign Hall on a deal that would compensate him $10-12 million annually, but it may be best to let him walk and spend their money elsewhere.