Jets coach dismisses Hall trade chatter: 'Rumors'

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets moving backmost Breece Hall has been the taxable of on-and-off commercialized rumors for six months. They're connected again, with the Nov. 4 trading deadline accelerated approaching.

On Wednesday, manager Aaron Glenn dismissed the speculation, reiterating what helium said successful the preseason: They person nary plans to commercialized Hall.

"They're rumors," Glenn said. "I inactive consciousness the aforesaid way."

Hall told reporters past Friday successful London that helium doesn't privation to beryllium traded, but past the Jets fell to 0-6 with an disfigured violative show successful a 13-11 nonaccomplishment to the Denver Broncos. One time aft the game, helium stirred the speculation with a cryptic Instagram post.

"They privation maine to laic down but I got sum to basal for... #Free20," he wrote successful the post.

Does helium privation to beryllium escaped of the Jets, the NFL's lone winless team? Does helium privation a bigger relation successful the offense? He already is simply a large contributor. He has 560 yards from scrimmage, 10th successful the NFL.

The commercialized rumors started astir the draft, erstwhile Glenn indicated his program to utilize a three-back strategy -- Hall, Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis. From 2022 to 2024, Hall was the clear-cut No. 1 back. That, coupled with the information that the Jets fto Hall spell into his past twelvemonth of his rookie declaration without an extension, fueled the speculation.

Before the season, Hall said helium didn't expect an hold because, "I'm not their guy" -- meaning helium wasn't drafted by first-year wide manager Darren Mougey. Neither were cornerback Sauce Gardner and wide receiver Garrett Wilson, but they received extensions earlier grooming camp. All 3 players were portion of the Jets' 2022 draught class.

Allen's genu wounded successful Week 4 -- he's expected to beryllium retired until astatine slightest December -- complicates the matter. If they were to commercialized Hall, they'd beryllium near with the comparatively unproven Davis arsenic their apical back.

Despite the preseason chatter astir a reduced role, Hall has remained a captious cog connected offense. In fact, he's averaging a career-high 68.3 rushing yards per crippled -- 410 yards and 4.7 per rush.

He besides has 17 receptions for 150 yards, though he's not arsenic progressive successful the passing crippled arsenic anticipated. He wasn't targeted erstwhile against the Broncos, the archetypal clip successful his vocation that helium played a implicit crippled with nary walk targets. It happened successful an injury-shortened crippled successful 2022, the twelvemonth helium tore his ACL.

"I'm successful my 4th year, and I don't person a batch of clip near to beryllium what I tin bash and who I privation to beryllium successful this league," Hall said aft the Week 5 nonaccomplishment to the Dallas Cowboys, sounding arsenic if the losing was taking its toll.

A fewer days later, Hall reversed field, saying, "I privation to beryllium here. I emotion being a New York Jet."

It was Glenn who unopen down the rumors successful August. At the time, helium was explaining his rationale for utilizing 3 moving backs alternatively of leaning connected one.

"That does not mean that I'm trading Breece. OK? [It] does not! So I'm going to accidental that close now," Glenn said astatine the time.

Nothing has changed, helium said Wednesday.