{"id":773371,"date":"2026-02-24T14:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/773371\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:24:36","slug":"jets-rb-breece-hall-prepared-for-whatever-awaits-him-in-free-agency-whatever-happens-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/773371\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets RB Breece Hall prepared for whatever awaits him in free agency: &#8216;Whatever happens, happens&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rumors of departure have swirled around Jets running back <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/breece-hall\/\" title=\"Breece Hall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breece Hall<\/a> for nearly a year.<\/p>\n<p>In just a few weeks, those rumblings could become reality. After completing the fourth and final year of his rookie deal, Hall is headed toward free agency in March if New York doesn&#8217;t strike a deal to keep him. With four tumultuous years behind him, Hall might welcome a change, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Hall said Saturday, <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/21\/sports\/breece-hall-gets-candid-about-mindset-on-murky-jets-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">via the New York Post<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;ve addressed this for the last six, seven months now. But now I&#8217;m just kind of like whatever happens, happens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Talks of a possible split began over last summer when folks took a peek at the Jets&#8217; roster and their low-ceiling potential and realized Hall might fetch them some return on their investment. The rumblings continued all the way up to the 2025 NFL trade deadline, which passed without including a deal involving Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the uncertainty and the Jets&#8217; struggles in all phases, Hall enjoyed a career-best season, breaking 1,000 rushing yards for the first time while scoring four rushing touchdowns and adding 36 receptions for 350 yards and a receiving score. Most of that went unnoticed to those who didn&#8217;t closely follow the Jets, but talent evaluators looking to add to their running backs room certainly won&#8217;t overlook it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rumors of departure have swirled around Jets running back Breece Hall for nearly a year. In just a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1227,487,7,255,88,6,609,4267],"class_list":{"0":"post-773371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-breece-hall","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-new-york-jets","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-no-minute","15":"tag-offseason-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116126067211842486","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}